Big Meadow
Sequoia National Forest
6/24 to 6/27/04

Group shot just before dinner.

Norm is at his best manning the grill.

Anybody for chicken?

Brushing the trail

Shane having his picture taken by a staff photographer from Sunset Magazine for an upcoming feature on the High Sierra Volunteer Trail Crew.

Mom-and-daughter team Laurel and Abby sawing a huge tree.

Shane giving instruction on how to build a water bar.

Dr. Ken Murray of the southern California Outdoors Club relaxing after a day on the trail.

Minutes later, Dr. Ken enjoying the chips and homemade salsa.

...and learning the art of water bar cleaning. We cannot say "Thanks" enough for all the volunteers from the Outdoors Club who came all the way from the greater L.A. area to help out.

Laura, from Santa Monica, digging in to her tri-tip dinner Saturday night.

The Weaver Lake trail water-bar crew. This is a steep trail that needs constant water-bar attention every year. From L to R; Jordan, Carey, Dustin, Susie, Reed, Carl, Sherri, Landon and Cody.

The view of Weaver Lake during lunch... life is rough.... The quiet was deafening. Jordan and Dustin relaxing.

Cody, age 10 and his cousin Landon, age 13 enjoying the view. This type of volunteer work is perfect for children this age. They were asking "Can we come to the next one?" before we even pulled out of the campground to return home on Sunday. By all means, bring your children! Sometimes we have trips in which there are 10 or 15 children of all ages. They tend to make friends with each other and play, fish, run, climb rocks, get dirty, get wet, scratched, sunburned and smelly. AHHHH! Ain't it great?

The High Sierra Volunteer Trail Crew would not be where it is today without this woman; Coni Hintergardt has been with the HSVTC for 4 years, and, as a career RN in the Emergency Room, she is a member of our medical staff. Coni has a beautiful daughter Hailey who joins her on most trips. She is the best!

Shane and company refilling the water drum. Water had to be hauled from a remote location manually.