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April
22nd, 2008 - Since
it was Earth Day, Shannon and I decided to do a little trail
maintenance. We cut back weeds and briars on the Hampton
Blue-blaze trail, and then continued cutting on our section of
the A.T. toward Pond Mountain. We didn't go all the way to
the top as daylight was running out on us, but we did go up to
where the future relocations begin. We also cleared one
medium-sized blowdown on the way with the new Corona saw that I
purchased today. Corona saws are awesome in my opinion
(with my experience using them on the golf course), and it did a
great job as Shannon and I took turns cutting this ~12"
diameter blowdown. Upon returning to the car, we also
picked up almost a full bag of trash... mostly at the parking
area. We
had a good time even though we worked hard. We talked with
three thru-hikers, and also stopped to photograph some
wildflowers along the way. We logged 4 maintenance hours
each, while hiking approximately 5.0 miles. |
