I found a moose! It
was just standing in a stream watching a beautiful sunset before we rudely
stopped nearby to do the exact same thing.
At least Chelsea got to see it before it stomped off as she had yet to
see one in Montana.
We also found two of our elusive teams. The mountains are rather maniacal when it
comes to communication devices, especially our radios, so Bruce sent us out to
check on their status. Thankfully
everyone was all right, but their projects have encountered a number of setbacks—the
big one being no pack mules. They were
charged with the task of building a fence but numerous creeks and streams prevented
vehicles from transporting the materials.
Cue pack mules… or an ATV… apparently.
The four wheeler couldn’t make it beyond the first body of water so our
crews had to carry it all over and install it themselves. They looked beat by the time we found them,
as did the team of two that was sent over the mountain to clear the trail in
those hard to reach places. 16 miles in
2 days; it makes our work at Gilbert seem like child’s play.
We cleared another trail today… but it wasn’t the one we
meant to do… BUT it was on the list of trails that needed maintenance. In short, our day was indirectly
productive. There were no downed trees,
just some overgrown branches and two patches of trail that needed
leveling. While our work was easier than
previous days we had to cross a number of streams and we all had our own
methods of doing so. Chelsea would take
off her boots and socks, I would jump on rocks, and Dan kinda did a half and
half as his fire boots were remarkably water proof.
All in all it was a fun day for us, I just feel bad for our
other teams as they seem to be having a much rougher time. They’re tough though, we all are, and it
sounds like tomorrow promises to be a day to cure the ails of all recently
endured hardships. Until then, good
night!
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