This weekend we headed south to clear an unadopted North Country Trail portion. We camped at the parking area off of FH 16, and worked from there going west.
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We left town early enough to arrive with time to spare to set up
plus heat up supper. |
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Then, we got to meet some friendly NCT hikers
with trail mutts like us! |
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| Oh ya, we got right down to tussling ASAP! |
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| Jim and Nancy are hiking the whole NCT, in long-weekend chunks. |
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In the morning, what can get you ready for trail work better
than coffee, bacon, and pancakes?? |
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| First we cleaned up the spur trail, then the road crossings. |
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Now going west from FH 16. Arly doesn't get this big saw out
very often but we found this BIG one across the trail today.
(Special note, 98% of sawing we do is with a pole saw.) | |
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| Hey! Who's in there? |
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| A mouse! |
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| After trimming branches, we finish up with whacking the shoots. |
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| Such a pretty section of trail. |
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| Guess this tree has been down for some time. |
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| Lunch! Don't I get some? |
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At this logging road crossing, they cleared out a big popple crown
that was blocking the trail. |
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| But they didn't get a pre-cleared photo. Oh well... |
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Lotsa branches were moved away before the shoots could be
mowed down.We spent an hour here, but now it's lookin' good again! |
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| We of course had campfire-cooked supper. |
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On the way home, we stopped in to check out some REAL
logging equipment. |
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| You can really cut and move trees with this! |
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| Pretty cool to see this equipment up close. It cost around $400,000. |
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