Krista had pushed them steadily through the afternoon with only short breaks. It took four hours to reach the clearing she’d chosen for camp. It would have been an easy hike for any of these girls with the shape they were in…if they hadn’t been loaded with twenty-five pounds apiece. She wanted them to hurt a little, but not too much.
“Great! Now, drop your packs and grab gloves and your Pulaski. Tina, stop using your sunglasses to keep your hair in place and pull them down.”
She soon had them organized in the center of the clearing and was giving them techniques for cutting a line and how to use the hoe side of the Pulaski to cut through and peel back sod. Once that was peeled back, she showed them how to judge organic and inorganic layers.
“Clear me a circle. Mineral soils only for a s
