MAR 2014 - No. Escape and Fence Building

The day's plan changed partly in that the fence work was on but there was the top of a Douglas Fir blocking the No. Escape past the first gate.  I took 5 crew members to open the road and Mike took the rest to work on building a fence across from the store.

 Fir Blocking No. Escape

 This Pacific Wren was not too happy with us rearranging his new home

 

 Half way by lunch

 200 years old

 One of the limbs on the Fir

 The dropping of the tree went better than I thought.  It slowly dropped to the ground in a very under whelming manor: quite nicely though.

 

 The bottom part of the fir

 Open by 1 pm and just in time: the park was full

 

 The tan oak wasn't large about 6" but it was enough to make it difficult to get around.  The other crew was busy building a new fence at the entrance of the parking area across from the store.

 

Nice looking fence and the two crews put in 79 hours and I would like to thank Janie, Mike, Peter, Michelle, Herman, Janette, Norm, Francis, and 2 new members Tim and Tyler.

See you on the trails.

Jeff

Birds of the Day
Pacific Wren
Hermit Thrush
Acorn Woodpecker
Raven
Chestnut-backed Chicadee
Dark-eyed Junco, Oregon
Pygmy Nuthatch

FEB 2014 - Sequoia and N. Escape Colverts

Rain was in the forecast and that's what we got.  Now you would figure that on a rainy day most people would stay indoors.  Well we had 8 members show up and we had our first tree to clear off a trail in about 6 months.  There was a 2ft Madrone down on the trail off of the Sequoia Group Campground.

New interactive station and Norm is pointing to a section about the Trail Crew

2ft Madrone

First cut and the lower half slid about 5 meters down the hill

Another cut and time for log rolling

Log rolling 101

What's next: Colverts

 

Playing in water

Pup supervising the work

Lunch by the fire.

Most of us were ready for the rain and were dry.  Others (Norm) was a bit more wet.  Well we were out rain or shine and although a short day it was rewarding.  Fran brought cookies and the store flagged Mike down and gave us Snicker bar treats (see the perks of the crew).  I would like to thank Dale P., Mike, Janie, Bill, Francis, Norm, and Fran who put in 46 hours on a much needed rainy day.

See you on the trails

Jeff

Birds of the Day

Raven

JAN 2014 - Meteor and other stuff

It was another great morning at the park and per our usual protocol we met at HQ and by 9:30 or so we were off the take care of a tree on Meteor Trail.  We did find it but it was something we cleared in November but decided to leave since it was passable and the hill side was so steep the if we started to cut it it would most likely slide down the hill if not then then during the next storm, which seems to be coming some time in 2015.  We did lower the trail to make it easier to get under.

Jeff and Orion working on lowering the trail.

The next report was on Shaowbrook Trail where it was reported that 6-7" Madrone was on the trail.  Well we came to a 4" Tan Oak and as I scouted ahead to make sure we didn't miss the Madrone I found nothing and when I got back the tree was gone and done with hand saws.  Susan asked us to move some firewood from maintenance and since fires in HQ has saved us more than once we said sure.  With so many people it didn't take long to load up and move the wood to HQ.  Janie was also able to use her truck in the move.

I would like to thank Janie, Bill, Michele, Peter, Norm, Dale P., Mike, Francis, and new members from Camp Hammer Orion and Jeff.  We put in 74 hours on a rare light winter day.

See you on the trails.

Jeff

Birds of the Day:
Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)
Chestnut-back Chickadee
Steller's Jay
Acron Woodpecker
Hermit Thrush
Pacific Wren
American Robin

December 2013 - Tails and the Feast

Well Mike took lead on the trails and Jeannine and I were in the kitchen.  While we cooked the rest of the crew took on a couple of scouting trips.

Oak take out out house

Bob Kirsch tree

The One

Schultz Bridge

The there was the feast and the food was just about the best.

where's mine?

Mango Salsa Salmon

Dressing

I want this pot

Roast Beast

Smoked Turkey

All have a great new year

We ended  below our last 3 year 1000+ hours but it still was a good one at 950 hours.  Thanks to you all and our weird group seem to grow.  Hope to see you on the trails in 2014.

Jeff