By Chuck (Dirtman) – We had 7 on the trail today and man was it hot. We headed out to the trail just after 11am. On the way we were pleased to see that the west end fence was still in place. At the end of 2N06X we ran into Greg and some FJ’s taking [...]
By Chuck (Dirtman) – Small group this time out but hard workers none the less. We entered the trail via 3N06X per Greg’s request. Upon arrival to the rock garden we noticed that we definitely had visitors on the trail. Some people decided that the rock garden was a little to difficult so they drove around [...]
By Ryan – Eleven hardworking AAT members met at the Fawnskin Fire Station at 9:00am to continue the dedicated effort to repair the Holcomb Creek trail. We started off the day with our usual driver safety meeting and sign in session.
By Ryan – Our AAT maintenance day began with our safety meeting/sign-in at the Union 76 gas station on HWY 18 at 0830 hrs. Once gathered up, we proceed to the west entrance to Holcomb Creek. Upon arrival to the west entrance we found the wire fence intact. After traveling through the west end rock graden, [...]
Report from Nick and Kurt: Saturday started off really nice with a full morning of planting trees with over 100 volunteers showing up, and according to Tree People, approx. 1200 trees were put into the ground. Quality work too!
After the way the day started I though for sure we wouldn’t get much done. Randy and Carmen’s Jeep broke early on and had to be towed to town for repairs. Jim towed them so they both left for the day. Thanks guys for coming and we hope you got home safely. During the hubbub [...]
Thanks to Art, Chuck, Nick, and Tom for their hard work lifting and moving rocks. In total we moved approximatley 7,000-10,000 lbs for rocks to fill 5 gabion baskets.
WOW! Another great workday in the books. Thanks to everyone who came out to help – you guys rock! We all met at the gate around 9am, then Doug and Nick led the safety briefing and plan for the day.
On Friday, October 10th, Nick and Barb (USMC0369) and myself (RAT) did a prerun inspection of 3N93 in preparation for the October 18th run, which is building up to be the biggest yet.
On Saturday we hit the trail at 8:15am and headed for the gate on 3N14. We arrived at 8:45 and opened the gate. At 9:30 everyone had arrived, prepped for the trail and Nick had a safety meeting. We arrived at the Holcomb Creek crossing at 9:45am. With 24 MJR-ers present, I’d say it was [...]
