I am going to have the worst
farmer’s tan ever. Ordinarily we are
supposed to be covered from head to toe to protect ourselves from the
chemicals, but the heat has been complicating things. So, some of us have decided to risk some exposure
in order to ventilate. Herbicide scares
me, but I figure wearing a T-shirt lowers the chance of me experiencing heat
exhaustion and slightly elevates the odds of me getting some blue on me, so it
is a fair trade. My arms are already
feeling a bit tender and it has only been 1 day! Maybe they will put me on another project
next week—one where I can go around shirtless.
Wishful thinking, I know. That
goes against all sorts of safety protocols.
Anyways, we encountered some
gigantic infestations of Teasel today!
We depleted our 50 gallon tank on our UTV and then some. While we didn’t complete a portion of the
interstate that we were hoping to, our team has done 14 miles of Teasel
eradication along the highway in this week alone—28 if you count both sides of
the road separately. Taking into account
the width of the right-of-ways (up to 80 yards), the difficult terrain, and the
wildlife we have to mess with (live and dead), I’d say we’re doing pretty well!
I fell asleep on the ride back to
Creole Housing and I have not been able to shake the tiredness from my bones
since. Maybe I do need sleep. Huh.
Well off to bed I go. Until next
time friends!
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