Today was my first day of work this year. Everybody seemed in good spirits, relaxed from the time off over the holidays. Rocks and mud, perhaps tired of their perches on hillsides, had slumped onto the road leading up to camp, and runnels of water crisscrossed it here and there. A couple of benches had been blown down the amphitheater steps near where my group meets. Our hike today was relatively short, and accompanied by a duck who caught up to us while we were playing a name game, and later tumbled onto the trail in our midst. It slapped along the trail amongst us for awhile, and snooped around while we played another game before finally growing bored and wandering off.

Strange.

The new washer and dryer were installed today too. We are quite happy with this development! They use a fraction of the water and energy that the old ones used, and they actually get the clothes dry.

I can't seem to get pictures to upload here at the moment. Look at Flickr for duck pictures.