- GET 2024 day 23, Oct 23, Wednesday
- Start home
- End San Mateo Spring campsite
- Lopped aspens on Apache Kid Trail for a quarter mile
Hiking in from Springtime Campground, I notice a huge log was just cut that I had previously skipped– way too large for my saw.
I did not know anyone else would be working here, so I emailed a query to the Forest Service. It turns out that cougar activity caused two groups to shift from the northern part of Apache Kid. Maybe I will see other workers in a few days.
My plan today is to work on a short section of Apache Kid Trail where the aspen are growing too close.
After working for half a day, I check my distance completed: only a quarter mile. Lopping can go really slow for a single individual, but a large volunteer group can do wonders.
Finished audiobook Worlds of the Imperium, by Keith Laumer.
That giant deadfall, and others, were cut by an Ancestral Lands crew. We also dispersed cairns, picked up trash, and lopped aspens. I worked alongside them, a group of young men of Apache heritage. Awesome dudes.
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