Last Friday was a volunteer day on the River. Everyone came out to help weed, and plant and do their part to help the project along. Since our store has a section of the river right out our back door we joined in.
The day was cold and rainy but that didn't stop us from working and having fun in the process. We just bundled up and headed out.
Our first task was to pull weeds. Jeanell and I were wondering how we could get the volunteers to come to our houses, because we have lost of weeds to pull too. The rain made this job pretty easy. The down side, the creepy crawlies that we happen upon while pulling said weeds. There was one spider that Jeremy found that's body was as big around as a quarter. I quickly moved from that area and found a different place to pull weeds.
We were shown what plants we were NOT suppose to pull. One of them was mint and Josh our store manager said that if we weren't sure whether or not to pull it that we should bend over and smell it. If it smelled like mint, leave it. If it spelled like dog s--t, pull it. That's why he is the boss......
After we got all the weeds pulled along our section we got to plant some trees and bushes that they had so kindly placed in the spots they were meant to be planted. Now one thing you should know about the soil in northern Utah is that it is very rocky. We are not talking about little rocks but big rocks and you tend to hit one each time you push the shovel into the ground. So digging holes is very labor intensive.
I was working with Dave and he had dug quite a few holes so I told him to let me dig a few. Well he was more than happy to give me the shovel (which I found out was broken, it was a wonder he could dig any holes with it). While I was fighting with yet another rock, Dave thought it would be funny to start throwing rocks back into the hole I was trying to dig. Dave was the only one who thought that was funny......
After all the projects for our area were complete we all headed back to the store. Our shoes were so caked with mud and we were trying to scrape it off any way we could. We ended up washing them in the maintenance sink.
Then our store was providing sandwiches, chips and drinks for all the volunteers. So we drove up to where that was happening to have some lunch. They had all kinds of booths about the river and the things you could do on it. They even had kayaks and were letting people go down the river in them.
Here is a picture of our little volunteer group..
Back: Val (Frozen/Dairy) Jammie (HBA/Cosmetics) Jeremy (OTC) Regina (Assist. mgr) Me, Dave (bike builder/assembler) Jeanell (personnel) Sarah (ZMS)
When it is all done the Ogden River will be a beautiful place to be. It will be fun to watch it evolve.
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