Greetings

Welcome to my little corner of the inter-webs! I just wanted to take this space to warn you that my posts will rarely be up to date. Due to the spontaneity of natural disasters and the unpredictability of when AmeriCorps' services will be requested I will be digitizing my journal entries whenever we return to St. Louis. Oh, and most of the pictures you see here were taken by myself. If ever I do use someone else's material I make a point to give them due credit though! That said, come, leave comments and be merry! I hope you enjoy your stay!

Monday, October 21, 2013

Montana 10/14

Lots of packing today.  We had to take inventory on every single item be it parcel of food or power tool.  My rusty Tetris skills were put to good use.  I increased the efficiency of a larger container by rearranging the contents.  We fit in 4 times the amount it would have taken at the start.  I was by no means the only contributor, but I feel proud of the part I played.

About 5 hours later we were done.  Aside from our collection of trucks and a huge dark spot where the Eurt once was the campsite looks practically like it did when we arrived.  Some people chose to go on a hike but I was feeling a bit off.  Home sickness.  Elevation sickness.  Who can say?  We’re supposed to be coming back at the end of our term of service so I will capitalize on any missed adventures then.

Today I had a different challenge in mind.  Remember how we started the nightly movie trend?  Well, the VCR rewind option broke down on the second night.  So, after Dan, Whitney, and Lianna had a go at it, it was my turn.  The movie was Dances with Wolves.  For those of you unfamiliar with the film, it is over three hours long.  Before I had my shot, my predecessors used a dime to turn the cassette.  I improved upon this method by putting another dime in the other wheel and using two butter knives to turn the wheels fluidly.  Even so, it took an hour and a half to finish the project.  Challenge accepted, challenge completed.


Well, as this is my last night here and just about everyone is back I’m going to go be social.  I will talk to you all soon.  Three days tops!





 I didn't get any shots of the night sky, but here are a couple of the sun setting.  The first photo is mine, the last two higher quality ones were taken by Whitney Movius.

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