Ashland Pumptrack Almost There...

Today was a good day with a skeleton crew. We got a lot accomplished and tomorrow she will be ready to test out. I hope we get some extra two wheeled friends to give this thing the compaction it deserves. I do have to say this is probably the best DIRT I could ever imagine.

Enjoy the photos.

Tree Strewn Pumptrack

Ashland, VA 7:52 PM.

Warming up after a day in the rain moving piles for the SK500 to place in perfect position tomorrow and volunteer love. I am sitting in a cool little coffee shop drinking a Legend Porter and warming my soul after a great day.

Yesterday was an introduction to the site and this will be a unique pump track with an element I am very excited about, TREES. There will be more detail on Sunday after we get done, but for now enjoy some of the prep photos.

GAME ON...

Building Trashy Trail...

Lorton...

Enjoy the photos.

After Rest, and on the Road...

How does that look for a little R and R. Lela and Adams wedding was the best I will ever attend. The right couple in the right place. Thanks you two.

Now back to work. I made the drive to DC this morning to work on the trail system being installed at the old LORTON PRISON. You heard correctly. The park will be called Laurel Hill and will feature a 6 mile surfaced loop with two 1/2 mile advanced mountain bike loops. I am working on the tech one and Mr. Ed Sutton of TD will be working on the flow based one.

The trail will be called "Slaughter House". It is right next to it's old namesake at the begin

Busy week in the office.

Well, if you have been wondering about why things are so silent on the site these last couple of days, I have been computer bound. On the place to try and wrap up are a design and logistics for a DJ park in Little Rock, AR, a pumptrack in Richmond, a design for a DJ park in Denver, tax filing forms for cities I have contracted with this year, an insurance audit, and finally trying to get paid for all of the other work from this fall.

One of my goals for next year is going to be streamlining all of this process by bringing some one on to help me with all of this. About half I have to do, the other half can be handled by someone else who is much more skilled than I am at paper work. However, this also leads to the question, "What kind of and size of business do I want to own?" The big one, the question all sole props begin to ponder. Well, wish me luck as I am off to DC on Sunday and will be back at work for about six straight weeks, then hopefully some much needed R and R.

Have fun in your day and enjoy the beauty that fall brings.

I leave the Wiss with BIG MACHINES...

Today was an amazing testament to what a large machine is capable of. We knocked out something in a day I thought would take three. A local contractor became part of the game today and send us an ACE crew. Joe and Scott ruled it. Check out all of the work. The joy of a large machine is it can sit in the road and bench cut a trail no problem. Something else? It was able to move SIX rocks that the Bobcat excavator would have trembled at a ONCE. That is a six times increase in productivity, do that math. Granted you Rarely will have the opportunity or need to work with one of these machines on a trail project, but today we got an extra two days for FREE...kinda. Well you get it. It is stuff like this that keeps my days interesting. Also, Scott built this cool retaining wall that is just gorgeous.






Finally, this is my goodbye from the Wiss for the season, so I hope to come back, but I hope it is next year.

Wissa Wind-down...

Okay, this Wiss is winding down for old Benny Boy. Here are a few photos from today and hopefully I will have some SUPER CHOICE ones tomorrow night. We will be using a big machine, I like BIG MACHINES, to move a lot of work in a very little time. Check out the truck dumping the rocks below and all of us talking about what is left to do on the site.




Finally, just a couple pics of the crazy things that go on in a day at the office. Using a dump bucket to lift very heavy objects and Ray having some creative freedom putting the "choke hold" on the trail.