Washington-Jefferson National Forest in Virginia
Day 3 - Monday
Monday's quotes:
"Today was really great. Up at 6,hot breakfast at 6:30 then off to work. I had to drive another crew to their site so I didn’t get to stay with our boys. We went up appox. 750 ft in elevation in the first 3/8 of a mile while carrying water coolers between us on a 9” wide trail. Tomorrow there will be some thought put into that process before we leave camp. We built 150 yards of trail connector and cleaned appox. 1 mile of trail. The connector took all morning. One of the rocks I dug out was 3’x3’x2’ (an hour and a half of work). The bag lunch we took with us was great then reflection time before completing work. We quit work at 3 then back on the bus for an hour and a half drive back to camp. Supper of Salisbury steak creamed tators, green beans, brownie and roll. Our delegates didn’t do reflection at lunch so they are doing them now. Got to go see ya tomorrow"
"Today we woke up around 6 and went to breakfast and after that we got another tool talk. Then we got started working at about 8. We made about a quarter mile of trails. After we were done we went swimming and then ate supper. "
"Today we finally started our working days. We made a walking trail around the lake, it was very hard to dig up the soil because there were a lot of different layers. At around 4:00 we went swimming and came back around 5:30 to eat super. The rest of the day was ours to play, sleep, etc."
"Today we went to work on a trail that was close to our tent and I was thankful. At 4:00 we went swimming."
"Today we woke up at 6:00. It was cool. Then we went to breakfast. We hade bacon eggs and rolls. Then the group went to make trails. It was pretty fun. We went to lunch at 11:00 to 12:00. We took a 20 minute nap. It was refusing. Then we went back to work. We got done at 4:00 went swimming and took showers. Now its dinnertime."
"This was a very tiring day. We worked for several hours doing hard labor. We cleared some trail around the lake and worked on making drains for these walkways. Afterwards we came back and swam."
"Today we woke up around 6.We had bacon,eggs,and grits for breakfast.Today was the first day we worked. We built trails in the woods. After we were done working, we went swimming. Then we ate dinner."
"Today we started to work. We are creating a trail that runs down a hill and wraps around part of the lake. Creating a trail is a lot harder than I thought it would be because you have to remove many layers of dirt. After working on our trail we went to the lakes swimming area to swim and relax in the cool water. The rest of day is finally ours to do what we want."
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