Hello. I'm Matt Townsend

With winter coming on, a few changes occurred at Bear Mountain. First we said goodbye to interns Dan and Carrol. We will definitely miss them for all the effort and hard hours they put in. With Dan and Carrol fading with the season, I took over. My name is Matt Townsend and I have taken the place as the new SCA Hudson Valley Corp intern. Well not so new maybe, I started in October as some of you will remember. A little about me..... I'm originally from the other side of New York state where I earned my Eagle Scout rank almost ten years ago. Between then and now I spent my time pursuing a B.A. in the Environmental Studies field and also as a professional landscaper. My free time was spent in the woods on various short walkabouts. Sooo... That's a little about me. Now what has been happening on the mountain the past month. Well of course things have been winding down, but not to a halt. Any day that the weather treats us fair I'm up there slugging away at various tasks, or leading worktrips. There is a lot of maintenance for tools. Last year saw lots of wall built and lots of handles broken. Recently we had a twenty foot storage container shipped to the site for tools to be kept in out of the weather. Time has also been spent seeing that new equipment and tools have been ordered for this year. There has been a lot of time in planning, planning, planning. We have been planning for group days in the spring as well as workshop schedules. I personally am planning a scout outing and a day for an SCA service project. Both to take place in the late spring. Planning is also under way to once again have an SCA leader crew come in for the spring months. We are all looking forward to see them again. That's it for now. I'm gonna do my best to keep this blog updated so keep checking back for recent posts and pictures.