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TRAIL MAINTENANCE 2011 by Richard Sullivan 2012 Maintenance Hours Click on link to view 2012 Trail Maintenance Hours and Awards 2011 Maintenance Hours Click on link to view 2011 Trail Maintenance Hours and Awards 2011 Maintenance Reports Click on link to view 2010 Trail Maintenance Reports Report Trail Issue Click on link to report an issue on a trail we maintain ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Thursday, Feb 2nd: Finally a good weather day to work, with nice blue skies and warm temps ... Who would believe it is Feb?? Today we went out working on the Chunky Gal trail between Perry Gap and Tusquitee Gap. I sent John Quinlan, Tom Shope, Steve Jersey, Darlene Rothenay, and Dave Richardson to Perry gap to work in toward Tate gap. They had quite a bit of brush cutting, as well as some lopping and chainsaw work, while Mike O'Brien, Don Coggin, Wayne Hamilton, and I drove up to Tusquitee gap and worked east to meet them. Our group had lots of lopping in the Rhododendron tunnels on this section, as well as a moderate amount of saw work, the brush was light. Both Groups met at exactly the same time at Tate gap where we had a nice trail lunch, and some GREAT Lemon cake thanks to Darlene. We got all 4 miles done and were back at the Ingles by around 2pm. Thanks to everyone who came out, the trail looks GREAT. Next week is a Georgia trip, we will work on the Miller Trek.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Thursday, Jan 19th: What a great way to start the new year, with 14 people on the first GA work trip. Since we had such a large group, we split into 2 Teams to cover twice the territory. The first group with John Quinlan (1000 hour man) leading the team, and Steve Jersey, Phyllis Loman, Jim Morgan, Wes Clonts, Dan Allen, and Sue Sorice joining him, went to work on the Lake Chatuge Trail. They lopped, brushcut, and dug out some pesky roots, as well as breaking a chainsaw. Group 2 with Pam Sullivan, Donald Coggin, Candy Retter, Bob Stone, Virginia Lane, Mike O'Brien, and I worked Jacks Knob trail from the top down. This trail had not been worked with a full team for over a year, so there was plenty of lopping and slingblading to go around, and we even cut out 7 trees on the trail with a combination of hand saws and crosscut saws. After the work was done, both teams enjoyed baked treats thanks to Darlene Rothenay. The weather was great, and we got the trails looking great. Thanks to all who came out. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
