By Ben Wyatt

When our scout troop worked the parking lot at Santa-Cali-Gon, it was very interesting. This was probably the best year that I have worked there because it made me experience the chaos of Santa-Cali-Gon. I got the experience to sell trash bags to people walking by, though not many were sold. Many, many cars were parked, and that helped out our troop a lot with the funds for overnights and other activities that we get to do.

Santa-Cali-Gon is a very diverse time of the year in the city. Many people from our community come to see the sights like the famous root beer stand or the makeshift amusement park with a gigantic ferris wheel. I also learned that people will go to extreme lengths to park, even if it is illegal. It is very funny to see by the way.

In conclusion, it was a very fun time for me this year. I will bet to you that all of the scouts that came to help work it had a lot of fun. And to all of the scouts that didn’t come, you missed out on some fun times.

(Go check out more pictures from Santa-Cali-Gon in the 2013 Troop 282 Photo Collection.)