work is work.

So I had a fun-filled weekend! On Friday I hiked all of La Luz and then some with a couple of guy friends (it was so great!) and then woke up early on Saturday to make my upper body just as sore as my legs!  I went out with a local Open Space group to work on some trails a few miles from my house.  It was pretty much perfect!  The trail we built was on a hillside, just like Halfway to Heaven.  Except here the soil had tons of rocks so it was actually more challenging then the trail at CMW will be.  I thought I would get away with doing my project with the tools I already have, but I gotta say, I really want some of those fancy tools that are specifically designed for trail building.  There's this tool called a MacLeod, it's pretty much magic.  It is part rake, part hoe, and you can even use it as a finishing tool to flatten the trail.  And being the daughter of an engineer, I MUST get my hands on this gloriously simple yet extremely useful piece of equipment!  Since there is an obvious lack of funds to purchase this amazing tool I sent out 9 super-professional letters to a bunch of stores to get donations (many of them probably will be unable to donate since they would probably have to contact big corporate higher-ups, but I sent one to a local business so hopefully they'll recognize my name and help me out).  I have to say, I found it weirdly enjoyable to write a business letter!  I learned a lot about trail building too!  I'm definitely feeling more confident in our ability to complete the project in the short week we have to do it.

Guess what??  only about three weeks 'til camp! :D

~Runner