Miss Gordon paid for the tent and bought other items which would be needed on the camping trip. Then, en route home, she gave each girl a list of the things she should take with her to Shady Hollow.
For the next two days the Brownies were so busy gathering together everything they would need, that they barely had time to see one another.
Connie and her mother made repeated trips downtown for shorts, a heavy jacket, a new bathing suit and a dozen and one odds and ends.
When towels, blankets, camera, a heavy bathrobe and Brownie uniforms were added to the mounting pile of clothing on the little girl’s bed, she wondered where it would be packed.
“If all the Brownies take as much, you’ll need another tent just to hold your luggage,” laughed Connie’s mother.
According to plan, the Brownies were to leave for Shady Hollow Saturday afternoon, there to spend a week in camp.
Miss Gordon would take her coupe loaded with equipment. Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Davidson also had promised to drive their cars. However, the two mothers expected to return home that same night after the Brownies were settled.
On the day scheduled for the departure, the girls met at Connie’s house. As early as twelve-thirty they began to arrive with their bedrolls and knapsacks. Soon the lawn near the driveway was dotted with luggage, boxes of equipment and odds and ends.
“Dear me, where will we put everything?” Miss Gordon asked in despair.
Her car was packed first so that she might drive on ahead with the tent. The leader expected to have it set up by the time the Brownies arrived in the other cars.