(almost) the end of week one!

Yesterday was an amazing day. I know because every muscle in my body aches. Yesterday I was a runner in the field. For the most part I drive the truck to the squads in the field and drop off water and ice and tools for the volunteers. After everyone has everything they need (and its needed) I suit up for chainsawing!! Yesterday I got to use a 441, which was amazing! Toward the end of the day I pick up tools and coolers. Yesterday afternoon I did some old fashioned muscle work. The volunteers are moving debris from around the houses to the road, so that the army corps can pick up the piles. Building materials, bricks, trash, tree branches, etc all have their own piles. Personal effects are put back on the foundation of the house for the homeowner to reclaim. I got to work alongside some. Cool volunteers hauling material closer to the sidewalk for a while. Two days ago I was working with an older man and chatting. He likes chainsaws, is moving to Boulder, and ten years ago biked across the country. We talked about that. He was impressed that I rode west. And the day before that I impressed some volunteers with their tiny chainsaws when I showed up to help them with a large tree. I was later referred to as that tiny girl with the chainsaw. :)