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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, April 12, 2014

Ava - 4/6

Back to the Tower of Hercules we go!  The game plan hasn’t changed since our last visit: we need to remove the old stairs and put in the new.  I did a little bit of everything from cutting new planks to removing the nuts and bolts from the old ones.  Will Burks got me all nervous by mentioning how fragile the old stairs are, which you need to stand on if you are in the front of the group removing the metal bits.  With the wind there were a couple of iffy moments, but a little mind over matter settled me down.  Despite a couple of setbacks 4 flights of stairs are now done and the 5th is practically prepped to being putting in new boards.


At the start of the day there were some cub scouts in the area.  They were wearing tan uniforms so I imagine they were Webelos… cause I can’t remember being that tiny when I was in the Scouts.  Being up in a tower may have played with my perception of size a bit.  Anyhow, was fun to see a Troop hanging out; a similar group is a large reason I am here serving today.  Huge shout out to Troop 325 back in Michigan!  Hope those following in my footsteps are just as hard-working and mischievous.  Good night all!


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