This page is for Thursday, March 8!

This morning, Steff, Emily, and Kelsey made breakfast for us!  You can see Steff making pancakes here!

And here is Emily making corn muffins!  They were delicious and we really appreciated the girls making breakfast for us.

We had the photographer for Habitat for Humanity come this morning to take a group picture with the house.  You can really see all the progress we've made!

We raised some interior walls today.  By the end of our shift, we had blocked out the walls for the master bedroom and bathroom.  Hopefully we will finish the rest of the interior walls tomorrow!  

The bathtub had to be slid into to bathroom.  It was a tight squeeze, but it fit!

Here's a picture of Jenn annd Andrew in an attempt to shimmy the tub back in the bathroom.

Alyssa, Andrew, and Steff make cripplers to support the interior walls.  It requires a lot of strength to push the boards and make them flush.

Steff happily swings out her anger on the nail to lock the two interior walls into place.

Today, we had a half day.  We decided to take a hike during the afternoon at Table Rock State Park.  This park was one of 16 state parks built in South Carolina during the New Deal.  We hiked the 3.6 mile Table Rock Trail to the top of the mountain - and back!  7.2 miles doesn't sound like a lot, but it was a rough, steep hike.

You can see that we're all really happy and excited before we start!  We're also relatively clean!!  That's about to rapidly change once we start the climb.

Along the walk, there was an awesome stream that trickled down the mountain.  The water was crisp and clear and it was really refreshing once we finished the hike.

Here are Steff and Andrew a little less than midway up the mountain.  This large rock jutted out from the surrounding landscape!

While we were hiking, we split into two groups.  Halfway up the mountain, there was a hut with a scenic view.  Sitting in the view was a girl who we were talking to.  She was in the middle of trying to jog up the mountain, because she lives nearby.  However, she didn't have any water and decided she should stop because she was alone.  The group that I was with decided to invite her to join us, and she hiked the rest of the way with us!  It was really awesome to get to talk to someone who has lived around here and hear about her life.  She posed with Bri at a this point, called "Governer's Point", which was .9 miles from the top of the trail.

Here is the view from the top of the mountain!  It was somewhat of a cloudy day, but that was actually a relief because it would have been unbearably hot if it had been sunny.  From the top of the mountain, you can see North Carolina and other areas.  It was breathtaking to emerge from the woods and see the view.

Finally!  We reached the summit of the mountain!  3.6 miles of trails to reach 3,124 feet in elevation!  Here we are - Bri, Jenn, Emily, and Alyssa.  The second group also made it, but we don't have a group picture of them.

After the sweaty hike, we went to Clemson University.  We got dinner on campus and then split up to explore the town.  When we finally got back home at night, everyone collapsed and slept until morning.