Leslie’s Creamy Chicken Rice Soup

Here is one of Leslie’s delicious soup recipes which she delivers to our trail building sessions for lunch. 1 cup jasmine rice ¼ cup wild rice 4 T butter 2 chicken breasts diced ½ inch ½ tsp dried thyme 2 cloves garlic scant ½ tsp coriander 1 medium onion chopped small ¼ c flour 3Continue reading “Leslie’s Creamy Chicken Rice Soup”

Thanks to SCORE AmeriCorps / Skagit VISTA

On Friday Oct 25th MVTB had a crew from SCORE AmeriCorps / Skagit VISTA join us for a special session. Thank you to their group of volunteers. AmeriCorps is a program of the U.S. federal government engaging adults in intensive community service with the goal of “helping others and meeting critical needs in the community.”Continue reading “Thanks to SCORE AmeriCorps / Skagit VISTA”

We had a windy trailbuilding day on Sept 28th

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”

Progress continues on our newest trail, Bonnie & Clyde’s

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”

Join us this Saturday, Sept 14th, as we ramp up our fall trail building projects

On Saturday (9/14) we’ll resume work on Bonnie & Clyde’s. This is after taking August off. From below, on a lower trail section, it looks like a rockery, almost looking like a flower bed. As you can now see (from up top), it’s a trail — not a flowerbed. This sign on Bonnie & Clyde’sContinue reading “Join us this Saturday, Sept 14th, as we ramp up our fall trail building projects”

Thank you to our volunteers

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”

Thanks to Windermere Real Estate

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”

Our volunteers make great progress on Bonnie & Clyde’s

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”

Memorial Day Weekend session was incredible

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”