The day started out with an estimate of the previous day's work, over 7,000 feet completed! This not only pushed the participants to work harder on their trail work within the day, but also motivated them to see that what they are doing at SummitCorps is a project with a huge scope.
The buses load in the morning at day-break. The buses leave so early in the morning because this maximizes the time the participants spend at the work site completing the trail.
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| Not all of the work done at SummitCorps is trail work. One of the crews painted the deck of the National Park Service New River Gorge National River Headquarters. |
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| One of the most important jobs at SummitCorps is done by the cook staff, cooking meals for 500 hungry kids at the end of the work day. |
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| This whole section of trail will have a mechanized turnpike machine used on it. The machine will press the rocks into the trail to make it sturdier and able to withstand water more easily. |
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| Excitement comes easy at the end of the day when the showers are in sight. |
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| A local bluegrass band played before the campfire tonight. They really knew how to get the crowd excited and singing along to their music. |
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| Preston, the Youth Incident Commander for Week 2, hands out ice cream and cookies at the campfire. |
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| A National Park Service Ranger tells the group at the campfire about different stories about what he has encountered, then invites groups of scouts down to play a storytelling game with a ball of yarn. When one scout's section of color ends, he passes on the yarn and the story continues with the next person. |
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| After a long hard day's work, the I-Corps carried a couch to watch the campfire talent show. The talent show included a singer, a guitarist, and a beat-box team. |
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With day 3 behind everyone, sleep came easier after a hard day's work. We're getting pumped for the last work day of Week 2, where hopefully the inner loop of Craig Branch will be finished.
To view a map of what is being built at Craig Branch:
http://oa-bsa.org/annc/g11/summitcorps/sctrailupdate.htm
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