Farm Life Day 6

Day 6

May 12, 2023


Hours today: 2


Total hours: 26.5

 We hopped out of bed and enjoyed some eggo waffles. After our nutritious breakfast we headed up to trail and began to clear. Trask had done some work the day prior and he had a big tractor that was plowing a path through the brush. We had a saw, clippers and an axe and began hacking at the brush. I chose the saw and quickly got into a good rhythm. We were only able to work for a couple hours but we made great progress on the trail. After lots of blisters and bug bites we called it a day at the trail. We had to leave earlier than we liked because we had an early lacrosse practice.



 

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