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Post by Angela on Mar 8, 2011 23:12:57 GMT -5
The SORBA-CSRA March Workparty has been set:
Sunday, March 20th
Start at 1:00pm
Finish between 4 and 4:30pm
Meet at FATS main parking lot
Goal: finish drainage work on Great Wall
Bring water and work gloves (and a flat shovel if you have one)
Please let us know if you can come to ensure good coverage and
ample work tools! Once we finish the basics at FATS we will be filtering in other trails!
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Post by Angela on Mar 10, 2011 7:12:39 GMT -5
We have some people signed up for the upcoming working party but will need quite a few more. That trail without the connector is nearly 8 miles long and a reconnaissance ride the other day tells us about 7 miles of it will need various amounts of attention. If we can get a good group together and do a good job on the dips and drains we probably won't have to do this particular task again for a couple of years or so.......we still have time to build this work party but right now we have about a person per mile and we won't be able to finish the job with that few volunteers!  |
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Post by kconner on Mar 10, 2011 19:59:19 GMT -5
I'll be at work  If anybody is going out for an informal workparty at another date and would like another set of hands, let me know. |
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Post by Angela on Mar 11, 2011 9:02:21 GMT -5
No worries! You have already done a lot of volunteering this year so far and there will be more work parties in the coming months (trying to beat the heat) so plenty of opportunities. |
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Post by Angela on Mar 14, 2011 11:41:01 GMT -5
Sitting at 8 people for this Sunday's work party (and 2 maybes) - this isn't hard work (I speak from experience of carrying 30+ pounds of rock down the trail in rock bags  most of the time is just getting to the working points. If you have ridden Brown Wave, Skinny, Deep Step, etc after the work that has been done I think most will agree that work has remedied the majority of the standing water issues. Once we get into April, May and June lopping and mowing will begin to take priority at work parties. Please help if you can! I'll bring some homemade raspberry oatmeal squares so you'll have the energy for a ride afterwards. Or if you ride before so you'll have energy for the work party |
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Post by dgaddis1 on Mar 17, 2011 6:18:32 GMT -5
I'm in!
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Post by mudonthetires on Mar 17, 2011 6:58:34 GMT -5
Is anyone planning on riding after the work party?
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Post by dgaddis1 on Mar 17, 2011 7:02:22 GMT -5
Is anyone planning on riding after the work party? Yep, I am! |
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Post by Angela on Mar 17, 2011 12:01:03 GMT -5
Thanks so much Dustin and to all who have signed up - we have enough people now for a decent work party - can certainly use more, will hopefuly have between 10 and 15 in attendance. Would love to have enough volunteers to get everything taken care of on Great Wall (dips and drains)! |
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Post by jp3 on Mar 18, 2011 15:40:47 GMT -5
I said I could probably make, I know for sure I can make it. I'm in.
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Post by dgaddis1 on Mar 19, 2011 7:05:39 GMT -5
Well...I'm out. Had a family thing come up.
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Post by clydesdale on Mar 20, 2011 0:27:05 GMT -5
Looks like the rain is going to stop soon. We should still be good for trail work tomorrow. Stay tuned and/or respond with input.
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Post by clydesdale on Mar 20, 2011 9:12:57 GMT -5
We are good to go. It will be a little muddy, but that is the point.
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Post by mudonthetires on Mar 20, 2011 11:04:39 GMT -5
Last minute bail out, home improvement emergency!!! Sorry guys, I'll see you next time.
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Post by Angela on Mar 20, 2011 12:43:45 GMT -5
I'm at the trailhead.... the work party just hit the trail I'm happy to report that it looks like only a handful of riders have come out to actually ride the trail today - better if none of course but this clearly shows progress! A family of hikers as well. I will say that as0i was sitting here a truck with a trailer and a 4-wheeler and a motorcycle came into the parking lot circled through the parking lot and then exited - I'd like to hope they were looking for the gravel roads but jotted down the tag number just in case!
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Post by Angela on Mar 20, 2011 20:56:23 GMT -5
Either FATS didn't get as much rain as other parts of the city or the tide has begun to turn a bit with the leaves on the trees.
I stopped to talk to two people who had come to ride the trails and told them the trails were probably pretty wet. We talked about the work party out on Great Wall and the fact that Skinny would definitely be wet. Advised that if they rode they should probably opt for Brown Wave - I was still there when they came back and their bikes were clean.
I know there was still some wet on Skinny but reports were that Great Wall was about identical to Saturday as far as condition which means basically in good shape with those areas that needed to be cleaned out and reworked (dips and drains).
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If anybody is going out for an informal workparty at another date and would like another set of hands, let me know.
most of the time is just getting to the working points. 