Bucked up a fallen tree, cleaned a couple of river
entries—all in a day’s work for this AmeriCorps crew. Even with missing a
couple of turns (they really should mark the roads better around here) we
managed to finish around our estimated time.
My favorite part was when we were cutting all of the brush away from the
shorelines at some river entries. The
ground was of a consistency similar to that of a bog—one wrong step and that
solid looking ground turned into a knee-deep waterlogged pit. To avoid falling into these traps I found an
8 foot stick and I went fishing for branches.
It was very exciting; they all had grooves so you could lock it with the
stick then launch it toward the shore like a catapult.
My least favorite part was when we got a flat tire. We don’t know how it happened, but when we
made it to the gas station there it was.
We got out the jack but it didn’t reach the bottom of the truck… we got
out the key to unlock our space but it was missing a piece… our equipment needs
updating. Anyways, some good came out of
our dilemma; Marshall from Peck Ranch came to our rescue! He had the jack but he had to call Patti over
for a similar key to unlock our space.
Man, what a comedy of errors.
Oh yeah! We were
building a trail to an old school house before that debacle. It was in the middle of a forest with no
electricity (it was that old). How they
got enough light through those windows baffles me, but it was a cool find.
Now I bid you adieau.
Temperatures are going to be in the 90s with crazy humidity so we’re
going to start a little earlier in hopes that we can beat the worst of the
heat. Night all!
P.S. I lied, my
favorite moment was when I was surrounded by butterflies. Imagine Dragon Ball Z when the characters are
charging up and they have a swirling aura about them—the butterflies flew in a
similar pattern.
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