Thanks everyone who stepped up and joined in to help during weekend, and especially on our Head Tide Trail rehab project. Unfortunately, circumstances prevented me from being directly involved with the lions share of the work, but our wonderful volunteers stepped up to the plate, and got lots done.
- 3 new pedestrian walkways were built to replace decayed structures.
- 2 old structures were dismantled and removed.
- the right of way was cleared between route 218 and the Midcoast Conservancy access gate.
A huge thanks to everyone who cleared trail on Friday, to Jack, Jon, Ken and Dave who continued trail work on Saturday and to Dave, Jason, Ben, and Ed who endured a stream of text messaging in my absence to make sure projects found their volunteers. A big thanks to Stan and the fellow who was working with him (whose name I am sorry to say escapes me at the moment) for constructing the new pedestrian walkways.
There is still some work to be competed, like setting walkways on their sills, building connector trails for them, but this project went from ‘when?!’ to obtainable thanks to all of your help. In addition to the great benefit the trail provides to the surrounding community when it is usable, it will provide an additional point of interest when the railway opens to Trout Brook Station.
Many of you who have walked that section of right of way this weekend probably noticed the lovely white flowers that cover the roadbed just south of Head Tide cut on the fill. Their name had escaped me at the time, but they are called Bloodroot (sanguinaria canadensis). A quick read on the plant, which my dad always cultivated in his garden revealed that it can have a poison ivy like effect for some and it’s root has some powerful medical properties.
Best,
Steve
