Clearing the bike/walking trail

October 16, 2020

 

Hello,

 

Last night we took a long loop around the bike trail. At one point we came across a young man raking the broken twigs and branches off the trail. We stopped and thanked him for doing such a good job. He also had a broom so when he was done raking he swept it. From time to time Leroy and I have stopped and thrown small branches off or even kicked them with our feet. If Leroy had his walking sticks he would use them to lift and pitch. But this guy was serious about getting it clean. He said, “I run in the mornings. It is now dark enough that the debris is dangerous to me if I don’t see it and I step on it.”

 

Today, just past that place where he swept the trial clean, we saw a young woman hauling large branches across the trail. When we stopped to talk to her she said, “These branches are so close to the road that when two cars meet there is no room. I have scraped my car against these branches too many times.”

 

We stayed and gave her quite a bit of help as the pile was still quite large. Some branches required two people to lift them. When we were almost done I told her about the guy last night who had a rake and a broom because he runs. She then went over to her car which was parked across the street and brought over a rake and got much more of the smaller things off the trail. We helped with that effort as well. It is so fine to meet such good people out taking care of public spaces.

 

Today the large walnut trunk piece across the alley was picked up. A large truck with two back ends came. This piece was probably twice as big as any of the other pieces they had.

 

Here is a picture so you get a feeling for the diameter of this beautiful tree.

 

Paula