Hi again! I just thought I'd pop and give you a quick update on goings-on around here. Not much in the way of excitement, but Vincent and I did finish up the section of trail we were working on in the last post. Here's a view of it as we're just about to put the finishing touches on it, which is kind of nice as it shows the three stages of the work --- the "just wall" phase, the "crush" (or blown ledge filler) phase, and the final product with carriage road mix laid down. As I was running into obstacles attempting to find rocks of the right size and shape to finish off my section (requiring yet another run to the quarry), Vince was hard at it lugging blown ledge and carriage road mix to top off his portion. Some folks hiked by as we were doing this and commented on just how little they knew about what goes into a trail, and that's pretty much true. If we do our work well, it blends right in with its surroundings to the point where it's not apparent work was ever done. That's okay, as long as Mother Nature doesn't throw a hissie fit and rake up a section of trail like this one and show it off. Then it's back to work.
And here's the finished product, all cleaned up and ready for business. Now all it needs is a little rain -- which we've recently gotten -- to wash down all the dirt into the gravel to give it a more natural look and it'll be like we were never there. The tread (trail surface) has been raised up eight inches in hopes of stemming any further scouring action by the brook during run-off, but we'll just have to wait till next Spring for that. Wish us luck.
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