Shelter Raising and Picnic - May 15

Good Morning Fellow NCTr's:

The plan has come together! Join us at Watt's Mill next Saturday, May the 15th, for a backpacker shelter raising work party followed by a potluck picnic. Here's the agenda:

Julie Elkins, PA NCT Communications Coordinator, has invited her fellow Americorps volunteers and their friends and families to join us at 2:00 that afternoon to come out and assist with carrying in the preassembled pieces of the shelter and work on getting it all nailed together on site. If we have enough people in attendance at that time we'll also be able to move up the trail a ways and give the volunteers the experience of "trail grubbin" as we (always) have some treadway in need of refurbishing.

The cookout/picnic part of the day begins around 5:00 with a wienie roast planned. The picnic will be potluck so we ask that you bring a side dish, supplies, drink, or dessert (I'm aware that smores are already on the menu - yum). We'll finish up that evening when the campfire dies down, the last marshmallow is consumed, and the band calls it quits (just kidding - no band).

Come out when you can. If you won't be able to make it out for the work part of the afternoon please, please come out for the picnic. The site is a beautiful spot beside a bend in the Little Beaver Creek and this shelter marks a great accomplishment for the members and friends of the Wampum Chapter NCTA. We all work and support the trail together - we should all share in the celebration together.

Here is a map http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=108657039929755040265.000485ca86492d26f4939&z=16 of the Watt's Mill area with the trail to the shelter site marked. It is about 300 yards from the road over fairly level terrain - easy walking.

If you'll be coming out we ask that you please drop us a note - you can reply to this email or contact Eleanor Fairbanks at fairbanks14@comcast.net - so we know how many hot dogs we need and what you'll be bringing (side dish, dessert, cups, plates, drink) so we'll be sure to have everything we need.

See you Saturday afternoon/evening at Watt's Mill!

Dave Brewer