Day 2

Today was a good day. We made lots of progress on the trail. Vlad and I enjoying filling buckets twice as fast as Lauren. She was not up to par speed wise today. The crew at the top of the mountain was able to move lots of rocks. It is because they are ripped. Lunch and Mafia were fun. It rained. We all got wet. I enjoy writing short, choppy sentances with the exception of this sentace; which is actually quite long, but not that long.

NJ Green Team II, First Day of Work!












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Day 1 of SCA!!!

So today was our first day of the NJ Green Team, and to say the least, it went well. I was so excited to start SCA again this summer and now that it's actually here it's kind of hectic transferring into more of a leadership position. Today we did a lot of team building excercises and tool safety. We also did a few short hikes to some of the previous crew's trails, which included Crystal Springs and a lot of Point Mountain trails. We all enjoyed our lunches at the overlook at Point Mountain and both crews got really into a few games of Mafia. I think that helped some of the new people fit in better. Tomorrow we get to go see our site, which should be pretty exciting. We also get to start actually building the trail which is going to be great.

First Day of Green Team 2009

Ever since school's let out, it's been the same routine: wake up, hang around the house, stay up late, then finally go to bed. This morning was different though. I woke up to the sound of my alarm at 6:30 am. Sleepily I got up, got my stuff together and headed off to Voorhees High School. Why you may ask? Today was the first day of SCA 2009. When I arrived I was instantly greeted by smiles and an surrounded by enthusiastic hackey-sackers (if that is indeed the correct term). We later arrived at our meeting site and I was introduced to my crew. All I can say is WOW! What a group of crazy awesome people! Today's main focus was team-building and learning to mesh as a group. I was quite surprised by the funness factor of the games I was introduced to. From Big Booty (and Bryan being "the booty master") to Giants, Wizards, and elves where I felt like I was in a middle-earth version of Rock, Paper Scissors, Shoot. Today was also composed of delightful journeys through the lovely foliage upon trails composed by previous SCA teams. Viewing the trails exposed me to what I actually had gotten myself into and all i could keep thinking to myself was "THIS IS GOING TO BE THE BEST SUMMER EVER!" I can't believe it's only been one day yet I feel like I've known my crew for a lifetime. I can't wait till tomorow and the next day and the next day.....and so on. Horray for SCA!
-Jenn Borowski-

P.S.- I know this post isn't up to Greg's standards of being 2 pages, sorry greg :)

Ms. Permethrin Pants...

One Week 'til Trail Time

So it's Sunday, I'm listening to Michael Jackson on VH1 Classic, and tomorrow the two commuter crews start and so do I! I'll be working with the two commuter crews this week and setting up my trail and our campsite before my crew starts on July 6th. I'm excited to meet the new youth on the commuter crews. They are going to have so much fun! I have a cool thing to bring and show the returners from the crew I was on last year. They should really enjoy seeing it! 

Until we meet again, love and peace, 

Lauren Smith

PS. Who doesn't love a picture of Vladdie Poo on their blog?

Tomorrow the NJ Green Team will begin! I am very excited to meet everyone and scout out our projects. I wanted to share favorite quote which I feel exemplifies the NJ Green Team:

“Never underestimate the power of a few committed people to change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” -Margaret Mead

This summer is going to be awesome...conservation begins here...

-Jon Regan