The past two weeks the Earth Crew has been performing ditch maintenance on the ditch that feeds Park Lake. This ditch was built in the early 1800's by miners and is Park Lake's only water source. The Forest Service was very excited to have us working on this stretch of land. We shoveled grass out of the water way, moved enormous rocks to allow water to flow better, and built better tread on the existing trail. But our main purpose was to heighten the existing berm so that water wouldn't overflow in the spring when the ditch is full. It wasn't the most exciting work but the crew bonded very well, despite the transition to no trail mix for the week. And moving the size of rocks we did felt like quite an accomplishment by the time we were through. We also learned that Marq's parents taught him that "Hugs lead to babies" and thus he now dislikes hugs from anyone.
Emily
CD CM
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