Time to go Twiggin'

We had to wake up at the buttcrack of dawn- SAY WHAT!!!! It was a rather important appointment though; our entire team was interviewed, live, on-air, on the Wytheville county radio station WYVE. It was such an experience to talk about our college lives to the entire area which we were serving and to be able to tell everyone how we feel about our work.

After the string of interviews, we departed for some early morning coffee to wake us up for a long day of work. In the words of Simon the Great, “oh sheet!” We started off to Wolf Creek Indian Lodge in the rain and started our honest work. Some stayed inside to climb ladders and hang wire. Others moved logs like it was their day job. While yet others continued to add on to the braided palisade wall of never ending twigs. And still, our greatest team members mulched until the cows came home.

It was a good day going great, until lunch came at 11. The girls were working so hard twiggin’ that they got hungry early from all of the hard work. It began to rain and it began to pour. And slacker nation turned into slacker universe. At this point, Sam started to show us how to make arrowheads. This was part two of the Sam vs. Wild training series of how to survive in the wild after part one of making a fire yesterday. This turned into a fire making, arrowhead chipping, “flash” reflection including Sam in one of the roundhouses down at the outdoor Indian village.

When the rain let up, we started working again and actually accomplished a lot in a short period of time. With the wall of Rosie almost completely finished and all of the bands for the pole structure/ foundation for the roundhouse in place, we left the village for the day to go back to Camp Laurel and reflect.

After Thanksgiving-dinner-came-early, we ended our night with a trip to United Methodist Church to watch our last performance of Allen and his band. They REALLY jammed with the electric guitar and drumset. Songs like “Hotel California” and “867-5309” really pumped up the crowd and sent us out for the night on a high. The day is now coming to  a close and all we can look forward to is our last day of work tomorrow and our team visit to Cascade Falls. Nature city.

Peace

Andrew & Lauren