The Begining

Tomorow i begin my official duties of a ranger. I pick up my first crew from the council "circle ten" in texas. Im pretty pumped. I pick them up from the welcome center bright and early at 8:00 am. I had this morning off, but this afternoon I had a ranger work day. I spread topsoil all along this new building so that they can plant some sod. We worked pretty fast and had it done under 1.5 hours. After the work, i washed off a little then attempted to take a nap in my tent. The went here is unbelievable. It is almost like a small dust ball. Tents were breaking down all over the place. After dinner I went to a class on the wilderness pledge. The wilderness pledge is a pledge saying that you will preserve the wilderness. Rangers have to give cards to everyone in their crew while out in the backcountry. After that I hit up mass. The mass is outdoors and is always really peaceful and nice. You got the mountains to look at all through mass while still listening. After mass i played kickball which was put on by the activities staff. Good ole thomas pynn was in charge. He did a pretty good job. We had twenty or so people, with bases, and played nine innings. We actually went into extra innings. Thomas' team won, but it was still alot of fun. Later tonight im going to do some laundry and hit up my last shower until i arrive back to base in four days. My crew is going up to north country, a part of philmont i have never been. Each day here is getting better and better. In fact, i just requested three days off, my only three days off, at the end of july so i can go to the mile high music festival in denver with thomas alex will and david!