This week we finally got outta town ! There was a big project sponsored by the Washington State Department of Transportation that we were to help out with. Two other crews were there with us, though most of the time we would all be working on different parts of it. The sites were closer to Washougal than to Vancouver, and were scattered along the Lewis and Clark Highway and the Evergreen Highway.
The first day we were there, it was gorgeous and warm. The rest of the week, we got SOAKED ! It was the first time we had to break out our rain gear. And we still got soaked with the rain gear on. We got a fair number of plants put in the ground throughout the week. They were all bare root and could just be popped in the ground. The last morning was all about putting willows in the ground, though technically it was mud. Lots of mud. It was nothing like putting willows in the ground on the Eastside. No rebar or mallets were required, which made for a kind of pleasant change. The La Quinta we stayed at was pretty nice. Clean too. Our evenings were spent playing cards together or just hanging out. All in all, it wasn't a bad first spike of the year.
Yeah, we're getting soaked . . .
But we're ok with it !
This was our last day, when we planted willows with Dave Coffey's Crew.
There was lots . . .
and lots . . .
of mud.
It was GREAT !
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