All right loyal blog followers, here it is: the finally. Not
really though, we still have two days of service left, but we fo real had a lit
day. We started, as usual waking up around 7:45am with Sean peacefully and
pragmatically requesting our departure from the comfort of our tents to the
wonders of the outside world. Our good friends, Charlie and Sherly were to
betchy to show up and greet us, but it was all right. Side note, Charlie and
Sherly kicked out their now fertile children possibly over a questionable
boyfriend or a drug habit; its all speculation at this point.
After breakfast, we returned to the Katie’s Landing where we
had our first day of service. However, today was exponentially cooler because
there was an epic assortment of vines, which we needed to pull down. Sean, the
concerned father of the group, took a before picture – so check it out folks.
We commenced pulling down literally thousands of vines (which were a huge betch
btw) ranging from dad-sized vines – all the way to first cousin-sized. James
also blessed us with a chain saw, which Steven lied about knowing how to use.
He commenced cutting down all the trees and vines with this possible murder
weapon. (Don’t worry Jill I know how to use it now)
Next, the most controversial part of the day began. Lunch…
The controversial star of the show was the newly initiated GOAT, Scott. Scott
is the park coordinator who pulls off the park ranger/ police look with tapered
green shirt and fly AF aviators. I was utterly enthralled by the mans ability
to thoroughly answer question, go off onto tangents, hit on subjects which had
nothing to do with the initial question, and all and all give Scott-great life
advice.
Life advice from Scott:
1.
Get a VPN – because we are young.
2.
Watch “My Life as a Tukey” on Vimeo
3.
Go to Costa Rica and hike the El Camino
4.
Buy Marrell boots – they are great
5.
Watch out for big brother, because our health
care system suck.
6.
Travel the world while you are young. Worry
about the US later.
7.
Fly Norwegian Air. But do norweiganair.co, so
you get the local rates.
8.
If you’re in a forest fire, run to the shake and
bake then hope for the best.
Side notes from Scott:
1.
Only hire veterans and retirees if you are a
park ranger.
2.
We learned how to perform a controlled burn.
3.
He explained to us how you die in a controlled
burn. It’s no bueno.
Although I loved Scott’s unfiltered approach to
conversation, some were not so enthralled. Elena for example, fell asleep half
way through his prolonged rant while Jill and Kara where fully un-amused by his
attack on park workers under 30. Anyway, after the star of the show left, we
were back to an hour of vine genocide across the road. We finished the kick ass
day when Sean almost grabbed our new best animal friend, Leroy the Snake. He
was a friendly little Gartner snake, whom surely took a turn for the worst
after we ripped the shit out of his nice viney home. Sophie, sensing the
danger, fled out of a, dare I say, irrational fear for our new best friend.
Anyway, we finished the day by doing laundry that, trust me,
was desperately needed (especially for a certain someone named Sean). During
that adventure, Kara being the happy person she is, assumed that a dirty and
possibly homeless man with a dog would know where we could find propane. To
everyone’s disbelief the man had the propane we needed and GAVE IT TO US FOR
FREE.
We ended the day with a dank ass mean of questionable tomato
soup with grilled ‘fake’ cheese sandwiches. ‘Twas bomb. We then had reflection,
which, of course, follow ‘Vegas Rules’ so I cannot talk about it. But, it was
deep: believe me. All in all, it was a great day, and we are looking forward to
tomorrow.
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