My first crew of the 2007 Philmont season were great. They told the staff at Zastrow it was my birthday, and they made me cake!
On the secound day that Philmont recieved crews I was called to pick up a crew. The crew was from Houston, was comprised of 4 adults, and 8 youths. Their trek was number six, and I was to hike with them from the Rayado turnaround to Olympia, and then to Zastrow the next day.
The first camp at Olympia, was in my opinion, one of the worst camps at Philmont just for the mere fact that I could not find the sump (water waste area). The entire first day on the trail consisted of me teaching camping skills to the crew. I had an adult and a youth who have been to philmont before, so they helped the others by example. I cooked there dinner and showed how to properly wash dishes. And at night the crew made a fire, and we began to tell stories and bond as a crew.
The next day my crew and I hiked to Zastrow camp, which was a staffed camp whose program was a map orienteering course. After doing program and playing a few games of chess my crew cooked dinner and also a dump cake in a dutch oven provided by the staffed camp. After dinner and my birthday cake my crew and I went on top of a mesa where I gave them the Wilderness Pledge.
The next morning I hiked to the Zastrow turnaround to catch a bus ride into base camp.
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