Trail Maintenance

This year we took on a DIFFERENT kind of volunteer project. We decided to FIX the BOG BRIDGES on the Taconic Crest trail leading to the Snow Hole. Here is Drew Jones from Williams College helping the leaders scope out this muddy muddy project in mid-April. There were a lot of broken brides and sinking or rotted support timbers. This area also needed just a TAD bit of drainage!
Mrs. Donlon looks pretty excited about this - ehh? Good thing she wore her MUD boots. Or - maybe these are her NEW mud boots? oopsie - sorry!

Um - and this is the beginning of work day. Williams students carried in all the materials for us. We are 10-12 years old after all!! Now, WHERE ARE THE KIDS. All I see here is the leaders getting muddy. Note - I am BEHIND the camerA! HA!

Ahh - there is the whole group. What a nice look all this mud is!

Ingrid, Mel and Bry learning about the BRACE and BIT! This was Mr. Morton's grandfathers tool. It works WITHOUT electricity - and is a great thing for this project. Nice job girls! WOW - all that softball practice really paid off on this outing. GO BRI - get that bridge off the muddy base! Get-um SLUGGER!

Even the 4th Graders got in on the drilling act. This is FUN! Some of our group had to depart early - but most stuck it out until the end. This was a lot of work. In the end - most of the kids agreed it was worth the trip and acknowledged that everyone who uses this trail during wet weather will surely appreciate our work - even if they don't know we did it! NICE JOB EVERYONE!