This fall has been pretty light on Girl Scout activities...but stay tuned, we have a bunch of good stuff coming up! In September, our troop participated in the BLM National Public Lands Day event. We had 15 people and they were going to put us all on a fairly easy project, but I didn't get us signed in fast enough and it got booked...HRUMPH! By the time we got signed in, the only thing left was a project that had three big arms, signifying it took alot of brute strength. Well, they had our 8 -10 year old girls do it and we did just fine. In fact, we did better than fine. The guy organizing it didn't think we'd finish and we finished in time to where we had to go help another group with their project. YEAH, BROWNIE POWER!
Below is the layout with a few pictures from the project (based on another great sketch from the Double Take class at Big Picture Classes). They had us spread out a special compound of dirt and rock over a trail. Then we grabbed water from the nearby creek and poured it over the trail. Later the BLM worker would bring a big machine to pound it all flat and make it strong. The trail is used often by bikers, so it gets ruts. The goal was to pack it down and make it usable again. Woo Hoo! The girls had fun, got some exercise, and we did a great thing for the community!
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