Yesterday was a rest day (of sorts) so I made plans to join fellow Friends of Cloudland Canyon State Park for a trail maintenance day. We just recently opened up an additional 9 miles of trail in the northeast portion of the park, but there was still a fair amount of trail maintenance that needed to be done. Greg Foster, our trail maintenance guru, lead the way as five of us put in nearly 50 hours of work today. In the above photo Greg and I are taking a refreshing dip in Bear Creek, a required crossing to get to the far end of the trail. It was about 36 degrees at the time, so yeah, the water was a bit chilly.
After the 10 mile run on Thursday and 9+ miles of hiking and brush clearing yesterday, I had no trouble sleeping last night. I can’t remember the last time I slept longer than 12 hours. But it felt nice. Today I’m off to the park to help with our fall hayrides. Come by if you’ve got the time. It is beautiful this time of year.
