#10 "There is no WiFi in the forest, but we promise you'll find a better connection."

               Can I just tell you all how proud and surprised I am of being able to actually keep up with these blogs! It may be very different in the coming weeks but like I have said in the past I will try my very best. It all depends on what I'm doing (could very well be camping for a few weeks) and if I have WiFi or even cell reception.
               Anyways back to today. We slept in until 8 and then got ready and had to report at our muster spot (just a name for in between the dorm buildings) and had our morning meetings of what the day is going to look like. We then had a training on how to work with volunteers. Personally I thought the training was kind of pointless because if you have volunteers you need to tell them what to do politely, if they are messing around you should explain the importance of their volunteer work and treat them as you would like to be treated... Yes some of the information was useful but for the most part it was a boring morning. After that I had a little bit of time before my next training which was learning how to properly dissemble and resemble a chainsaw and how to use one. The training was long but the two men who were training us had a funny sense of humor. I now know how to use a chainsaw though and will be able to use those skills the next two days for our mini spike, which will be at Camp Lode Star in Stockton California. Tomorrow we will be leaving around 2:30 and will be doing different team bonding exercises at the camp. Then on Thursday my team will be working in the woods making new paths, cutting down old or already broken trees, etc.. The weather calls for rain in the area so it'll definitely be a challenge chainsawing for the first time while in the rain haha.
 After the training I had to quickly change into my PT clothes and get out to the fields. We had to keep moving whether it was running, push-ups, sit-ups, or squats for only about 40 minutes. Knowing that I am one of the people on my team who were trained in chainsawing and the fact that we will be doing non stop trail work and other things in that "nature" (ha that was punny) for about 6/7 months is really pushing me to do extra PT. I'll definitely (hopefully) will be a lot more fit when I come home! We finished the night with a team dinner, meeting, and packing for tomorrows mini spike!
          Also, I will not have any kind of cell reception for the next two days while I am at this camp, so if you ever try to reach me, just know I am not ignoring you, but simply have no clue that you are trying to reach me! You can say that I definitely will be connecting with nature!And yes I will try to write everything that I do down, so I don't forget any of it for when I am able to blog about it.

P.S. I know most of these posts are all relatively the same and may seem a bit boring, but after CTI (once we are on spike) they will become a bit more interesting. Depending on what we are doing, I may just have to blog at the end of every week. We'll See!


                                                                                                                                   ~Savannah