Bridger-Teton National Forest (Jackson, Wyoming)
Day 4 - Monday
We got up bright and early…actually it wasn’t very bright outside since it was 5:30AM. We awoke to the sound of an air horn…our tent city’s alarm clock.
Despite years of planning and countless meetings on the part of Boy Scouts of America, they ran out of Philmont trail breakfast meals. We boarded school buses and headed out to our work sites…up the mountain. We wondered if some of the buses would even be able to climb the couple of thousand foot elevation from the town of Jackson Hole to the mountains.
Once we got there, everyone had to hike anywhere from one to three miles to get to there work site. It took as long as two hours to make the hike. Once there, we got another safety lesson about the equipment we were to use. Our day’s work consisted of clearing trees, roots, and rocks to make new a new trail. The National Forest Service has decided the new trial will be called the Arrow trail in honor of the OA’s work and commitment. We had a small Philmont trail lunch.
We worked five to six hours before packing up and hiking back down the mountain. We bused back to the base camp at the Jackson High School. Most got an invigorating cold shower. Dinner consisted of Salisbury steak (which they ran out of), mashed potatoes, peas, peach cobbler, apple pie, and salad. Most of the work teams had a short evening meeting to go over
the day’s work. Most everyone crashed early; wiped out from the long day.
