Week 11 December 12 - 15

Well, this week we got use the chainsaws and breakout the chipper.  Our site was up Hwy 410 along a cluster of homes owned by a large family.  The task was to keep working on a fireline that the previous year's crew had started.  We were to continue the line along one of the houses to the end of the property.  The only things to cut out there were sagebrush, which is very different than sawing trees.


















































By the end of Monday, everything was all cut and put into two piles.  We were able to get one pile chipped before we had to head out.

Tuesday, we went back up 410 to chip that last pile and another woodpile that the landowner had for us.  Then it was back to town to wash the chipper and put it away for the winter, again.  Then we went for a drive up to the edge of Selah to land owned by a guy named Frausto.  There we looked around and got an idea of what still needed to be done to finish the project.  After that, we went all the way up Wenas to put a few more fenceposts in the ground.

Wednesday, we stuck around town for most of the day.  Our first stop was 91st and Wide Hollow to meet up with a guy from Yakima County.  The little site needed 20 rose, 20 red osier dogwood, and 3 ponderosa pines put in the ground.  We got those done in good order and then spread a bunch of seed.  The next stop was right down the road on 80th, across from the park.  There we planted 57 ponderosa pines and spread seed over the area.  The ground was freshly worked, so it was easy to rake the seed in.  After that we drove up to Wenas to meet with a representative for the arena out there.  We discussed several ideas for our MLK Week of Service project and decided that the arena would be a good place to help out.

As for Thursday, I called in sick so I have no idea what happened =)