A hardy bunch of trail tamers converged on the oldest state park in
Texas on March 5th 2013 and worked for 2 days. The crew was led by
Robert Gross. The rest of the team was made up of The Three Woodsmen of
the Apocalypse, Ray, Chuck, and Riley (just Riley) as well as Charlie,
Terrance, Mitch, Mae, and Andy.
Our primary task was to clear a huge
amount of dead and downed trees and brush that was choking an area
along a trail and dry creek near a very popular spot known as Indian
Cave . Several other standing and partially downed trees in the area
were also cut down and removed for chipping, shredding, and some to be
removed later. Other work involved naturalizing the work area and
cleaning up after the commercial chipping machine was used. After quite
a while of trial and error Ray guided the set up of a rope and pulley
system using our large hand truck and powered by his Ram truck to pull
the dead material up a steep slope to be chipped up.
Over 116 man
hours were worked by the crew to get the job done. The park
superintendant, Ms. Huth, seemed pleased with our work. She was very
accommodating to all involved and everyone had a great time since Riley
told us a few of his stories around the camp fire. The park still
contains a lot of dead trees and brush due to the drought and a past
flood. Much work remains even though the park is open and has some great
scenery.
by Andrew Waters, crew member who lived it!
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