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!

Friday, January 24, 2014

Current River - 1/13

I may not be coming back from this 10 day.  The place we will be staying at in Current River State Park was described as a mansion.  Since when has there been a mansion where there wasn’t something sinister involved!?  Umbrella’s mansion unleashed the zombies via the T-virus, Shinra mansion unraveled Sephiroth’s remaining sanity that, in turn, brought about cataclysmic events…  Tragedy oft befalls the characters who interact with these structures, but we are not mere characters, we are AmeriCorps—a group that specializes in getting things done!  You know what, I take back what I said earlier; I will be coming home, it is just a matter as to what manner I will be returning.  Triumphantly is the hope!

It may seem like misfortune has fallen upon me and the rest of the crew, but that is only due to a lack of internet connection and cell phone reception.  Our project site and HQ are dead zones so we are more or less cut off from the rest of the outside world.  Not to worry though, the place we are staying at is amazing.  We all have our own bedrooms, bathrooms, and enough lounging space that would leave most fraternities envious.  Combined with an awesome crew and superb views, I feel like I am on vacation more so than out serving our country.


We are here on a mission, however.  Our team, team yellow, has been tasked with ridding the Current River State Park of Red Cedars.  This requires traversing and cutting on significant inclines, which is a safety hazard, sure, but I’d take a dry glade with fluctuating temperatures over a wet and cold glade like my last project any day.  I didn’t personally do any cutting today, but I swamped and helped find a bar nut that came off of a chainsaw.  The wielder of said chainsaw was confident that the search was hopeless due to all of the fallen foliage, but I have this knack for finding things… unless I’m the one who loses them.  Think I would be Seeker material in the magical world of Harry Potter?







Couple of shots taken by yours truly around the mansion.

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