Up and out like the previous mornings.
We were confident that we had everything figured out with our experience from Saturday. We were expecting a crowd almost as big, but since we didn’t need to hold folks until 11:30, they wouldn’t back up.
But then we didn’t have Enough buses. We were supposed to have as many buses today as we’d had on Saturday, but for whatever reason we didn’t. We got the first ones loaded up and sent off, but it takes them an hour or so to make the loop and drop off visitors, so that meant those who didn’t make the first buses had to wait. And they kept coming. The line snaked back and forth in the lot, and stretched out into the parking area on the other side of the road.
We worked to keep the lines in place, and eventually we got everyone on their way, and the crowd died down. Since I had worked a full day Saturday, I got a half day today. We had talked about going to Summit Center again, but knowing the crowd that just went there we decided to head back to Echo.
Our leaders had arranged for a bus from Adventures on The Gorge to come pick up the entire team and take us to their property to have dinner. We decided that we wanted to be able to take showers before doing that, so we sat in Chat-and-Chew for a bit before heading to our respective tents.
The shower was quite refreshing, but due to the heat that feeling didn’t last very long. I didn’t rush back to meet my friends to minimize the sweating.
We caught a shuttle to Ruby, met up with the rest of the team, and waited for the bus to show up. It finally did, and we headed out. We entertained ourselves by singing songs, and soon we were at our destination.
We were all divided up into tables of 4-6, rather than sat at a long row of tables pushed together. I actually liked this, as we could just chat with our own table and not feel like we needed to connect with everyone. The food was delicious, and the view was gorgeous. I had brought my camera so most of my pictures are on my memory card.
We made sure to get a group picture. The team leaders presented a few recognition items to us, and we thanked them for paying for the bus ride by picking up the tab for their dinner.
On the ride back, a bit more singing and general hilarity. Because the resort works with Summit Bechtel Reserve regularly, they have a pass that allowed the driver to get us straight into Echo. He dropped me off right by my tent section, and I headed straight to my tent and to bed.
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