The Mill

The day after ranger day off we had some more training around base camp. It was on where to take your crew when they get into base. The places are logistics, medical recheck, services, the dinning hall and the villa philmonte. It wasn't to bad , but i am ready to0 get my first crew here in the next few days. We got the afternoon off and hung out in the tents. For dinner we got to finally start eating in the staff dining hall where the food is so much better. Before that we were eating in the camper dining hall. Treks started to come in and the first treks hit the trail on june 9. That evening we went to this mill that was built in the early 1800's that is still standing. Our tour guide was an old cowboy type guy and was pretty funny. We headed back to camp after that and listened to music in the tents. We stayed up to about eleven then headed for bed.
Today, june 8, more treks arrived. We had more training as first year rangers. We had to go through a sar course which is a search and rescue course. It was not an intense learning, but a sar would be pretty intense. Apparently the can last all night. We have had the afternoon off and played a little disc. Tonight at 6:30 there is a big utltimate game on the villa philmonte lawn. We have an oklahoma team getting assembled and we should do pretty well. Hopefully i get my first crew tomorow and really begin my job and summer!! I should have one for sure in the next two days. Im ready to get back in the mountains backcountry again because it is starting to warm up at base camp. Philmont is fully up and running ready for a great summer.