First off I’d like to thank everyone who took the time to come out to Seven Oaks today to help our ailing trail. Ron, Kurt, Chuck, Mike, Chris, Paul and Paul all burned up half of their weekend to help us put things back together. BIG thanks everyone. I don’t know about everyone else but I had a good time.
Today’s project was to replace our two main bridges that were destroyed during the flooding this spring. Squirrel and the rest of the CITA crew were kind enough to build our original bridges. Five seasons later we’ve learned a few valuable lessons. Most importantly we accepted the fact that no matter what we do mother nature will see to it that at least one bridge will be washed down stream every year. Knowing we’re gonna be fishing them out of the creek once a season we decided to make the new spans lighter, longer and stronger. Here’s how our day went.
Our morning started with a trailer full of wood and tools.
With our larger than normal crew, assembly went fast.
For delivery we let gravity do most of the work. With a little coaxing they slid most of the way down the backside of the ski hill.
Out with the old.
And in with the new.
Again, thanks to everyone that made today happen. Without people like you this trail would not exist. Our next work days will be late next week. It looks like we’ll be at the trail Friday afternoon, Saturday and Sunday. If you’d like to lend a hand leave a comment.
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