Trail Tour

 Grandpa asked for a tour of our trails, so the girls and I shot a little video of the trails as they are, highlight work that we've done in the past, and talked a little about what work we'd like to do on them in the future.  This is a good time of year to work on the trails because there are no bugs and there are no plants, except for the Christmas ferns and one solitary trillium.

Of course, as soon as we shot the video, it's outdated.  This afternoon Colin and Alistair worked on another section of the trail, replacing a rotten edging log, adding some more edging logs and brining up some more soil to even out the trail.

Trail Work

This time of year is perfect to do work on the trails in the woods.  The temperature is pleasant and there are no bugs.  This section of the trail has always been okay, but we improved it by leveling an uncomfortable cross fall.  We moved some dirt last fall.  We lost a tree a couple of weeks ago in a storm than conveniently landed near the trail.  We cut the top of the tree to use as edging on the downhill side.

The bottom of the tree was blocking the trail up into the woods.  It took some time with our little saw, but we managed to cut it half to clear the trail.