Dear Reader,
The YCC crews have experience with backpacking and camping, the former from the last rec trip and the latter from each week of work, so why not synthesize the two together for a weekend backpacking trip? A few more considerations to add, though:
Our work projects take place in the front country with easy access to supplies, e.g., tents, sleeping bag, and food, in our vehicles. When we hike miles into the back country, we need to bring them with us in our backpacks.
With no running water in the backcountry, we need to bring purifiers in order to drink it. This comes as either a gravity or a pump filter.
Bear boxes no longer come as an amenity; instead a tree will hold any smelly packs.
See their trips for yourself:
Observation Peak Trail (led by Bethy)
Grebe Lake (led by Grace)
Mount Holmes (led by Zander)
In addition, the crews went through the initiation process to become a Junior Ranger. See below:
Congratulations! Up next, the final work week for session I!
Regards,
Your Narrator
P.S. Feel free to comment below which pictures throughout this session you thought were best!