Workdate 22,29-Nov-099 members and 1 jr member 9:00-?
(11/29) Another weekend (beautiful sunshiny)spent signing and also were able to do some last bit of mowing that has been hard to get at. The trail leading into the park in town had some goldenrod head high and some hardhack that hasn't been mowed down for about 4-5 years. The beavers had gnawed into some trees and tops that we had to move and some stumps that were left needed to be leveled. A couple of us took the time Wed. eve before the rain (ok, we got a litte wet toward the end)to put in a short 12' bridge where the water goes down into the swamp. We went up and made sure any other mowing around back of the Holiday Inn Express was taken care of. Mostly because the landowner had also mentioned that the bridge across the creek by the Fun Park was starting to shift and thought we'd mow while we were there. When we got there we found that the beavers there had also been busy (oh geez-busy as a beaver) they had damed up the water starting under the leading edge of the bridge as well as 25 yards below and the water was just to the bottom edge of the bridge. So we tried to relieve this as much as possible and I'm sure we'll have to go back as the beaver lodge was just about 25 yards up stream of the bridge. This may need some work in another year. A couple of other crews worked on some signing on out through C7E (old S71F). It makes it a bit tough to sign as we need this time of year with deer season in full swing 'cause its tough to get back in woods because of the hunters, but we'll get what we can and try to finish as weather permits. Trails should be opening in another 4 weeks (sure didn't seem like winter today) THINK SNOW!
9 members 9:00-2:30
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Jim
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( 2.9 / 217 )We've taken another couple of weekends to get some brushing and signing done.
(11/1) One crew worked on signing C7E starting from Cnty 35 up Rabbit Run then over to Peters Rd and a couple of us started signing into Bette and Wilbur Davis State Park.
Another crew put a tube in the ditch on Bice Rd (seasonal rd) and brushed and signed from Bice Rd. to Bissell Rd. 8 members and 2 jr members 9:00-5:00
(11/8) Spent another day brushing and signing C7D off of Lougheed Rd to Loucks Rd. There is a section that we've cleared before, just after the tornado came through years ago, that we finally just took and widened, to hopefully take care of the briars that constantly droop in and snag your clothes and scratch your hoods and windshields and we also changed out the posts to the ones we painted orange for better visibility.
We then moved onto our club trail from the town barn to the village. This was previously labeled S71E, we've never received funding for this, it is essentially just a club trail so its new designation is just 534. We had complaints last year of excessive speed on this trail, especially where we had signs where kids sleigh down hill, so we re-routed the trail across the top of the hill away from this, so please note this trail change.
9:00-4:00 5 members
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Jim
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( 3 / 187 )This was a great workday, we had enough help show up (even new members) to go off in 4 seperate crews.
Not every weekend, will we have a specific project that we are doing, but simple signing and brushing are all as important and this gave us the opportunity to do just that. One crew worked on a section on our new C7E (old S71F) continuing to open this new section, another crew worked on a section on C7D (old S71A). There is a steep hill off of Lower Dutch Hill Rd, that we felt would be safer and easier if we made an uphill and down hill, making it a divided trail. Another crew worked on S71B on the other side of the stateland, clearing briars,tall goldenrod and changing out signposts for more visible ones. And still another crew worked on C7D between Goey Pond Rd and Seminary Rd where we have an uphill grade coming into a blind corner. With the landowners permission and help actually, we were able to push out the edges of the corner to improve visibility of traffic coming up or down the hill and to ease the sharpness of the corner. Some crews made more of a day of it than others, but it is all in what was required where they were working and how much time some have to give. Remember this is, all volunteer! And we do appreciate all help!
9:00-6:00 (time change next weekend) 13 members and 3 jr members
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Jim
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( 3.1 / 152 )I seem to be falling a bit behind again, here! Sometimes it's a little hard keeping up with everything thats going on with trailwork, we have a few landowner concerns and it has been a couple of busy weeks at work before the weather turns south. (imagine what takes precedence)
Speaking of landowner concerns, one is due to the fact that trash (specifically beverage containers) were found dumped off the side of S71B. Worse yet, right at the end of the landowners driveway! This will in no way keep our trails open! IF YOU BRING IT ALONG, TAKE IT HOME WITH YOU! If you feel you need a trailside break, don't make a party of it near someone's house. A lot of riders take it for granted that the trail is just here, let me tell you, its not, there have been a number of us, (and you've been able to read about it) that have spent countless hours making this all happen. I/we do not want to lose a section or even a whole trail due to some unfortunate circumstance where somebody just wasn't thinking. Over 90% of our trails are on private property, please treat them that way!
I'm sorry, this is turning into something I didn't intend, but somehow, needed. I only like nice phone calls from the landowners!
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Jim
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( 3 / 125 )WOW, it's only October, and we had not only one Nor'easter but two that were supposed to come through. And as I intermittently watched the radar, it's truely amazing to see the storms bare down on some of the areas south of us in Pennsylvania and then, just when you would expect to wake up to a coating of snow (not that we really need it yet), it's amazing to see it all blow apart just before it comes to us. We really ended up with two beautiful days. One of which we made some pretty good use of. We had enough help show up, that we were able to send crews off in 3 different directions. One crew set out with the mower and a saw. (You don't even see deer run through stuff like this) Briars so tall you had to stand up in the Rhino just to see where you were headed (and then to have to clear downfall in this stuff...and I forgot my gloves!). Another crew widened a section of trail that we haven't used before, by trimming back overhanging limbs, this will help keep us off the roadside. And yet another crew was able to mow a section on a powerline right-of-way and with permission from some landowners, install some culverts to get us through some perennial wet spots that have plagued us for several years.
Thanks to all that showed up and offered the use of their equipment. We also got the opportunity to check out access to our new local state park (Wilber & Betty Davis State Park) which has camping cabins and parking available for snowmobilers. With enough interest, this may stay open for the season.
9 members and 3 jr members 9:00-2:00 and the crew doing the culverts stayed out to close to 6:00
We also took the opportunity this morning to show our appreciation to our landowners by having breakfast on our club at our American Legion.
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Jim
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