Yesterday, with nearly "double" our normal number of volunteers, we got a great deal done. And of those volunteers you'll notice that nearly half were wearing matching gray SVC Cardinals T-shirts. They're a new club coming to us from Skagit Valley College.

At least one of the founding members of the "SVC Trailblazers" was in SVC's Wildland Fire Fighting Class that cleared the deadfall and duff from this trail.

In this session we worked on over half of the .38 mile long trail section they cleared a few months back. And while it is not completely finished, it is open and being improved each session. Look at the switchback corner we built...

And possibly more impressively, checkout the group size and makeup. We had our normal core group, some returning volunteers and a handful of new volunteers - in addition to the SVC club. Our youngest volunteer was 3 years old, working with her mother. This is a family friendly activity.

We expect to have this trail finished in about two more sessions. Of course that depends on weather and our number of volunteers. The next project will be starting work on the new "flow trail" that is a part of the new Heart of the Park Public Trails Facility. Thanks everyone for your hard work and support!

Jim “JT” Taylor
Mount Vernon Trail Builders