Hello again to each of you--
Weather again forces us to cancel work scheduled for February 6--as it did for two Saturdays in January. To make up for the loss, we're adding two Saturdays to the original schedule. Here's the new schedule (weather allowing), for the following Saturdays:
FEBRUARY 13, FEBRUARY 20, MARCH 6, and MARCH 13.
On those Saturdays we'll meet by 9:30 a.m. in the parking lot in front of Harps Supermarket on U.S. Highway 65 at Marshall. As always, wear work clothes and hiking boots, and bring a daypack with lunch and drinking water. We'll carpool from Harps to the work area.
The National Park Service furnishes trail tools, but if you have pruners, lopping shears, or a pruning saw you'd prefer to use, bring it along. NOTE: If you have a chainsaw and know how to use it safely, bring it, please. We have fallen trees to cut along the trail line.
We'll be clearing a flagged line where volunteers later will dig and level a walking path. Usually the path goes across slopes, sometimes steep. If you have difficulty walking across hillsides, this may not be comfortable for you.
We're building the Buffalo River Hiking Trail, and the scenery is outstanding. If the sun is shining (as it did not in January), or even if it is not, we promise you a good time.
Questions? E-mail me, or phone me at 479-443-4098.
Hope you can be with us!
Ken Smith
I took this, June 8, 2008, after the six mile extension of the Buffalo River Trail from Hwy 14 to Spring Creek was dedicated. Ken is on the BRT at Kimball Bluff overlooking the Buffalo River at Water Creek. Click on picture to enlarge.