THE PARKING LOT
LOOKING BACK TOWARDS MARTIN RD. THE TRAIL ENTRANCE IS JUST TO OUR RIGHT.
HEADING TOWARDS THE RIVER ON THE OLD BEACH ROAD.
I SEE MY LITTLE BIRD FEEDING HELPER HAS BEEN HERE BEFORE ME. I ADDED SEEDS TO THIS FEEDER/OLD GATE POST.
THIS PICTURE PLU THE NEXT 2 SHOW THE AREA THA LAST YEAR WAS A RIVER. THE GROUND WAS BUILT UP WITH LOTS OF GRAVEL TOPPED WITH WOOD CHIPS.
BARRIER TO PICNIC AREA.
THIS SECTION OF TRAIL DID NOT GET THE ATTENTION IT NEEDED LAST YEAR. WHEN OUR SUPPLIER OF WOOD CHIPS DOUBLED HIS PRICE WE DECIDED WHAT HAS BEEN DOWN WOULD HAVE TO DO. (THE EXACT PHRASE USED WAS ACTUALLY SHORTER AND MORE TO THE POINT.)
THE PICNIC AREA.
THE WHITSON RIVER FROZE OVER SEVERAL TIMES THIS WINTER BUT NOT FOR LONG. UNTIL THIS RECENT THAW THE WATER LEVEL WAS EXTREMELY LOW.
NO WATER THIS YEAR!
LAST YEAR'S FLOODS SAW THIS CULVERT COMING LOOSE AND DOING IT' S BEST TO TAKE ITSELF ON A SEA VOYAGE. IT WAS REINSTALLED WITH A VERY LARGE QUANTITY OF GRAVEL ON TOP. ONE PROJECT THIS YEAR WILL BE TO INSTALLED A ROPE FENCE INSTEAD OF USING THIS WARNING TAPE.
AW GEEZ SPRING, NOT ALREADY?
VERY LITTLE SNOW REMAINS.
TOPPED UP ONE OF THE BIRD FEEDERS. WILL STOP SOON ONCE MY CURRENT STOCK OF SUNFLOWER SEEDS HAS BEEN DEPLETED.
THE NEW, IN 2009, SECTION DID MUCH BETTER THIS YEAR. THE WOOD CHIP COVERING IS NOT AS THICK HERE AS IT IS IN OTHER PLACES. IT HAD TO BE BROUGHT HERE A WHEEL BARROW AT A TIME. LUCKILY A POWER BARROW WAS USED SO SOME TIME AND EFFORT WAS SAVED.
ANYBODY HOME?
EVERY TIME I ADD SEED I SING THAT SONG FROM 'MARY POPPINS' "FEED THE BIRDS ETC." WHEN I SAY SING I MEAN I SING IT IN MY HEAD. DON'T WANT TO EMBARRASS THE DOG TOO MUCH.
A PROJECT IN 2010 WILL BE TO FIX THIS FENCE. IT WAS REMOVED LAST FALL AND DUMPED INTO THE MARSH. DIDN'T FIND IT FOR 2 DAYS.
ANOTHER FENCE REQUIRING REPAIR. ATVS AND SNOW MACHINES ARE ABLE TO GET AROUND THIS. I HATE TO ADMIT TO A PREJUDICE BUT I HAVE ONE FOR IGNORANT RIDERS OF ATVS WHO MUST BREECH ANY PLACE TO WHICH THEY ARE NOT WELCOME.
YOU CAN'T TELL TO WELL FROM THIS PICTURE BUT THE MIDDLE OF THE TRAIL IS QUITE A BIT HIGHER THEN THE EDGES. THE WOOD CHIPS INSULATE THE GROUND AND SO THE AREA WHERE CHIPS ARE THAW VERY MUCH SLOWER THEN WHERE THE CHIPS ARE NOT.
THE WARNING TAPE WILL BE REMOVED HERE AS WELL THIS SPRING.
THE NEXT GROUP OF PHOTOS ARE AN ATTEMPT TO SHOW THE DIFFERENT HEIGHTS THE PATH SURFACES ARE AT RIGHT NOW.
NOT MUCH WATER IN THE MARSH THIS YEAR.
UNFORTUNATELY NO PUBLIC TRAIL IS FREE OF THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOUR. TIME FOR ME TO FINISH THE SIGN I STARTED.
BACK TO THE PARKING LOT AND THE CAR. TIME TO GO HOME SPRING.
