Good Evening Fellow NCTr's:
Dennis, Lee, and I took an excellent walk this afternoon on the Kirkwood Farm and we were able to get most of the mile-long route through there flagged. Just a little fine tuning left to do on the switchbacks at either end of the hilltop we are using. We were joined out there by Mr. Joe Caler, who owns a piece of the property we're working with, and he was able to clarify some of the boundary line questions that we had. Appreciate him coming out to help us.
After we finished up I went over to the Sterling Road trailhead at Gamelands 285 to check out the "pond situation." Water from the pond had been running over the Game Commission double track for the past nine months or so, eroding it away. Unfortunately, that double track is also our trail route through that part of the Gamelands. Two weeks ago enough of it was washed out that I had some safety concerns about walking across it and was looking for a detour around that area (without much success, I might add). The Great News is that the Game Commission has been out there within the last day or so and installed a new, larger culvert pipe, and replaced the road. We are high and dry through that area once again, and no need to build "detour trail."
In a most-uncharacteristic twist, I took some pics of today's activities, which can be seen starting here.
Have a great week - thanks for all you do for the NCT!
Dave Brewer
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