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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!

Saturday, October 19, 2013

Montana 10/2

Day three out at Wisdom.  I think the combination of mole skin and sleep did the trick.  It stung on the hike in but after we got to work my ankle felt like it was back to normal.  Today we cut wood… lots of wood.  If Paul Bunyan were around I think he would have given us a nod of approval if not a hearty handshake.  We all had a whack with the chainsaw (only to buck and limb) and the axe and I have to say that as of now I favor the chainsaw.  Don’t get me wrong, the axe is great and would probably be more useful than a chainsaw in the zombie apocalypse, but I have yet to master the art of splitting wood.  With a chainsaw you really just need common sense and a bit of endurance as that thing is heavy!

In total I believe we felled and chopped up ten trees at our current spot.  Tomorrow we will be repeating the process at another campsite in the Wisdom area.  I think I heard Chelsea say we can drive right up to that one though.  I have my fingers crossed.

Free time was scarce again while the sun was high, but we had fun in the after hours.  Whitney and I found a 500 piece puzzle in the cabin we are staying at and set out to conquer it.  Once we discovered two of the border pieces were missing we considered our efforts a valiant attempt and put it away.  The puzzle had a picture of a school of fish if you were curious.  We then proceeded to play Cranium with everyone else.  Whitney and I rocked it.  We were always on the fast track.  Even in the end when we agreed to a best 2 out of 3 club craniums to determine the winner we came out on top.  The other teams gave us 1 point to start with since we were the furthest on the board, this point would prove crucial as we failed to win a single club cranium up to this point.  I mean, we would have probably won if we just played the game out, but regardless, victory!


Well it is time to call it a night.  I’m sitting on a bunk in our cozy, wood-stove furnace cabin writing by the light of my head lamp and I am insanely sore.  Sorry I haven’t been able to reach any of you by phone.  Wisdom has no cell service whatsoever.  Hopefully I will get to talk to you all soon.  Good night!


Photo was taken by Whitney Movius inside the May Creek cabin.

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