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On October 12th we had a great bunch of volunteers help us complete the Nature Trail between the Nature Bridge and the picnic table. This is what it looked like in progress. You’ll have to visit the trail for yourself to see the finished wall! Come on out this Friday, Oct. 26th, for another greatContinue reading “October 12th work party”

You may remember that the weather last session, on Saturday 9/28, was a more than a little tough. It was extremely blustery with hard rain at times – but look how beautiful it was. This is probably the prettiest time of the year in the park. We strongly suggest that you check it out, theContinue reading “We had a windy trailbuilding day on Sept 28th”

We had a good group of volunteers join us last Saturday for a foggy day of trailbuilding. We did some heavy lifting on two rock walls at switchbacks in the trail. Some great work was done on the middle portion of the trail. We’re working our way up the hillside. Thanks to Martin for bringingContinue reading “Progress continues on our newest trail, Bonnie & Clyde’s”

Thanks to everyone who came out this past Saturday. The weather was perfect and the mosquitoes even stayed away. We didn’t have a featured group, but a large number of our regular volunteers and a few new people joined us. There were a couple people who earned the prestigious MVTB t-shirt as well. This isContinue reading “Thank you to our volunteers”

MVTB would like to thank Windermere Real Estate for their help at our June 22 volunteer session. We put them to work on our current trail, Bonnie & Clyde’s, and were very happy with the effort they put in. Hard work puts smiles on our volunteers’ faces. Trail building is a great family friendly activity.Continue reading “Thanks to Windermere Real Estate”

The first load of rock on Bonnie & Clyde’s. A special thanks to the Parks Department, the power carrier now works perfectly. This was also the first trip on new rubber tracks. The corner/rock wall where most of our material went last session, on June 8th. Material (the dirt) was being moved to the cornerContinue reading “Our volunteers make great progress on Bonnie & Clyde’s”

The May 25th session, Memorial Day weekend, was incredible. Three new volunteers, sixteen total – getting everything done we’d hoped to accomplish. And as always, we found many photo worthy natural forms. Here Art Tuftee is upfront flagging. We’re working on the Bonnie & Clyde’s trail routing. In the background foliage is being cut withContinue reading “Memorial Day Weekend session was incredible”

On Saturday we continue our work on Bonnie & Clyde’s. We’ll flag the balance of the switchbacks, on the new routing we’ll remove the deadfall and duff. By day’s end we hope to have defined the new trail’s routing, and rerouted a section of Ridge Trail – creating more separation between the trails. Our trailContinue reading “Join us this Saturday on Bonnie & Clyde’s”

We were very pleased to have 38 kids from the Kulshan Creek Youth Program work with us. They worked hard and were a great bunch of kids. This is the only group we’ve ever had arrive in a school bus. After a brief orientation they got right to work. Every job was important. Here isContinue reading “Kulshan Creek Youth Program joined us on May 11th”