What a day! After we finished clearing trails, Kyle, Doug, Ryan, Rick, and I all rode the East side for quite awhile looking for places that needed badly to be cleared. We only found a few downed trees to cut off the trail, so we took care of them. The East side is in pretty good shape--big thanks to the FMHSC folks who cleared 6 miles over there for their hare scramble.
So what about the West side we worked so hard on?! Well, Kyle, Doug, and I rode over there for a bit and did not run into any trails that were in heavy need of clearing! Believe it or not, I think we pretty muck KNOCKED IT OUT!
In no particular order, here are the 16 heros. These guys braved the cold and did an amazing job. Hard to believe how much trail we cleared in a few hours!
Joe, Tyler, & Joel (HARD WORKING family!)
Phil D.
Ryan (Looking forward to your photos, Ryan!)
Rick (THANKS for handling the Cycle Zone thing!)
Rick (Grizzly from MOKAN)
Curado (THANKS for cross-posting to MOKAN)
Bryan (from MOKAN)
Stu
JLR
Luc ("Lumberjack" Luc! The legend lives!)
Doug
Kyle
Caleb (Troy & Kyle's nephew)
Troy
I won't lie, I really hoped more folks would show up. I don't know how much the cold was a factor, but there were entire off-road community groups without representation. HOWEVER, we DID IT!
HUGE THANKS to our sponsors who donated a lot of great swag! With only 16 of us, everyone walked away a winner.
MotorcycleCloseouts
Cycle Zone KTM
Letko Cycles
Special recognition to Cycle Zone and Mike Kruger for loaning us their
2010 Arctic Cat ATV that is for sale! Also to Eddie (ajayhawkfan) for loaning us his ATV. Having these 2 utility ATV's helped tremendously with hauling chainsaws and supplies.
What's next?!
Over on MOKANriders, Curado suggests we do a similar event at Perry Lake. I have not ridden there in perhaps more than a year. Stu? Others? How are the trails at Perry? Do they need some tree trimming? If so, let's plan a day and make it happen.
I'm curious to see how long our trimming efforts at School Creek last. Will it be overgrown this time next year? 2 years?