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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!

Sunday, November 3, 2013

Cape Girardeau 11/1

This area has some interesting radio stations.  Just the other day we heard the Ghostbusters song remixed with Gangnam Style.  And today, remember that commercial where a camel is walking around an office all excited about it being Wednesday because it’s hump day?  Well, they turned that into a remixed piece as well.  It was weird.  Look it up on YouTube as I have no idea how to replicate the experience.

Our objective for the day was to get rid of Black Locusts at one of the last sand prairies in Missouri.  Once we arrived Richard’s keen eye picked out a couple of hunters on the other side of the field.  He brought to our attention that they would have guns and dogs, both of which we didn’t want to mess with.  So we called Marcus and he gave us the ok to head over to Charlie.  Back to battling Autumn Olives.  I chose to just  swamp today because I was still riding a high from the cedar I cut a couple of days ago.  Whitney and I took down a nasty gnarly tree that reminded me a bit of Fern Gully.  She was very good at communicating what she was doing and what she wanted done and, as a result, we cleared a grove.  As is protocol, I sprayed the remains of the Autumn Olive with Pathfinder II and a dash of Milestone to ensure that they wouldn’t just sprout back.

Aside from cleaning up the Baptist Camp that’s all we really did today.  We worked until lunch and then packed up to head home.  Sounds like most of us will be back here next week to continue what we started.  So until then!

Cape Girardeau casualties:

1 pair of safety glasses
1 water bottle

1 pair of gloves





The first picture is a shot of us in Cape Girardeau's sand prairie while the next two were taken in Charlie-- all three of which are Sean Kerr's work.  The last one I found on the internet.  It is how I was feeling after messing up a rain coat my parents just got me and destroying some of my PPE.  The coat is still functional so it did not make the obituary.

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