The beginning of the Trial Mile

The Owen’s Peak Wilderness crew joined us for the last hitch before the Christmas break. The hitch went well; it consisted of lots of hard work and challenging weather conditions. On the second night, our fearless leader Shannon decided to test the limits of our pressure cooker. The white community tent is now splattered with all natural black bean dye. Our work days consisted of either carrying large quantities of fencing supplies or working laboriously on the fence. The weather turned against us on the last days of the hitch. At the end of these final days the community tents would be filled with hanging wet garments. By the time Shannon and Scott returned most of us were wearing our last set of dry clothes. We survived the desert monsoon and arrived back home safely on the 19th. All in all we completed our goal and hauled over 2 ½ tons worth of fencing supplies into the wilderness.