Retrieving A Camper from NBTSC

I had a great trip yesterday down to Eugene and back to transport NBTSC campers. Ivy and her mom met me at the ferry dock in Mukilteo a little before 0900 so Ivy could ride down with me to Corvallis. We had a fun trip chatting most of the way and eating burgers and blackberry shakes from the Burger Barn in Kalama. The burgers weren't too bad. MJ called at noon to say they were at Monroe Park in Eugene waiting for us but we, unfortunately, weren't getting there until 2:30. So the unschoolers including MJ, Chloe, and perhaps others went out for Mexican, cheese and grease after a week of vegetarianism. They didn't get sick! Zenmomma picked up Chloe and Madeline, Connor and Qacei and buzzed them on home to her house. When Ivy and I arrived in Eugene about 2:30 and on schedule for us, we loaded up Patrick and MJ, then we picked up Harper at the Eugene train station. Voila!! All aboard. All the backpacks, sleeping bags, teenagers, etc. squeezed into the L and off we buzzed to the Sunnyside Up! Alas! It was after 4 and Z momma had gone home, so we tracked them down (unschoolers give lots of great directions!) at home where hugs were exchanged by all. You'd think the kids hadn't seen each other for weeks but they were very excited to tell about all the exciting times at camp.

What I gleaned from the unschoolers' conversations: The boom box broke and they all pitched in to buy a new one. Director Grace matched their donations. Jono bought a relatively inexpensive one by prom night and the rest of the money will be used to purchase a PA system. Director Grace is awesome. Bitty is cool. Chloe hopes to follow in her footsteps. Chloe went to sleep by 3 every morning! Most of the rest had to do with Chloe's personal experiences. As we drove home, she was very excited and wanted to tell me all about camp. Hopefully, she will tell you more on her blog.

So, MJ stayed, Harper stayed, Connor and Qacei are home, Madeline stayed, Ivy and Patrick went to a friend's house nearby. Chloe came home with me. We stopped at Sunnyside Up for some fabulous organic smoothies that Chloe fell in love with, found the freeway, stopped near Salem about 5:00 PM for gas, and zoomed to Everett by 9:30 PM. (Chloe fell asleep in Seattle.) Veronica and Frank were ecstatic to have Chloe home and she was very pleased to be home. And I was pleased to be home, about 10:00 PM, where I found Tom watching WTP (Gus Hansen lost) and Angelo came to greet me.