Dev Does NCCC: First Project!

They ordered us into big white vans and blindfolded us. They didn't let us speak the whole way there.

Then they led us out, holding hands, and had us walk for several minutes--still blindfolded. They took us, one by one, away from the groups we'd entered the vans with. No one knew where we were or what was happening.

Were we kidnapped? Nah. Our team leaders are just really, really mean. ;) Instead of just announcing who our teams and TLs (team leaders) were, they decided to make it fun for them and terrifying for us.

My team is Water 2, and I'm really excited--I was on a temporary team with this team leader (Hayley) before and I think we mesh well. I don't know my team members too well yet, but that will come with time. Especially since I'll spend the next six weeks camping with them in...

Queen Wilhelmina State Park in western Arkansas!

My little joke is that I joined Americorps to get out of AR, and they funneled me right back in... but honestly I'm excited about it. It's not in an area of the state I've spent much time in, and the Ozarks are truly beautiful.

We'll be building trail shelters and, I believe, an overlook, as well as educating visitors about the park and NCCC. This will be a totally new experience for me; I've never been camping, never done any real physical labor.

I won't have WiFi or cell service, so blogging will be seldom. I definitely feel mixed about that one: I'm used to being totally connected at all times, so it will be a shock, but I'm excited to kind of bring it back down to Earth and disconnect for awhile.

We leave on Sunday. I can't wait to get started!