Bear Mountain Construction – Nov. 15, 2012 – The New Mile
Today we had our first milestone of this fall dig by completing the first mile of finish work on the second leg of the seventh section. Perfect fall weather and five volunteers worked the freshly turned tread following our machine team that puts us 3.5 miles from where we moor the barge each day at the bottom of Big Bear Mountain. We are getting plenty of exercise getting to and from the work site.
I can’t say enough about the lake views from their section of the trail. Imagine the view at the Hickory Nut Mt. Vista stretching 2.5 miles along the ridge of the mountain. We have chosen a particularly scenic overlook that we would like to christen as “Traildog Point.”
Also today I had and excused absence from the trail work to take part in an awards ceremony at the Federal Building in Hot Springs where the Traildogs we awarded a Regional Service Award for our work on developing the LOViT trail. It is my understanding these are very competitive awards and it was an honor to receive this award for all the Traildogs.
Thanks
Jerry