Sunday, June 29, 2008

Eagle Project and A Boating Experience

Hi, everyone!

Great weekend. I'll start off with the Eagle Project. It's finished! We got together quite a few people to help, and almost didn't have enough paintbrushes and rollers. The front of the stage is black and the cabinets in the back of the auditorium are blue (I'll see if I can get some pictures in later). We completed the project using only $170 of store donations and some donations from friends.

Mom said that it made a real difference, having black and blue areas in a 50 year-old auditorium. I'm glad I was able to improve the school's auditorium.

Floaters. . . . . . Huh? What kind of floaters? you ask. There are inner tubes that are attached to a boat by a 15-20 foot rope. 1-2 people will ride on one inner tube. The boat driver tries to knock the people on the inner tubes off by dragging them in and out of the wake and by spinning them in circles. We had 1-2 people on each floater, so it was a race to see who got thrown off first. Dillan Deffense, one of our ward members, was the best at it. He survived the longest and managed the best tricks (it's hard to stand up at 30 knots!).

This was the main attraction on the lake, but we had a quick 1/2 hour break at 2:00 to grill hot dogs on the boat. After that, we had to get a bunch of kelp out of the anchor.

Quote of the Day:
"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."
-Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919)

David

1 comment:

Kim said...

Way to go David! I'm so proud of you for getting your Eagle project completed - now onto those merit badges and you'll be through it all in no time! Yea team!