10/11. Saturday. Cloudy, light rain at times. PROJECT: Our goal is to restore the section of trail that lies in the saddle between Augspurger Mt. and Dog Mountain. It was extremely brushy and difficult to find in places.
After meeting at Home Valley Grocery at 8am, 2 trucks, 1 4x4 SUV, ( 2 belong to US Forest Service) drove 7 volunteers (Henry, Gail, Ralph, Chad, Zack, Anna, me) and 2 USFS employees (Johnathan and Rachel) on a rough powerline access road. With one wrong turn, we didn't find the trail until 10am. Forest Service brought 2 power brushers, which we have to stay far behind, so not to be hit by the debris. We were not allowed to use them. We have loppers, corona saws, and something else I don't know the name. Henry is the "blue hat" (trail work lead of WTA) today. He and I picked some mushrooms, but he's better prepared. He brings a large mesh bag. The work finished around 2:30pm, and we walked down the trail. As usual, WTA has soda and cookies in Henry's truck - not the healthy kind. Gail brought lemon cheese cake she made yesterday, so no one bothered with the oreo cookies WTA offers. Everyone of us also received a day pass for USFS, because this volunteer party is partnered with USFS. Ralph told us about the trail skill college every spring. I shall check it out next year.
My arms and back is sore the next day.
