Entry from 7/17

After moving camp yesterday, we now find outselves much farther south (but anything is south of the NEK, really) in the town of Chittenden (or Pittsfield, we're not sure where the border is) within the ROchester Ranger DIsctrict of the GMNF.  Before heading out, on Friday we went to our sponsor's (Jim Ryan of the DEC) house in Wolcott for some watermellon, cake, and kickball and got a great tour of his 110-acre property, a large portion of which is devoted to farming.  Then off to Chitten-field, if you will, where Vanessa and I are conducting a bit of an experiment.  We are moving on from CLODs (Crew Leaders of the Day) and moving into OWLs (One-Week Leaders).  However, we left it to the CMs (Corps Members) to decide if they wanted to to single-person "HOWLs" (our slang for Half-One-Week Leaders) or Co-Leading OWLs.  All on their own, they decided to give Co-Leading with one other person a shot for a whole week.  This coming week is being lead by one of our quietest and least confident members paired with one of our hardest-working and perhaps most overly-confident (is that possible?) members.  As for project specifics, I can almost see a site right from my tent; this week we are working on teh road we are camping on (Upper Michigan Road as it is called in Pittsfield).