Blog Day 2

Today was our second day and we started our work around Mud Pond. Like yesterday, the weather was very comfortable for hiking and it was still pretty buggy. When we got to the lean-too we started by cleaning things up like leaves, branches, brush, and clumps of pine needles that were gathering up in big masses. With big branches we started by breaking them and putting them in the fire pit but then moved to lining the path with the bigger branches in the woods. We also made a hand-made sign on a piece of wood by scratching it with a rock. While it was very tiring, it was worth it in the end and we found a nail lying
around that we could use to hang it. I grabbed a rock and started hammering the sign into the tree, after about 10 minutes the sign was finally able to stand on its own and we were able to really start contributing only on the second day! 

Hours:

8:45 AM - 11:45 AM 

12 PM - 2 PM

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