Crew 3, Spike 1

First we established out village in the foothills. Soon we realized we were under attack. We responded to the call to slay the dragons. The southwest white pine and aspen dragons were calling for our help. The white fur dragons where attacking from their base. We knew not the dangers that lie in our path; rain, snow, wind, and the hike of death. One of our comrades almost fell, but we saved him, and slew the white fur dragons HAHAA!!!! The knight training continued. As we got more comfortable with our weapons of destruction and death, we realized that by bathing in their sap and drinking their tears we became invincible. We thus stand victorious, with the dragon heads and wings at our feet.


This was our last week of S212 training; where we started felling trees with our chain saws. We worked on CFRP (collaborative forestry restoration program) in LaJara canyon in Taos, NM. Our main objective was to thin out the forest so that the Aspen’s growth would not be hindered by the White fur, Blue spruce, and Engelmann spruce, among other high latter fuel producing tree types. In doing so we were able to provide much needed fire wood to the elderly. We worked in weather conditions varied from very nice in the day to 5 in. of snow on the ground. We had challenging times and times for great team building. Most important we made it through as a crew together stronger and closer.