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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, June 28, 2014

Big Creek - 6/26

Clad in nothing but my boxers and armed with naught but a tent pole I managed to save most of our food from a gang of raccoons and a stray opossum.  I heard rummaging around 3am last night so I had the mental image of Dan going for a midnight snack as all of our food was ratcheted shut.  Then I heard the growling.  So I did the sensible thing and scared the raccoons off.  The opossum sought to get in on the turf war with its rivals gone, but I just shined my headlamp at it until it backed down.  This was the second time I saved the day this week (first was me saving all of our gear from the rain).  I’m on a roll!

That was probably one of the more exciting parts of the day, accompanied by a close game between the US and Germany in the World Cup (we lost… but we’re moving on!)  and riding a battery dead UTV down a hill on the highway. Life is good and despite the hardships we endured this week I’m glad we powered through.  This week was all about problem solving so I even forgot we were spraying at times.  Hope all is going well in your respective parts of the world.  Until next time!





The last photo was taken by Dan Burch.

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