CQ grilling

Gorgeous night last night. All the stars, very cool temperatures: into the 40s. I was "on call"--which means that I was one of two folks whose responsibility it was to check every village at curfew (1 AM) to make sure all campers are accounted for and safe and that all staff are back in the village. It's a long night. Fortunately Rafik Ghobrial (Egypt; VC Forest; late 70s) was willing to walk around with me much of the night, and Dave Sacker (80s/90s) was willing to stay until the end (along with Allye Glicker who was the other On Call director). We stopped at six or seven bustling CQ fires. At Lakota the staff were grilling - at a relatively new or (anyway) previously little-used campfire site a little down the steep hill from 41-45. Roasted veggies (peppers of various colors), burgers, and a few other late-night niceties. Listen closely to the sound track of this video clip and you'll hear (and maybe even see) a burger fall into the fire, whereupon the intrepid Lakota counselor rescued it from the coals and put it back on the grill. Then Sacker's comment, then mine. And listen to the random half-sentence chatter going on around. Though it's a very short clip, anyone who's ever sat CQ will instantly remember the classic quality of this scene.