Workdate 30-Aug-09 
Sunday, August 30, 2009, 06:41 PM
Posted by Jim Tiffany
We finally got to make use of a sunny day instead of running around in the rain, although there is still alot of wet ground out there. The new portion of trail that we took over maintenance on has a distance that runs along some town roads due to landowner closures. We have an oppurtunity to get around this by being able to use some freshly logged County property and then by being able get through on some private property that is used primarily by forestry companies. We took the time to see if there was a possible route through and flag it out so we can find our way back through providing we get the final okay from the landowners. We have other trail mileage on both of these landowners, so we're hoping this won't be an issue. The route we found, with the exception of a hundred yards or so, is pretty much cut and dry, mostly on what has been used for logging roads, so other than some light cutting and trimming and some ground clean up...8:30-12:30 3 members

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Jim



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New Season Around The Corner 
Sunday, August 9, 2009, 05:48 PM
Posted by Jim Tiffany
It feels as if last season just got over and we're ready to start another one. The local County Fairs are going on and has typically been the unofficial start of the upcoming season, with the display of the new year models. It seems as if the summer just flew by! (I've been told that some are still waiting for summer)
Club meetings are scheduled to start, (ours is tues. 8/11/09), our phase 2 paperwork for funding will be due in a couple of weeks, and our seasonal trailwork will soon begin.
With the cooler than normal summer, hopefully it can be the sign of a good season coming. We have some newly aquired trail mileage to take care of this year and have applied for trail upgrades, and we want to paint as many sign posts as possible a bright orange for better visibility so we have a busy fall coming up to get ready for the upcoming season.

Stay Tuned...
Look Back Soon!

Jim

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End of Season 
Saturday, April 4, 2009, 03:41 PM
Posted by Jim Tiffany
Hard to believe we've had March's that have had blizzards and monumental snow and now this year spring temps and no snow... and the season was going so well.
Unfortunately, its time to pull in the signs and close the gates 'til next season. We'll get this years end of season done just in time to start for next year. Snow is gone, but to keep the trail system going, we're already involved in next season's preperations, including paperwork for funding, possible trail re-routes, trail repairs or even improvements in trail signing.
Upcoming, will be the annual Forum with the Office of Parks and Recreation and Historic Preservation. This is kind of the transition for finishing up with last year and starting in with the next season's trail grants.
Look for upcoming events through the summer, such as vintage shows and races. It helps make the season a little more seemless.

Look Back Soon!
Jim

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Season shaping into a good one 
Saturday, January 31, 2009, 05:54 AM
Posted by Jim Tiffany
By now most are really that this is turning out to be a great season. There has been a lot of local traffic despite this years economic strains. The groomers have been out on a fairly regular basis. The trails have been smooth and fast, and with the cold temps they have set-up quite hard. Now with some extra added fluff after a mixed bag of tricks, the trails should be nothing short of fantastic for what we normally see around here. Even some of the older riders (can't say old-timers, age discrimination you know) are coming out and saying that these are some of the best trails and best riding conditions seen around here in years (ok, ever!).
We have a couple of instances where we have asked (signed) to have riders slow down and beware of skiiers and children playing. These are the same people that we get the permission from to use their property, we need to respect their wishes. Also, the firelanes on the stateland are off limits, this is why we have a trail going around. And again, this is the condition we have that allowed us a trail through!
PLEASE, RESPECT LANDOWNERS AND STAY ON TRAILS! And as another lady once said, KNOW YOUR LIMIT AND RIDE WITHIN IT! and THINK OF THE SAFETY OF OTHERS!

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Jim

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Workdate 4-Jan-09 
Sunday, January 4, 2009, 05:22 PM
Posted by Jim Tiffany
Wow, that's wierd '09! Happy New Year everybody!

We have a little more clean-up to do from the ice storm and some from the heavier winds we've had the last few days. We took a couple of saws along with a couple of the groomer sleds and even a sliegh. We cleaned form the town barn on S71A to C7B, went up C7B to S71B and cleaned it back to S71A. At least it wasn't as bad as before, but I think I'd still rather have the snow. Some spots are a bit sparse, but at least there's enough snow to get around to get things cleaned up a bit. There's a lot of wet spots, some froze, some...NOT!
Thanks to those that, while riding, took the time to stop and move some of the downfall out of the way, at least as much as possible, until we could get around and cut the stuff out and get it dragged out of the way.

5 members present and 2 jr members 9:00-2:30

Think Snow!
Look Back Soon!
Jim

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