I need a ride...in DOUTHAT

Well today will end the first phase of working at Creston. It sounds like I will be back though.

Today however, the milestone is heading up to Douthat State Park, one of my favorite pieces of land in these great states of ours. The goal is to look over a potential project and then try and get a pedal in with Ed Sutton of Trail Dynamics. The guys is great and I can't wait to catch up and see some of the work they have been putting on the ground in the park this winter.

Vacation....AH....Back to work...DOH!

Well I have been out of touch all week and it was everything I could hope it would be. The season is about to crank up and I can't wait. But, before getting too excited I took some much needed R and R down to the Sunshine State. I sat on the beach and next to rivers. I saw gators, manatees and otters. The trip was awesome. Enjoy the photos and look for the conclusion of Creston to hit this week as well as a trip to VA to look at a project. Things are gonna be pinned at least for the next two weeks so here we go. Remember, beer and feet in the air equals a mind at ease and able to work better, once it has to.

Corridor Borridor...OR SWAMPIN'

I have found an interesting anomaly in the world of the interwebby. Let us begin from the beginning. I have set out to tell of the week at Creston clearing corridor with the on site maintenance dude and three amigos swamping...Define: swamping...well there doesn't really seem to be a good definition:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=define%3A+swamp&btnG=Search

Okay so maybe I don't know how to spell it or SOMETHING...nope

So without further ado, the gear every trail builder/lumberjack should have and a few photos of the boys SWAMPIN'

A little work on the ol' hosienda...

Today we went full steam on the trailer. We finished the couch and the mounting system and also put on the jacks for support on the back of the trailer to keep it from lifting while loading the moto. Finally we got curtains mounted on the truck to sleep in it tonight during Bike Love, I am stoked. Things are really starting to shape up now it is a matter of getting all my stuff organized and into the space I have to work with.

Today rocked....

I finished the rough flag line at Creston today and the bottom section was some of the BURLIEST trail I have ever flagged. It will easily be 50,000 plus worth of trail even with rustic bridges. The upper sections were fairly straight forward, the burn area was a bit eerie but then I got into some really nice laurel thickets and felt much more at ease. This weekend brings Bike Love, then next week I will be back at it in Black Mountain. Happy weekend to everyone.

Great day in the offices...all three

Well today was very nice. I spent the morning out in the field working on the project in Black Mountain. The design came together nicely as I found loads of old narrow roadbeds to hit that followed the contour nicely. I must say building hiking only trail is nice too because you can push some envelopes not possible in a multi-use system. With that coming together nicely I was able to head back to the house to help Jenn finish up the 08 tax information for the accountant.



That was the second office of the day and finally construction has begun on the mobile office. We completed the couch today and the desk will be next. I love these kinds of projects. Especially with the knowledge that in time I will be tweaking on it to get things ..j..uu...sss....t right.

Survey the scene...

Here is a day on the survey...I love alliteration.

A little tip out there for folks in the "want to know"...by the way Outkast this the shizzy.

For those in the know when you are wanting to do a bit of preemptive scouting layout pull down hearty hardwoods and tie the flags high. Just the salt from your skin will have deer munching on the flags and when you come back a few months later looking you ain't gonna find the flags. Also, tie them on ridges and in valleys instead of like every "blah,blah,blah" feet. This way you can always know where the "line" is.





Okay enough babble for tonight.