A day in the Shadow Mountain life:

7:35 Shelby rolls out of bed

7:55 The crew moseys on over to the main forest service building, approx. ¼ mile stroll.

8:00 Work starts.

8:15 Work actually starts.

8:20 Sharpen/pull together tools

8:30 The 6 RMCC crew members pile into the hefty, white, huganto, stick-shift, Duley pick-up and caravan to the designated day-of-work trailhead with 2-4 other forest service peeps.

9-9:30 (Depending on how long of a journey it is to the trail or how long is spent getting gas/essential coffee supplies at the ‘Kum&Go’) The crew completes the ‘Tailgate Safety” talk and we trek off into the woods with our cross-cut saws, Pulaskis, hazel hoes, McClauds, felling axes, pick mattocks, toothpicks, butterknives, or whatever your weapon of choice may be. 

9:30-12:30 Drains are dug. Trees are cleared. Hazard trees are sawed. Terrain is leveled. Trails are transformed.  

12:30-1…ish we take our half-hour lunch. 

1-3:40-4ish: Finish up. Tramp back to the car. Travel back to Shadow mtn base.

5-5:30ish: Clean up at camp. Put away tools. Dump garbage logs if necessary.

5:30 FREE WILLY!!!