On Saturday Molly, Emily and I woke up around 6:30 to leave for white water rafting. When we got to the ranger station the guy that was in charge told us that it would have to be canceled since it was raining so much that day. We got back in time for breakfast being served then I decided to get some more work hours so I worked after breakfast. We didn't have to do much since it also started to rain a bit and most of the work we had to do was outside. We did take out a lot of tables and chairs out of the rec room though and through them out.
Sunday I slept in (the first time in a while), and hung out around camp all day. It was nice to have a good day off after a couple weeks full of excitement. I did clean my room and did a good load of laundry though.
Monday was a pretty fun day. We first started off at this fairly large hill tree planting, then around noon we headed to Mountain Sage to meet Director Carpenter and have a short meeting over the round thus far. She had a lot of good things to say and we all really enjoyed being listening to all of her wise words. After the meeting we stayed at M.S. and did some work. Joe and I had to dig down to expose a broken pipe that ran water down to their garden. After we found it we sawed the broken part off and replaced it with new PVC pipe.
Tuesday was one of my days to stay back at camp. I had to go around and check the tents and fix the tarps on them (after all of the rain that went through). After that we had lunch then went to where the washer and dryer are (their outside) and spread woodchips all around the ground since there is a broken pipe near it and the ground has been getting extremely muddy. We were done with work after that so I decided to work on a few things for the team. Once everyone got back we had PT, dinner and my peer helper meeting.
Wednesday was our official last day of tree planting! (WOOHOO!) We headed to the ranger station to pick up the boxes of trees and headed back to the steep hill. As we were planting we noticed that almost all the trees had these small webs and black dots on them so we called the ranger station and headed over there during lunch to make sure it wasn't mold. We ended up finding out that they were just mites on the trees and they said that the trees should survive just fine. For the second half of the day I was just working with Emily and she kept talking about ice cream so we convinced Amanda to let us get ice cream after work since we got done a little earlier that usual and because it was our last tree planting day (it was really easy to convince her haha). We arrived back home just in time for dinner which was chicken fettuccini alfredo.
Yesterday (Thursday) was the last day for the week that I was assigned to stay back at camp. After washing the dishes Morgan and I power washed all the bathrooms on the camp. We had to spray down all the mirrors, sinks, toilets; then power washed the floors. Not the most exciting day but its always a fun time when we work at camp. During and after lunch Morgan and I watched a documentary that we have to watch for an SLI event. When I was done I walked outside and saw Seth (our sponsor for the round) shooting some hoops. Not long after I said hi to him, the team van showed up. Once everyone got out and changed we played two games of volleyball for PT and surprisingly I was the MVP for the team. I also found out that next Wednesday I will be trained to drive the van! I'm not going to lie I'm a little nervous since its a 15 passenger van but I know I'll get the hang of it.
Personally I thought today (Friday) was one of the best days thus far. The morning was a little ruff since the power went out in the middle of the night last night, thus the room heater turned off and I woke up with frozen feet. Not only that but we also had PT at 6:45. Thankfully we just played basketball so it was a fun activity to do which got the blood moving. After work we had breakfast and then left to head to Sonora for work. The work that we were doing didn't actually count as work hours, but did count as ISP hours. We worked with a non profit called "Vets helping Vets" which is a nonprofit organization that offers a few different services and programs. One is a thrift store that they operate and take in donations daily, which are directly used by veterans or sold to help them. They also offer some fresh new programs that bring some healing to the Veterans in the area, one being Mountain Marches which is a relaxing adventure through hiking trails in the Sierra Nevada Foothills. Another is Soldier Sounds which is a Audio Recording and Music Therapy for soldiers. During the Soldier Sound Program Vet’s or Soldiers can record music for free, which they will work together to help them put their heart and soul into the music that the create together. The last thing that is new is the Veteran’s Center (That's what the team was working on today) which will allow Vets to come and socialize as well as have a civilian free zone to tell old stories from the service, and kick back for a movie night.
The first thing we did when we got there was meet Russell Carpenter (The founder of Vets helping Vets) and Trent, who is starting the Mountain Marches. Our first task was to organize and sweep out one large area that will be used as a work out area. I moved a couple book shelves around and other workout equipment and also helped unload some couches that were being donated. After lunch we started on painting the floors in the office area and bathrooms. By the end of the day the rooms looked really nice. After leaving we went to Walmart since we were already in Sonora and then to Taco bell for dinner. When we got home I took a shower and started to prepare for tomorrow!
Tomorrow the team will be going on a overnight white water rafting trip! Myself and 4 other team members will be hiking 3 miles into the sight for the first day and will meet up with everyone that is rafting, then we will be pulling a bunch of weeds, setting up tents and on Sunday the people that hiked in will white water raft while the people that did the first day will hike out. I'm pretty nervous since the rapids that we are going down is a level 4 and the water is ice cold. Thankfully we will have an expert as our guide! All I ask is that you definitely pray for my team and I as we endure on this little adventure and I'll be sure to write all about it on Monday!
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