Tiffany, carrying a box of trees.
The middle of camp breakdown. Quite a few photos in this photo gallery appear to have been taken during the camp breakdown.
Planters walking into a block, with the foreman bringing a quad load of trees in behind.
Storm clouds looming overhead.
Look at the sticky mud caked on the tires of Andrea's quad.
Jesse.
Tiffany, explaining something to Justina.
The road less travelled.
Paddy, showing some of his crew where to plant.
One of our blocks, behind the trees.
Jessica.
Side-by-sides. Critical for working on this contract.
Another of our blocks. You can see a planter if you look closely.
A tree cache. This cache was featured in the Calgary Herald! Click HERE for the story.
Ryan.
Amanda.
Disassembling the mess tent.
Moving the dry tent fabric.
Loading a fire tool box into the reefer.
Jasmin.
A flat-deck truck on the block.
Uh oh. The wheel fell off this quad, on the block, and had to get towed out.
Wilson's crew, up to no good.
Jaya.
Justina's legs, water bottle, and shovel.
Drag chains.
Tiffany, one of my foremen.
Figuring out compass directions, for directionally-based obstacle planting.
Nick, Kronn, Cam, and Geoff.
Haley & Emilee.
Cleo, and some cows.
Pizza night!
Luke, setting up one of the satellite dishes.
Danny, Leslie, and Laurel, moving a freezer.
Graeme & Jeremy, lifting a fire box.
Mushrooms.
Nate & Sarah, two of my foremen planters, set up a food trailer this summer. They invited our camp for dinner one night!
Sarah and Nate, cooking for us. Elk burgers.
Cleo, walking down a road.
Laurence, on the block.
This little blue bird was flying in and out of one of the canopies. I think it was trying to decide whether it would be a good place for a nest.
Paddy, walking through a block.
Wilson's crew in the morning.
My own truck, parked on a block.
This disease is called "Red Belt," I think?
Checker Gord, with Crunch.
Haley & Emilee.
Mike.
Some of the planters from Wilson's crew.
Orrin, bagging up.
Wild (feral) horses on a block, with our checkers' truck in the background.
Paddy's crew, arriving at a new block.
Graeme.
Sebastien.
Doing some work on the shade tent.
Near the base of the Powderface trail.
Another block. At least the scenery in this area is pretty nice. Almost as good as some parts of southern BC.
Changing a tire on one of the quad trailers.
Tiffany.
Garbage in the back of the five-ton.
Mike & Nick, during camp breakdown.
Most of Paddy's crew, loading a reefer.
Notice the roll-bar on the back of the quad. I had my doubts initially about its potential effectiveness, but in the long term, it could eventually prevent a serious injury. ATV accidents are probably the biggest risk for foremen in this industry. I can think of dozens of serious accidents that have happened over the past several years involving ATV rollovers.