Sasquatch Safety Crew

I volunteered at the Grand Teton Relay last summer, another one of the overnight relays that goes in and around the Teton mountains.  This relay has claimed to have Bigfoot sightings, as it goes through some pretty dense woods.  Fittingly, the volunteer shirt had "Sasquatch safety crew" printed on the back just for fun.  

I never thought about it much until I was wearing this shirt in the grocery store this week, when some curious teenagers saw it and read it.  They approached me and asked to explain what it was about, so I did.  When I finished, they said, "So basically you protect people from Bigfoot?"  I had never thought of it that way, but I liked the description, so I said, "Yes, I guess I do."  The teens thought that was the coolest thing ever, that I would defend runners against Sasquatch, and now I feel like a superhero, too.

(The more I think about it, however, from what I know of runners on long runs through the mountains at night, maybe we ought to be protecting Bigfoot from crazy runners. Oh well.)

So thank you, Grand Teton Relay,  for allowing me to feel more special than the average volunteer, and thank you boys, for reminding me that volunteering is not just directing traffic, but protecting runners from the unseen dangers lurking in the forest.  And if Bigfoot ever does come around, he better watch out, because I've got a job to do.