I lead both Tia and Sara's Brownie troops and both groups had fun earning their "outdoor adventure" patch last week. I really was at a loss trying to think of how the girls could get out on an adventure hike in this "concrete jungle". Jakarta has no parks and there are not even sidewalks on most streets.
As it turns out, "no plan" often leads to the funnest adventures.
On Monday Sara's 2nd grade troop went for an adventure hike through the jungle (rice padi their school classes had planted) and pretended they were all being chased by tigers, snakes, etc. They ended up meeting with the boyscouts to create artwork of their own jungle.
On Wed. Tia's 3rd grade troop met at my house. Just as we began preparing for a short walk around the neighborhood, it STARTED RAINING. (REALLY HARD). Somehow my co-leader and I found umbrellas for each of the 13 scouts and off we went. There was plenty of complaining in the beginning but by the time we'd wading through our 2nd ankle deep "river" flowing down the flooded streets, most girls were laughing, splashing each-other, and "singing in the rain". Of course they were all completely soaked when we returned so they all just jumped, fully-clothed into our pool.
I guess this warm rain IS a benefit to living near the equator. :-) Love ya, Paula
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