Day 6: Sun's Out!

The sun is out! After all of the muggy and rainy weather in the past week, Friday finally gave us a break and it was a beautiful, sunny, cloudless day. Our morning started like it always did, with the morning song. Arleen then taught us all how to make fresh blackberry jam, using her own blackberries from the garden!

Arleen!

After our “cooking” for the day, we decided to finally get our hands dirty! Privet is an invasive species that slowly began to take over a region known as Happy Valley. If not taken out and maintained, the plant would cover miles and slowly choke out the rest of the local species. As Alternative Breakers, we were happy to take the Privet out:

And remember the fish game? Ed, being the handy-man he is, fashioned his own fish pole in a few days! We played in the open field in Happy Valley after pulling out the privet and to answer my earlier question… of course us Rutgers women won!

Girls score!

This is where the day turned a little for the worse… we had some car troubles, BUT nothing a little hootenanny can’t fix! At an old elementary school, the Rocky Branch Bluegrass community throws a jam session where there’s live bluegrass, mountain music performed by only the best!

On to the next day!