Peacock flats

Had one mean campin trip wit mah group. Late nights early mornings. We worked hard all week. Can see the difference we made. Me an mah baddah dylon cookin everynight.. But now its ova. Dunno wen goin see errybody. Afta sunday. But hopefully we all meet up an join next year..

-kama

Kualoa ranch

Working at Kualoa ranch was an interesting experience. The work was hard and dirty, but in the end, what we accomplished as a team was amazing. All our hard work paid off after seeing the koa grant area free and clear of guinea grass and weeds. Having a little reward of relaxation and fun at secret island didn't hurt either.

Britt

Kualoa

Had wun pretty killah week wit john up hakipu'u. Even though we did the same things during the week. We could see the difference we made workin at the lo'i and the koa enclosure. End the week wit a day at the beach. Now its our last week. Gonna make it a mayjah campin trip

-Kama

Kualoa

This week was fun. We got to get close to the 'aina with mud fights in the lo'i (while cleaning out those many weeds of course). Helping to prevent cows from getting to those koa trees may have been hot and humid but it was well worth it. Our work will definitely pay off when the koa trees are big and strong a few years from now. The best part had to be ending the week at Secret Island where we got to stand up paddle board and go kayaking. Yeah Team C one more week left!
-bri

Only 2 weeks left

I can't believe this thing is more then half way done. Been through so much with my team, and i'm not sure if i want to say bye just yet. I know we have two long weeks of getting down and dirty left but i feel the ending anxieties. And its a sad feeling.

-Taylor

Fun week walking/swimming to the island and helping those baby birds. It was cool going up into the mountains and talking with Syd and his crew. We really had to rough it but it was awesome. Those pigs that we saw were so cute!
-bri

Killah

Had one mayjah week with da guys from DOFAW. They da best so far man. Smood guys no how fo work n have a good tyme..haha syd was trippin wen we was chillin in the mud at Pohala Marsh. Hopefully can see dem again.. Well hopefully next week is a good one two

-Kama

Syd and his gang

Had a killah time up in waianae and the mountains wit syd and his gang. I enjoyed the camping and helping the birds on the island offshore. While doing so we had great convo's wid syd and his group and it made my week worthnwhile. If I could do it again I would! -Andre

DOFAW CREW'(:

Hoooooo baaaah this week was the most killah week evah with Syd Boy them. Gotta do one HANA HOU with these guys. For work with syd boy, who also knows his laau lapa'au which is my main focus, also to be able to olelo kanaka with my cite manager, first one i could olelo kanaka with so far, WAS KEEELAH. Syd Boy and his crew had made an huge impact on me, and has been a huge encouragement to me, such an inspiration, im keeping my eyes open for more jobs/ internships whatsoever that would lead me further and further into my main focus, which is to become a laau lapaau pratitionist and give back to the aina that has malama me for many years. Hopefully i will be able to meet or better work again with Syd Boy. One of the highlights of this whole week would be the Aloha, and Hana nui we all did together and the proudness we put on Syd Boys face. He was so amazed to see us jump into that muddy marsh at Pohala and enjoy it haha. Syd boy was amazed to see us do so.The funniest highlight would be Me, Kama, Kai and Dylon raceing from Travis to Syd in the muddy marsh, was so hard and hillarious, we look like turttles.

-------JAZ

craaaaazy week with dr.bruce(: learned couple more new plants stored in my memory card in my head,haha. cutting grass was killah. was supah funny when me and dylon challenged kai and taylor on that last tree cut,haha. The highlight of this week was the camp up Palehua, sooooo u'i ka 'ikena i laila, Hana Hou. buraaaaaah we stayed up all night and morning had a power nap (10 minutes, 20 the most) and we was wakeing up to a hikeing trip at 430 with Anu. was keeeeeelah, cheee i found my maile treee up dea, I GOING BACK fo 'um(:


ALOHA---------JAZ

Palehua!

Killah week. Planted up at the ke puka with Dr.bruce. Best part was when we went campin. Mayjah part wen we stayed up till early morning chilen and talkin story knowin we had to get up at four and hike:)

-Kama

Man vs Nature

So far this has been a good week cutting down trees and bringing new life into the world. But I gotta say Britt and I almost had that rock. It was ready to give in. Can't wait to go camping!

-bri

Week 2: KMCBH

This past week was a great introduction into the type of work that we will be doing this summer. I thought the most challenging task we did at the marine corp base was mangrove removal, mainly because of the complex network that the roots arrange themselves in. Removing mangroves in Kaneohe bay on the last day was really fun, especially using the kayaks as paddleboards with Jaz! It was interesting to learn about the various native and protected birds that nest and feed on base, as well as the importance of protecting native plant species. The hala weavers were also nice enough to share the cultural importance of the hala tree to the native Hawaiians. The highlight of the week might have been James burnt neck resembling cooked meat :) as painful as it was to look at, it was pretty amusing.

P.S.
RIP Jaz's hunting knife. You will be missed.

Britt

Lions and tigers and MANGROVE! O MY!

Meet the mean and green mangrove tree. This colossal invasive tree can over take just about anything. It can grow up to 30 or more feet tall, and this is the plant we had to take down at MCBH Kaneohe Bay. It was up to team Vitamin C to save the endangered birds of Hawaii's wetlands with this monster of a plant in the way...and so we did.

Mangrove was a difficult one. The roots of every where. Just getting to the trees was a journey in itself. There was bug infested stagnant water that smelt like boiling sewage and oceans of pickle weed. Regardless of the harsh condition our team did it and did it well. Everyone was fully concentrated on one thing...MANGROVE. We took that thing down for hours. Sweat, sunburn, and smiles. Although the days work was hard, we enjoyed the challenge. Which is why i think our team did so well with this plant, anything else would have bored us. And boredom tends to get us into trouble.

Week 2 done. Bring on week 3!

After this week I definitely dislike mangrove (especially since James got me with that tree). Can't wait for next week!

Kaneohe

This was a long week at kaneohe had a good time and did what we had to do. But the highlight of the week was when kai got sunburn on mostly his entire stomach and chest!! Cant wait for ka'ala farms. Chee-hee:)

-KAMA;

Vit C - Highlight

Aloha mai e Vitamin C!

The highlight of my week was working through all the grit, grime and dirt with all of you! Thank you for a wonderful week at KMCB, I look forward to Kaala with all of you!

- Jess

Vitamin C,

Kama got me a good one when he told me the mouse was by my feet.
-jaz

Team Training

I can't believe how great of a team we have, I had a great week and can't wait to see you guys on Monday. It was a blast playing Ninja late at night, jokes and ghost stories before bed and how can I ever forget the high ropes course. All I can say is... Vitamin C!!!! For LIFE!!!!

James