50 some bags of trash kept my team busy this past Monday. This is what we had collected by lunch. Not my favorite thing in the world to do so I just kept reminding myself of the AmeriCorps motto; "It's not about me."
We cut down tons of trees that were blocking the views.
My weapon of choice.
The remaining stumps... and garbage. I refused to pick up the bottles filled with pee.
Here's the before picture at Horse Thief Springs.
And the after. It's hard to tell, but we really did clear out a ton of trees and brush. It's just a steep hill down so it's hard to see.
Here's the Horse Thief Spring, surrounded by a stone enclosure built by the CCC.
It was clogged up so Bert the Archeologist headed in to try to unblock it. No success though. He said he'd come back another day to try his luck. The water also has a ton of iron it and is a not so beautiful shade of orange.
Larry informed us the spring is on the list of places people are able to get water on the Ouachita trail. This sign recommends boiling it for 10 minutes at least before consumption. No thanks, I think i'll pass on that one.
We also spent some time camouflaging social trails people had started blazing and using. We want people to use the designated trails so we spent a little time making the social trail seem like it never existed. We covered it with sticks, leaves, and rocks to make it not so convenient to get down.
A picnic site built by the CCC, we sort of consider them the grandfathers of our program.
Another week in the NCCC record book. It's crazy to think that we're already halfway through this project and we'll be onto something new come the second week of March. I'm glad we're able to come back in the summer for another round. Oklahoma is pretty neat.
Janet, thanks for the card! Made my day!!
Looks really good!
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