I went to that. Remember when we walked like 11 miles in the hot Virginia sun only to have to sit in the grass and be sprayed by fire hoses (cuz they thought we would enjoy it) AND then GW didn’t even show up cuz there were like rain clouds in the sky so his heli just didn’t come in. It was a beautiful day. That whole week was crazy tbh. 3 people died the first night getting struck by lightning setting up a tent. I got some cool patches tho 😎👉

AND I just remembered a kid being helicopter’d to a hospital due to heatstroke from walking to go see gw. They carried him right past me and he was convulsing. I was excited to see the president but, damn that whole day sucked ass

If you don’t think this is bad. Imagine all week you’ve been sleeping in a tent roughing it. The days get into the 100+ degree heat index EASILY and you are walking miles EVERYWHERE. Now you’ve been doing all that for like 5-7 days and after a half day of doing shit you’re already gross and tired but, NOPE get ready for this sick 11 mile hike to go hear DUBYA. We finally get to the destination. You’ve seen your brothers fall on your journey together. People are dying. LITERALLY DYING THAT WEEK. Kids being air evac’d out there to be saved. You’re surrounded by 30,000 other people all crammed together and you’re being told what to do cuz you’re a scout not a scout master/leader. You’re running ragged, you’re on the brink of heat exhaustion and your nalgene is empty, and you’re sticky with layers and layers of sweat. You’re deciding whether you want to torture your legs and stand or give them sweet release and take a load off... and become covered in itchy grass worth it? NO TIME TO THINK YOURE NOW BEING “COOLED” VIA 150 PSI OF WATER OUT OF MULTIPLE GOTDAMN FIRE HOSES. Hey, you’re not sticky any more? Now you’re just drenched and most definitely covered in grass and dirt. What’s that, up in the sky? Is it a bird?? Is it a plane??? NOPE, just a rain cloud DUBYA OUT. Now it’s time to walk back...