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July 14th, Day Eight - Phrase II: The Adventure Trek

It was time for me to be the crew leader of the day. I had the honor of being the first one to get up and wake everyone up. Though, it was not so bad. I must truly say I miss not having to pack up the campsite. It felt odd packing up the tents and the crew gear, as we have not done it in days. We ate a quick breakfast and headed out to the worksite.

Finishing up some sledging.

When we arrived, we finished our projects and got to the second part of our service: cleaning the tools. We took all the tools and hiked to the water's edge. Using a small piece of tin foil and WD-40 we cleaned the rust off the metal parts of the tools including the pickmatics, cuttermatics, sledgehammers, and shovels. We made sure the tools were in better condition then they were in before packing them all up.

We ate our last lunch at our worksite that day, as we were to begin our next phrase: The Adventure Trek. Our crew planned a hefty itinerary for our trek. We were to travel south, then head east and loop north around into Canada only to return to the Northern Tier Base. We planned for over 100 miles, which at the time, seemed like a really cool idea. Until it hit us: It's time to actually do it.

The OAV708A 2003 work crew (minus Vern Miller, who is taking the photo).

After the work week, we felt tired, but we were all content to go through with our mission. We started off and headed to our journey.

By this time, my portaging skills improved. I lifted the canoe on my shoulders with no problem. The packs felt lighter on my back. The first week added a great deal of strength to my body, which I didn't realize until I needed it.

We traveled for many hours until we found a camp site on Lake Insula. We pitched camp and cooked dinner. We made a warm fire and cooked up some popcorn while we learned more on Leave No Trace. After reflections, we quickly climbed into our sleeping bags and went to sleep.

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