Wednesday June 14 – The Adventure Begins

Crewmembers from Troop 1 (Kurtice, Kevin, Doug, Mr. Schlak and Mr. Neff) met at the Neff’s house at 2:30 PM, finalized paper work and loaded Mr. Schlak’s van with gear. Mrs. Neff and Eric joined us on our ride to Saginaw (MBS) International Airport; they would return the van to Gaylord.



We stopped on the way to the airport for an early dinner and arrived at MBS with time to spare. We printed our boarding passes, checked our luggage and went through security to our gate.

Our Crewmember, Forrest - Troop 105 Traverse City, met us at the gate with his father Mr. V. Look for Forrest at summer camp! He is Councilor In Training this year.



The flight from MBS to Detroit was a smooth ride and on time. It was a first flight for Kurtice and he was presented with his Wings by our flight attendant. All the boys enjoyed the sights from +30,000 feet and agreed to a window seat rotation for all flights.

The transition to our connecting flight was easy. We had time to ride the Tram in the Detroit Airport. Kurtice and Doug tried some Japanese food and used chop sticks like pros.

The flight to Ft. Lauderdale went by fast as did the Gold Fish snacks Doug had brought.

Our trip then hit one of two bumps we would encounter. Finding our hotel was a challenge and took several attempts to get to the correct street. Mr. Schlak called the hotel for directions but had a difficult time understanding the Pakistani desk clerk. We finally found our way to the hotel and…it was not what we expected.

Though the hotel rooms were not what we had expected, they did serve a filling breakfast and Kurtice and Doug enjoyed a swim in the out door pool. Everyone agreed it was cool to wake up and look out a window and see the Atlantic Ocean.