Remember These??

This time last year, things looked very similar, yet very different, but the attitude was all the same. We are BACK ON THE ROAD, a few weeks later than would be liked, but snow can be thanked for that one. Check out the new digs.




We are down here at Catawba Falls Campground for a few days doing some design work with a local community, then off to Augusta for the BIG FUN !! After that we head to Florida for the end of April and some working and riding. That gets us through the next month. STOKED!!!

Ridge Runnin'

Well, we finished the loop yesterday on the mountain with a nice little old school Pisgah Ridge. The property sits against a small penninsula of National Forest Land and the boundry has always had a bit of a trail on it. Yesterday we cleaned up the trail to make it ridable and to get the machine off the mountain. Now that the trail is complete, we just will spend the last two days finishing off the "punch sheet" before leaving town at the beginning of next week. The trail will take about 3 or 4 weeks of good riding to truly break in, then I really feel this will be some of the best few miles of trail in the area. Enjoy the photos and get to know the Green's this place will be a private trailhead in the very near future.

Getting things out in the open.

We have been building HARD in the Rhodo and Laurel the last week or so with very little break. Only the occasional glimps of open forest. Well yesterday we broke through and today we got BAKED by the sun in the open canopy...I am ready for the leaves to come on back out.



We made it onto the ridge that is the property line with the National Forest, and tomorrow get to do some Ol' Skool building up and over the small ridgetop. This trail system is going to have just enough of everything to keep things interesting.

There and back again.

We finally got out of the Rhodo and Laurel today. We are in the open, yet this is the first time I have thrown a track. Damn Hickory roots!! Tomorrow should mark the major completion of most of the "upper mountain". Then, Thursday we get'r done and do the ridge. Weather tomorrow...oh yeah 70 MF degrees...YES!. Now, time for bed.

Phase One dOne

We have the lower loop completed, thanks to Mark (pictured). This week is all about the Upper Mountain. The trailer will begin getting filled up with our stuff and we will be getting our P's and Q's lined up for getting out of town in a week for our "dry run". Check in the rest of this week for the finale of the Green's and the start on the road...Here we GO!!!

Turning the corner...wasn't easy.

Well, I feel like we turned the corner on the project today. We have pretty much punched through the lower loop making for a nice pedal for the Green's.

Today did come with some fighting though. Mark managed to get his machine stuck and roll a track. While I was busy breaking a cotter pin and loosing the bucket...that was kind of funny when it happened though.

Well after a tough day it is time to kick back and relax,... after I finish these few emails.

Back in the THICK of it...

Well, the little vacation is over and it is time to "do work son!" - "Big".



We have been hard at it for the last day and a half and tomorrow should be really stellar. With the volunteer (Mark) as well as his machine, we are getting some trail built.



We hope to have the lower loop done Thursday and then move on to the next phase.