April 11 Work Party Results

[dgaddis1]

Only about 10ish people showed up for the work party

Everyone met up at Key Bridge. Bill and Lee headed off towards the middle of Wine, Marco and John went...somewhere...I can't remember, and the rest of us headed into Turkey to move materials in place to rebuild a bridge that had been burned. Got the stringers across the ravine, and a few of us left the Drawdy's and Dale to work on the bridge.

We got a call from Bill. They couldn't find the trail. It was under water. Not good.

We head down Wine from Key Rd. We come to a long bridge, there's water all the way up to the bottom of the bridge. We hang a McCloud (sp?) off the bridge to see how deep it is. Didn't find the bottom. Crazy. We get a little ways further, and the trail is under water. No work happening to Wine today.

What next? We put up two posts with directional arrows on a tricky spot of Turkey, then we put up posts leading into the backside of Modoc from the cul-de-sac.

People are quietly training for the SMC. Saw some tire tracks (Kenda Nevegals I believe) left by someone that did at least the Modoc-Turkey loop sometime recently (They looked VERY fresh on Thursday). Also, the paths leading into the back of Modoc have had lots of tires on them. Not just the Drawdy's. Others have been riding out there too.

[imnav8r]

Marco and I went to the Wine Creek trailhead on Rt 283 with the gas powered extended hedge trimmers. We made it to the second creek crossing clearing away any brush near the trail bed and anything hanging overhead that could be a problem later in the season. I think we made it in to about 2 miles or so.

The first creek crossing was interesting since the water level was high and fast. We managed to get ourselves and the two trimmers across a few logs that jammed up near the trail crossing without anything and anybody getting wet.

The second creek crossing would have involved getting wet so we packed it in at about 11:50 and headed back to the car. Too bad too because we could see that the trail across the second creek crossing really needed the trimmers. We encountered a few wet areas as we made our way but the best part was seeing how scenic this trail is. It's been at least 4 years since I last rode it and I am looking forward to riding it again once the water levels subside.

Thanks to everybody who showed up for the trail party and a big thanks to Angela for making the snacks!

[seenvic]

I couldn't believe what I saw out there. The first bridge I saw had the entire decking under water. Only the post and rails were visible. This is the bridge right after the hodge podge bridge made up of several sections.

The ravine was 40 feet wide with water. The old bridge next to the ravine had one end in water.

Everyplace that needed work was under water.

Wine Creek could use a big set of reroutes to get the trail out of the water. There are nice hills up there, but the trail doesn't get on any of them.

[azdrawdy]

DG described the morning rather well. It was nice to get the burned out bridge replaced. The new one's gonna last, well, probably longer than I will. The morning started well enough, and the bridge got taken care of:


Measuring


Moving stringers (aka telephone poles!)

Getting them...


...juuuuust right.


Doing a little screwing...


Bridge's all done.

Headed back to the trailer for some of Angela's goodies. YC and I then headed out and cleared the pine at the five mile mark on TC. Good job on the carsonite posts DG. Those were needed at that junction. We then walked in about 3/4 of a mile and cleared three more trees.

Long day. Thanks to all who showed. We actually ended up with a good list of accomplishments for the day.

BV: I truly wish you could finagle a grant to re-route the lower half of Wine. It is too good of an asset to lose to nature, but it is a headache unlike any other to keep maintained and rideable.

MD