Two more baskets in!

Today was an awesome day at the Hill. Seven volunteers turned out to install baskets on hole 7 and hole 8 (bringing us up to 16 baskets and only 2 buckets), as well as drag away branches, brush, and other junk we left last summer when we first worked on the holes. We started around 9:15 and were done just after 11:15. Two hours, two holes. Great job, guys!

After we hauled all of our supplies to hole 8, our official basket installers Rob W, Steve B, and Dave J got to work. Meanwhile, Arty and his brother Tom, Pete N, and I set our sights on clearing the fairway. We dragged tons of branches and other brush down the hill and made a big pile behind the tee box. Rob also cleared out a bunch of scrap metal, truck parts, cable, and other crap.

Next, we headed over to hole 7. The seven of us worked like a well-oiled machine and before we knew it we were done. Nice! Time to play! We even stopped to chat with Mickey and Mark (or was it Mike? Sorry!), two newbies from Shirley that were out for their second time playing ever.

They seemed to be having fun and were excited to hear that we'll be playing every Sunday morning soon. They were using our loaner discs we keep over at the Devens Grill, so that made me happy too.

After we rolled on back to the parking lot, some of the crew had to split but the rest of us played a fun round.

Thanks again for coming out today, guys. Next up -- hole 12 and 18 are going down!