It’s Getting Warmer

I’ve missed two weekends for various reasons I can’t remember but I finally made it up today. Yesterday was taken up with the Lumberjack Festival in Milton. Barbara and I were in the tree give away booth from 9:00 am until 3:00 pm. I was whooped when I got home but it was worth it. We probably gave away 6000-7000 trees. If half the people who got trees plant them and half of those trees survive, that’s quite a few trees being introduced to the environment. At the Festival I ran into Lesley who helped out on the trail back in the fall. She had her friend Jackson with her who I met at a party several weekends ago. They both wanted to help on the trail so I gave them my number. This morning as I was getting off the Interstate, Jackson gives me a call so I stopped by to pick him up and we headed for the woods. We started at 2050 with me flagging and him lopping. I flagged to 2064 and we cleared several hundred feet and rough cut several hundred more. It’s nice and open so it should go quickly next weekend. Once I get this small loop done, I want to hit 2335 to 2357 which parallels Redrock Road. That would make a nice addition if you parked at the wooden bridges on Redrock. That would be pretty close to a six mile ride and maybe four miles of single track. Maybe I can get that done before it gets to hot. It was 70 degerees today so I may not have much time. We got in 4 hours each so 8 hours total.