Shawnee - 6/19

Prayers go out to our contact, Brian, who hit a deer on his way to meet us today.  All I know is he needed stiches and for a fellow who has retired from the military after 20 plus years of service, you know the incident had to have been more than a mere scratch.  We missed you today Brian, but never fear, we completed the switch backs on the Hutchinson’s Creek Trail and are aiming to finish the rest tomorrow!

We have been beyond blessed to stay at the Grassy Lake Hunting Club.  The hosts have made out stay one to remember—and they keep on finding ways to make us feel like we are on vacation in paradise more so than work!  They put up a fight when we said we were going to clean.  They insisted that we leave it to them, but after they refused our money for letting us stay there we decided to sneak in a couple chores around the lodge when they weren’t looking.

Collin, Tom, and Rascal; thank you so much for letting us stay here and treating us like royalty when you barely even knew us.  I can say without a doubt that this was the best housing I have had all year and Dee, a Fellow who has been in our program for 3 plus years said it was the best she’s ever had.  That’s saying something!  Brian, your work ethic and strength is awe-inspiring.  Thanks for giving us all the tips on cross-cutting.  Here’s hoping we will be back next week to put our newly honed skills to use for certification!

Going to go play with Rascal then gets some rest.  I don’t think we’ve had a day under 95 degrees and all of them felt like the temperature was in the 100s with the humidity.  Talk about a taxing week!  Good night friends.  Until next time!

Trails completed in the last 2 weeks:

King’s Hollow

Rainbarger
Hutchinson’s Creek
Godwin

Clear Springs

Just 2 more to go!

The first photo was taken by Kelly Kaufmann.