Packing boxes for the Troops

On Thursday afternoon I drove down to the Redmond VFW to help count and sort out items for the box-stuffing that night...

( Lots of goodies, all in a row. )

I'm always amazed at how much stuff we're able to cram into those boxes... although that's part of the fun. It's a bit like playing a real life 3-D game of Tetris.

Lately, I haven't been going to the night time box-stuffing meeting... mostly because there are usually a ton of people there and they don't really need the extra hands. This week, though, I decided to go and it was a really good thing. We had only about a quarter the number of people who usually show up. I'm not really sure why, but it meant they could really use every pair of hands they could get. I ended up packed six boxes in total.

( Stuffing everything in. )

Like I said, we were *seriously* understaffed this week... But we still managed to do it!

( 100 Boxes, ready to send to Afghanistan. )

Crossposted from my Livejournal

Snoqualmie River

Today started out surprisingly sunny, so I decided to head back out to the Snoqualmie Valley Trail for my daily walk and to find a Geocache. It ended up being pretty good timing, since the clouds started to roll in as I was walking back to my car. I did manage to snap a few good shots while I was out there, though...

( A bend in the river. )

And now, a follow-up to Monday's extra photo. Not taken in exactly the same spot as the last one, but very close (in fact, it occurs to me looking at it now that I should have gone down about another tenth of a mile and I would have been at pretty much the right place). It's amazing what a difference some blue skies can make!

( Sunny day on the trail. )

Crossposted from my Livejournal