Haunted Trail Work Tuesday 10/5/10

Good Morning Fellow NCTr's:

Ahhhh . . . October. Cooler temperatures, changing leaves, cornstalks, football, and . . . haunted houses. Speaking of haunted houses, we have one along our section of trail at Cemex. It really doesn't seem haunted on a hot, humid, July morning when you are running the DR mower there. But this time of year, just around twilight (or after dark on a full-moon hike) - well, it is kinda spooky out there. I've done a bit of looking over my shoulder as I've hiked on past. Lots of strange noises come from that old, abandoned house that sits 30 yards off the trail.

So, what better thing to work on this month than to move the trail a little closer to it. Actually, we need to make an adjustment in that area because the NCT follows a double-track that leads to an intersection with some other double tracks, making a sharp right hand turn there, which has lead to some confusion about the trail routing. If we head up the overgrown driveway of that house I think we can cut the corner and make the trail easier to follow. Might have some multi floral to battle to get it done though.

We'll leave from Jata's in Wampum at 9:00 on Tuesday morning, the 5th, and go to the Fletcher Hill Road trailhead. We'll work with flagging tape, loppers, and pruners and come up with a way to get a reasonable reroute on the ground. The plan is to be out for couple of hours. I'll bring the materials and tools - hope you can join us. This will be an interesting project.

Thanks,
Dave Brewer