The top of the trail before the project
Looking down the trail, note that it's bermed along the sides,with significant erosion and rocks down the middle of the trail
Roots, rocks and erosion on the trail
Further down the original trail
More of the original trail
A view across the stone bridge to the original mudhole before the project
The mudhole with the stream running through it
Another shot of the mudhole
The view back up the hill. This part of the trail was not changed.
Back towards the top of the trail
Another view towards the top of the trail. This part of the trail was closed during the project.
Just before 7:00 AM. 37 degrees, intermittent drizzle.
Dimtri arrives with more supplies.
Tom arrives with tools in great abundance.
A treasure trove of trash: a hot water heater, carpeting, an automotive battery, an automobile tire, a lawn tractor tire, a basket ball hoop and basket and backboard, bags of assorted small items, cans, and bottles. In a city where refuse pick up is free and weekly, why to people go to the trouble to carry their refuse to the park to dump it?
4:45 PM, 43 degrees, overcast. The gator and trailer loaded with supples for Kevin's return trip to the FOW shed at Thomas' Mill Road.
A rainy start to the day
The gator loaded with supplies
The new trail had been cut earlier in the day; workers were flattening and smoothing it
The pop-up arrived, providing a dry registration area
Here's the trail reroute. The original trail runs along the left side of this picture.
The new trail is banked to allow better water drainage
New trail on the left; old trail on the right
Dave navigates the SK down a rocky trail section
The burned up car above the trail
Dave starts digging in the mudhole
Some sort of lizard found under a rock
Dave gives the intro pep talk
Kevin, Jess and others listen intently
Clearing up some of the invasive species along the new trail
Gathering rocks to fill the mudhole
Here's the existing bridge. Uphill from this, water is diverted from this to flow through the mudhole.
A view from up the hill opposite the bridge showing the proximity of the bridge and mudhole
The bottomless pit of mud swollowed up the SK!
Paul and others dig out some of the mud to free it
Rocks were placed under the front of the tracks
Finally free, the SK makes it to the other side
Workers start working on the mudhole after the SK removed a lot of the mud
Gathering rocks up the trail
Dave uses the SK to bring a large rock to fill in the mudhole
Workers flatten out the top section of the trail
More rocks for the mudhole
Kathleen works on the new rail reroute
Jamie and Tom discuss the project
Nick and Rob plant a large rock to help close off the bottom of the old trail
Dave brings in another large rock. LOTS of rocks were used to fill in the mudhile.
Rocks were dropped into the mudhole
Paul and Rob explore a potential bike enhancement to the trail
Nick helps winch up a large flat rock to top off the mudhole cover
John and Dave pull another rock from the hill
Dmitri and John flip over a large rock on the mudhole
Flattening and filling in the new section of the trial
Cutting some high branches over the trail
Lunchtime - more pulled pork and ribs prepared by Jan
Finishing off the last of lunch
A special visit from Dave's mom!
Nick watches in amazement as Dmitri brings a large rock down the trail
The new step will route the water over the existing wall to the right of the trail
Piecing together the new step
Gathering cover and raking the lower section of the trail
Raking soil down from the hillside to fill in the new step
Dmitri shows Dave how to drive the SK
Jan winches the slab into place
Carefully placing a 600-pound flat slab on top of the rock-filled mudhole
Carefully piecing together the rocks for a flat crossing surface
Creating a path to reroute the water under the tunnel and away from the mudhole
Dave creates a path for water drainage on the upper section of the trail
Rob pushes the SK back onto the trail
Here's the project on Sunday - the new trail heads to the right, with the old closed trail going left.
Here's the new trail - sloped to allow water runoff. The old, closed trail is to the right.
The new trail is clear, banked properly, and marked
Here's the top of the rock step added to divert water to the right over the existing rock wall
Here's the bottom of the step
Another shot of the completed mudhole, now filled with rocks
A view from the other side. There's still a little mud, which should dry since the source of the water has been eliminated.
Here's the car crashed into the tree
Another shot of the crashed car
