Trail work at Camp Saffran

We were asked to upgrade water bars on the trail between Lookout cabin, Timberline adirondack and the Nentico Pavilion. A couple of the "before" shots depict the prior water bars, steps, or 2x8 dirt barriers installed with the runoff slope facing up the trail instead of down, weathered or kicked away, or only part way across the trail.


Before



During




















The 'During' photos show a bit of the work done by Troop 350, starting with 6x6 treated lumber at the top, pieces rescued from a previous live elsewhere on the reservation.

Stakes were made on site, with points sharpened and the other end wrapped to prevent splitting during installation.

Lower water bars were made from various tree limbs found around camp, such as Scoutcraft, Pioneering and a couple of fire rings. The largest limb is about a foot in diameter.


After

Only 1 'after' picture is shown, although a couple of the 'during' pictures depict the troop testing the stability of the installed logs. We watched as Scouts moved up and down the trail to see if the distance between water bars was correct, and if there was any motion of the logs.

We finished 6 of the water bars, ending up removing one older step that was loose and just backflling the area. Several Scouts commented we should have one more at the lower point of the trail, but as we ran out of time during our Summer camp week we deferred that to another day.

Jingle Bell Beaver Day - 2008

Per Ranger Dave, this year's Jingle Bell Beaver Day was the biggest so far. 180 or so of us met at camp to render service, which generally means changing light bulbs and such, but is also a chance to make new friends, eat some awesome food (I heard 50 pizzas) and enjoy the great outdoors rather than the not-so-great indoors.

We sanded tables.



Tommy, Nick and I were a team.




The food:



Really, that's only part of the food. I have more photos.

The work crews tended to be clumps of people, like road warriors.





Love the sound of people at work.