The day begins with a hike up the Katellen Trail.
At the Leroy Smith shelter. Dan will stay behind to do some shelter work and meet us later.
Benton is ready to be put to work.
The deer stand.
A "no hunting" sign was posted on an earlier visit.
As seen from the deer stand, the others approach the site.
Looking down from the deer stand.
More volunteers arrive with implements of destruction.
Sally gives her thoughts to Neil on how to dismantle the structure.
A portable circular saw is used to cut off the roof supports.
Working further down on the now roof-less stand.
The walls and ladder are down.
Neil takes a swing at the supporting joist.
With the deer stand removed, we hiked back out the power line access road.
The power line access road will take us back to the Appalachian Trail.
Neil puts up one of several "NO HUNTING" signs.
The fall colors made for a nice day to be in the forest.
Hsin-Chien carries out the chair from the deer stand. We removed all of the non-wood debris from the site.
Back at the Leroy Smith shelter, the privy is quite nice.
Charlie, Dan and Sally enjoy a fine ending to a day of trail work.
Kieu and Mike
Sally (right), from the Appalachian Trail Conference, provided some well earned patches for the boys, Dmitri and Benton. Neil (left) was a ridge runner on the AT in the Delaware Water Gap Recreation Area this past summer and is now working with Sally.
