Technical Trails Reflection – Coronado National Forest

It’s hard work.  But that’s what I wanted.  We get up early and go to bed early.  Soon we’ll be eating breakfast before sunrise.  We stink.  But we don’t notice each other’s stench most of the time.  You get used to it.  It’s all part of the adventure.

Sunday morning we woke up on top of Mount Lemmon in the middle of a cloud.  It would have been mystical if not for the chill.  But I suppose that’s part of the mysticism they don’t write about in books.  At least not the books most people read.  This job isn’t for most people.  It’s hard core.  And I love it.

After two days in town I still haven’t managed to wash all the dirt out of my elbows.  But I’m ready to get back out in the field and sweat and work hard and get dirty again.  I can’t wait to get back out there and hack out a trail with my trusty pick-mattock.  My name is Danielle, and I’m a member of the Technical Trails Crew.  We go big.