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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!

Friday, August 8, 2014

Panther's Den - 8/5

Back to Shawnee only instead of being trounced on by a St. Bernard I am tenting it up somewhere near Panther’s Den.  This tent is starting to feel more like home than my room in the Doah.  Pretty sure I’ve spent more time in this portable shelter now.  Anyways, we started off our week pulling a new invasive.  You know me, I tend to have trouble with dates and names on the first go so I will have to get back to you on what it is.  The unnamed weed is fairly easy to dispose of compared to every other invasive we’ve tangled with as a slight tug pops it right out of the ground.  The only issue is it likes to grow around poison ivy sooo, yeah, the plant may get me yet.


After that we went back and set up camp.  Liz and I set up a tarp canopy while Dan and Liana prepped dinner.  It’s a good thing we did because a thunderstorm rolled out of nowhere.  The wind pierced our improvised shelter’s defenses, but Liana’s dowsing in her short trip to the truck showed us that we stayed 85% dryer under the tarp.  If only we had a bigger one.  Regardless great start to a short week!  My record for storms while camping is still perfect!


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