Several Eastern Redbud saplings were planted at the shelter site and the parking area, thanks to Mike Titus.
Paul Hopkins brought the bear pole and assisted in its installation at the proper distance away from the shelter.
Steve, Teddy and Chad attached the porch roof to the shelter to give it a finished look.
Kenny provided a 'Welcome' sign, and i'm sure he has a story about it....if you ask.
Peter Sheesley reports the first 4 miles of trail from Birch Knob towards the Russell Fork trailhead have been cleared except for a few larger trees that will require a chainsaw. The green blazes and markers extend out only 3.5 miles. And coming from the Russell Fork trailhead, the first 7 miles are cleared and marked, except for a half- mile section of trail that connects the ATV path with the
gas-line road. This leaves maybe a mile and half that have not been recently examined.
Robert Helvey and crew attached a NO LITTERING sign to the kiosk and built a fire-ring near the parking lot, picked up trash and cleared trail south from Mullins Pond as far as Bob Gap.
Brett Bentley, looking for sunrise pictures from the Observation Deck, had success, and then helped with trash removal from the parking lot. He finished up doing trail maintenance in the Jenny Falls area.
Many thanks to UPike med students, Ryan Johnson, Lauren Nugent, William Tucker, Andrea McCullen, Molly Peverada, Patrick Bryant, Chris Hendrickson, Peter Sheesley, and Jessica Collins. With an assist from Chad Parsons and the Friends of the Trail, Paul Hopkins, Joel Worth, Steve Thacker, Teddy Tibbs, Robert Helvey, Mike Titus, Carol Schmidt, Sherry Tibbs, Kenny Mullins, Brett Bentley, and myself.
And the Pine Mountain Trail Conference finished out Saturday evening with the old-fashioned story telling at Killing Rock of the massacre by the 'Red Fox of the Mountains', as told by Pam Holcomb, Past President of the Kentucky Storytellers Association.
May Blitz indeed!
