Reflection

RED BACKPACK FULL!

rush to the car

check the headlights, check the tires

on our way to Montour

Pilgrim Heights, Orientation

divide up our tasks

Maple 6 clean

Maple 3 work

Saw, saw, saw

saw, saw, saw

Tree, please come down?

Finally

Sweat. Hard Work. Need practice.

My second tree. Third tree.

Fourth, fifth, sixth tree.

Thinking about what Jimmy said in

Tool Training

Cutting down trees

Stills feels like I’m trying harder than I should be

Suggestion from my teammate

His method works.

I become more comfortable.

Second day

I’m used to sawing, pulling, dragging

The day passes

3:45 pm.

It’s starting to rain.

Pulling up long-fallen trees

Placing trees in pile

Going back

Looking for more logs to haul

Maple 3 and Maple 6

We worked so hard.

looks like no more work to do

I move over to a steep hill

more logs to pull

Carrying logs up a hill

Not fun.

Time passing slowly.

The longest 8 minutes of work.

Rain coming down harder

finish off hauling one last log

glad its 5:00 pm

Third day

Snowed all night

Ground is slushy and muddy

We cut down trees

Now it’s time to pile cut trees into trailer

Good to know how many trees we cut down

how many logs we picked up

how many weeds we pulled

Wait. We cut down that many trees?

What’s the deal?

So much wood.

Is it a waste?

Some members are hurt.

“Those trees are healthy!”

Debrief with project sponsor

We cut trees for scenic reasons

But also...

Sponsor wants to be able to guide the direction of the forest

Which trees grow where.

Some trees, if not cut, will kill off other trees.

Because we made the scene clearer

by cutting down trees

sponsor can better see how the forest should grow

head home

eat King Tower Cafe meatloaf

Full Stomach.

Good mini project.

Got my hands dirtied and bruised.

Still feel ambivalent.