Washington-Jefferson National Forest in Virginia
Day 6 - Friday
Friday's Quotes:
"Today, we got up and went to breakfast. After that we loaded up the vans and got our lunches. Then we rode out to where we had worked the day before recreation. But while we were eating lunch a storm blew in, and we had to leave. We walked forever to get to the van and then we had to walk some more. Then we reached camp, took showers, and then did our daily blogs."
"Today, we had to hike a long way back to our worksite and our driver took a long time took get us to the drop zone. While on the trail, we were making good progress, and a thunderstorm came upon us. After the thunderstorm, we had to hike two hours to our van to ride home. Afterwards I was glad to put on dry clothes because my other clothes were wet."
"Today we ate breakfast and then we left to go to work. On our way to work, we saw a deer. After we got to our worksite, we had to walk a long way to get there. When we stopped for lunch, a thunderstorm rolled up on us. We got drenched."
"This morning we woke up and had waffles, grits, and ham. We then shortly left to go to our worksite. We only worked for two and a half hours, and then we started eating lunch. As soon as we started, it started raining very hard. So we left immediately. It took forever to get to the van, once finally on the van, we headed back to camp. Tonight we are having our banquet and a closing ceremony."
"Today, we worked a lot. Then it began to rain right after lunch. I got wet."
"We woke up early and ate breakfast and had a very, very long hike in.We worked for an hour or two and we got rained out. We got wet and miserable. Now I feel a lot better that I’ve had a shower. "
"Today, we hiked in to work; we worked on the very end of the trail. As we began to eat lunch, the bottom fell out. So we hiked out and I was soaking wet. "
"Today we went to breakfast. Then we got our lunches and got in the van. The guy who was driving took forever to find the trial place. We went to the end of the trail and worked on the end. While we were eating lunch it started to pour down rain. So we had to get of the mountain. We had to hike down all the way down the mountain. We got in the van and rode back to the camp. And took showers."
"Today, we went out to work for the last day. When we got there, we had to wait on 2/3 of our crew to arrive because their driver got lost. After they finally got there, we hiked into the worksite and worked until lunch. At lunch, it started to rain and we headed for the buses. Finally, we got to the bus, got back to the campsite, and relaxed."
"Today I woke up early and ate a really big breakfast. After filling my stomach I had to get on the van to go and work on the trail. After hiking in we worked for an hour and decided to eat lunch. Halfway into my lunch, the sky poured down rain. Before I knew it everything that I had was soaked. I put on a trash bag for a rain jacket and hiked out of the trail. It took a long time to make it out of the woods. When I got out the rain stopped. Before I knew it everything was dry and my day was a whole lot better."
"Today was interesting to say the least. We found out how organized Warm Springs was after seeing the mess this morning. Off to work finally after getting on and of two different vans two times withut leaving the parking lot.After a very extremely scary ride by a driver we refused to ride with again,we finally got to the site after driver missed turn off. After finally believing us that the road ended after driving 15 miles to verify that, we turned around and got to the drop off point. We were working on the same trail as Wednesday. Worked about 2 hours, took lunch, only to have to grab and go back down trail without eating due to a sever thunderstorm. Hiked out,got soaked,went back to camp and chilled. Closing tonight then home in the morning.'
