05-21-2011, 06:02 PM
whew, that was a work day, fo sho. When we got there, we all met and the park rangers went over the tasks. We decided to work on some cordura (how ever it is spelled) on Dutch John, near the end of the trail below the big hill climb. For those (like myself) who don't know what cordura is, it is the log bridges that help in stream crossings. They use about 10' lengths of telephone poles and place them over stream crossings and then use wire cable to secure them together. We had to remove one of those sections. We used a winch to drag the bridge out of the muddy mess. We then had to pick each one of those slimy poles up and move them out of the way. Next, we had to pick up about 3 trailer fulls of rocks from various spots where rocks were plentiful and spread them across the stream crossing.
After that, we had to take apart a cordura section and add about 8-10 logs to it. What a day. We met at 9 and worked till about 3pm. Everyone was drooling over Nick H's bronco. JT's group had 14 and we had 3 in ours. Had to leave right after we finished to get home. Hope we can all get together and do some wheeling in the near future.
After that, we had to take apart a cordura section and add about 8-10 logs to it. What a day. We met at 9 and worked till about 3pm. Everyone was drooling over Nick H's bronco. JT's group had 14 and we had 3 in ours. Had to leave right after we finished to get home. Hope we can all get together and do some wheeling in the near future.