I Work With the Park Guys to Haul Some Rock

Tuesday November 5, 2024 Guerneville CA.

Forest work

Today, I was meeting a couple of state park guys to haul some rock to fix what I call, the swamp in the road, which is just one big pot hole with more pot holes in it. I was going to load the rock and they were going to haul it in their dump truck and smooth it out with their machine.

I rode up this road in the park to meet them at the appointed time.road1

I got there a bit early and parked here to check out what we were going to do today..rig4

It rained a bit the other day, so there is some water in the pot holes, but when it really rains, the whole thing is flooded. We need to  build up the road bed with some larger rocks.potholes3

We met and discussed what needs to be done and got to it. The guy drove the dump truck up to the top of the road and I loaded up his truck with rock from our place where I’m working on clearing this rock slide off the road.truck5

I used Skiddy to load up the dump truck.rock6

We got a routine going and were making good progress, but it was voting day, so they had to quit a bit early to vote.

I loaded up the truck once more and followed this last load down the hill to lock the gate behind us,up.dump7

After locking the gate, I caught up with the dump truck just as he was ready to dump the rock on the road we were repairing.truck8

He’s starting to dump the last load of the day. Some of the rock looks rather large, but it is soft rock and breaks up when it’s spread out a bit. Just what we need to fix this situation.dump9

He got the last load dumped.rocked10

And then the guy in the excavator did his job and smoothed it all out.smoother11

We still need a couple more loads to finish this off, but it will do for now, until we get back and do some more work on it. It will no longer be known as the Swamp.fixed12

They took off to vote and I went on home for a nap.

Chickens

My brother Tom said one of the chickens was way over at a neighbors place in the creek and may not be able to find it’s way home to roost tonight.

I let the chickens out into the front yard.chickens13

I went out, just before dark to lock the chickens up. Sure enough, there was one chicken missing. Maybe she will survive and find her way home tomorrow if some critter doesn’t get her during the night.

Nice day.

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Shoe Repair, Fueling Skiddy and a Good Walk Down the Trail

Monday November 4, 2024 Guerneville CA.

Shoe repair

I meant to glue my shoes up last night but I never got to it, so that’s the first thing I did today. I put some epoxy on them and used tape to hold them together until the glue set.shoes1

Fueling Skiddy

I fueled up Skiddy as I needed to take it up into the hills by the rock slide and leave it there to use it tomorrow to help the park guys move some rock onto a road in the park that needed some repairs.fuel2

As long as I was going up into the hills, I stopped to pick up a load of rocky dirt for a spot up on one of the roads on the way up.dirt3

I made it up to the rock slide area and parked Skiddy there. Now I had to get back home, so I had a bit of a walk to do to get down there from here, a couple of miles, mostly down hill, so it wasn’t too bad.skliddy4

I started my walk headed down this road.road5

When I got to this overlook with the chair, I stopped to take a break and enjoy the day a bit, before continuing on down a trail from this spot.chairs6

I headed down this trail as I wanted to check it out to see what kind of work I needed to do to finish this trail this winter.trail7

I stopped for a break at these chairs and then carried one of them further down the trail as I’d need it later when I worked on the trail.chairs8

A lot of the trail is in good shape and I made good time.trail9

Big tree down

However, when I got to this spot, there was a huge fir tree that had fallen across the trail that I needed to work my way around.tree10

It looked like the tree had fallen over because it got too heavy and just pulled it’s roots out of the ground and slide down the hill a bit, across the trail. I’m thinking I may just be able to go under the tree with the trail as getting it out of  here would be real dangerous as it’s on a steep slope.roots11

From there the trail got much better on the ridge back as I’d completed this section last year during the winter.trail12

I moved along fairly fast in this area as the trail was go good.trail14

Park guys

I  made it down to my house for a quick break as I needed to get up to the park to talk with some of the park guys about what we were going to do tomorrow to move the rocks. It was the end of their work day, so there’s a little time I can catch them before they leave for their homes.park

We chatted about the work and shot the bull a bit, then I went on home for the day.

Nice day.

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