Right here, this is the reason (OK, one reason) we love SJMA‘s Kathe Hayes: She brings homemade chocolate-chip cookies as mini mid-work thank-yous! Here she offers cookies to Abby as she and Zoe dig post holes for the next H-brace in the SCC crew’s brand-new fence section.
The crew has made excellent progress in their section of fence line – building five H-braces since Monday and working on the sixth as of the above photo. In the foreground, Abby and Zoe dig post holes for the next H-brace, while in the background, Aaron and Sarah and co-crew leader Dillon complete the previous H-brace. Harder to see is the little arroyo – no more than a few feet deep but steep-sided – between the two groups.
Here’s a closer look at the arroyo. Note Kathe in the background, approaching with her awesome cookies.
Kathe makes her cookie offering while Dillon, Sarah and Aaron complete their H-brace. Eric and Toby and co-crew leader Sarah, not pictured because they were working on different sections of fence, also got cookies, hand-delivered by Kathe, and she left the whole bin. 🙂
Kathe shows Aaron photos of the pack horses that hauled fence supplies to the work site a few weeks ago while Sarah and Dillon finish their H-brace. Temple Butte watches over the crew from the background.
This is where they are; that’s where they’re going! And that’s why they’re here. Mizzou students … you’re welcome! 🙂
Spring Creek Basin Mustangs 
Ah…So THAT’S why those good workers come out to Spring Creek! Chocolate chippers are an excellent lure!
I suppose she brought a bin of carrots for the horses, too….. 😉
So glad they had good weather!!!