This was Andy and my first time volunteering with the WTA. Trail work parties start at 8:30am and go until 3:30pm or so. You can volunteer, too! Despite getting only 3 hours of sleep, waking up not so sober, having one hash brown for breakfast and no lunch, and showing up late, we had an awesome time! I would have never really understood how much work it takes to build and maintain trails had I not come to a trail work party. On this particular Sunday before Christmas, there were 20 volunteers. Each of us carried two tools - a shovel, a grubber, etc.. in our hands and hiked up to the designated maintenance areas. We split up on the way up. Andy and I were stationed at the last stop a couple miles in where we worked on rerouting a section of trail and moved some signs. Luckily, no one was run over by the logs we threw down! Trail maintenance takes so much work - I can't wait to do it again!
All photos from John's (volunteer leader dude) Picasa: https://picasaweb.google.com/111928248456274762680/
