It was a sunny and warm day on the Hill for the May work party. I arrived just after noon
to find Matt Paine, Ray Burk and Steve Pielock enjoying burgers provided by Jonathon
Klinkowski. I had one and then it was time to get to work.
Dan Carnevale had left before I arrived. Dany had dropped off a "new" donated heavy-duty plastic picnic table for the top of the hill. Matt finished getting the radio hooked up in the morning and it is now good to go.
Steve and Ray left after lunch and Matt, Jonathon, and I scouted some of the trails for blowdown
but they were in good shape despite the recent high winds. After that I fired up my chainsaw and cut down two trees at south end of the clearing and three to the east of the summit. After Matt and Jonathon left I started up my lawnmower and did a little mowing around the summit. I then started up the orange mower (first pull of the rope) and mowed around the Gaertner.
Ed arrived to check on things around 6:30 and as I was leaving at 7:00 I heard two woodpeckers hammering away in the woods south of the clearing. The seemed to be communicating back and forth. The Hill is in good shape for the upcoming Memorial Day weekend festivities. Thanks again to everyone who contributed their time and sweat to keeping Arunah Hill neat.
Barry
1 comment:
Hey, Benjamin and I were there, too! We were among the very first to arrive. I took some pruning shears and went around ALL the trails, finally joining the others for a late lunch. After that, I did a complete cleanup around the telescope shed, but left with Ben before some of the others came.
"Out of sight, out of mind" and not in the Blog? I made a point of joining this work party; I was glad to help and Benjamin had a good time, as usual! (Arms were pleasantly sore the next day.)
Chevy
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