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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 24, 2013

Pinecrest Camp 11/18

We are getting the royal treatment this week.  The room I’m staying in has a queen size bed, a bunk bed, a futon that folds out into a bed, and a bathroom.  Oh yeah, there’s one more thing: I have this room to myself!  We could easily fit both the red and the orange team in just one of these rooms, but we were given 6 so we are making the most of it.  As for where we are… I know it is a Nazarene Camp of sorts but the exact name eludes me.  Something to do with Pine.  Anyways, the camp is gorgeous and our sleeping quarters are the equivalent of a 4 star hotel.  This is going to be a good week.

To kick things off my team went over to a local river and eradicated any Bush Honeysuckle we could find.  For extra credit we took down a fair amount of Privet too.  While walking our impromptu grid I came across a natural stone formation that could have passed as a fort.  It vaguely reminded me of Weathertop.  In place of Ringwraiths there was Bush honeysuckle assaulting the ruins so I assumed Aragorn’s role and came to the rescue.  Other than that the day went on to be a pretty normal day.  I’m just happy we are all in one piece as the insane wind storms and tornadoes that ripped through Missouri and Illinois yesterday made a mess of things.  I lost count of how many widow-makers and fallen trees we had to work around.  We did it though!

After we returned to camp, Dan Burch cooked us up some of his fries, which were delicious.  Kelly was giving Dan a hard time about them, but even she went for seconds.  And now we’re here.  I got to go though.  I need to study for this chemical applicator exam I have in a couple days.  Somehow I need to cram a couple weeks’ worth of a course into a couple days.  A time turner or a visit from the Doctor would be handy about now.  Talk to you later!


Picture taken by Dan Burch.

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