Our first work day. Everyone did a fantastic job! We spent most of the day painting a wheelchair ramp to protect it from the elements, as paint is cheaper than urethane, and the wood that gets donated is not pressure treated.
Got the most important surfaces covered, but cut it short while painting the understand as mold was discovered. Most likely not the black mold of legend, but better safe than sorry. At that point we moved to pick up litter. It being the day after the 4th of July, there were lots, and lots, and lots, and lots, and lots of expended fireworks. Fireworks were actually going off pretty frequently during the work day as well. We got done with the yard of the house we’d been working at and moved down the street. Ended up filling a lot of garbage bags. Of it firecrackers, but a lot of it not from this year. There were a fair amount of firecracker remains that was definitely not a day old.
The funny story from the day is that Brian asked me if gangs were a problem. I said I didn’t think so but that there was a fair amount of theft. As if on cue, a kid rides up to a bike that’s lying by the side of the road, says “Hey, that looks like a nice bike” grabs, and takes off with it before any of us can react.
It’s worth noting that later on we found out that gangs are a problem on the Rez, along with theft.
Speaker that night was Will Peters. He was a fantastic speaker. He’s full time teacher, and really got everyone’s attention from the get go and kept it the entire talk. I got his email address and hope to talk to him further. If we’re going to try to solve problems post trip, he can provide some insight I think.
Stayed up too late. Getting up tomorrow to watch the sunrise.
I miss Julie and Alex.
A lot.
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