Starting a New Year ... Work On Rerouting the Rooty Trail Continues

We again had twelve (12) trail builder volunteers. The weather was much better. Above you'll see some of the work we did. Working on the Rooty re-route continues.

In this image (above) you'll see Ms. Gray carefully cutting a root using a Pulaski. At the upcoming session she and her dad will receive the Mount Vernon Trail Builders shirts they earned.

And in this third image you'll see that the Estep family's soup can be enjoyed in more than one way. It was a great session, thanks everyone.

1,936 Hours of Trail Building at Little Mountain for 2015

Here our volunteers are shown (above) at the beginning of the 12/12/15 session. The weather was terrible, yet we had two families join us for their first times. There were twelve (12) of us volunteering, darn good given the weather. Our volunteers were all impressive, and they smiled a lot.

In this image (above) you'll see two of our younger volunteers at work.  They were raking off the organic material.  They worked ahead of us, and worked really hard - we were digging and shaping right behind them.

Below you'll see the tread being shaped, most of the volunteers in the foreground of this photo are the Fowler family.

Below more tread work is being done.

In this fifth photo (below), is the Grey family.

And in this last photo (below) our Youth Coordinator Bret Turner was coaching Ms. Grey.  She was everywhere, and always smiling...

This was the last session of 2015. Since we began we have put in more than 12,000 volunteer hours on Little Mountain. This year alone we amassed 1,936 volunteer hours...

Please make a New Year's resolution; you can help by volunteering in 2016, or by making a tax deductible donation (to donate please click below):

http://mountvernontrailbuilders.com/donate/

Thanks, and Happy Holidays!  Our next session is January 9, 2016.

Skagit Audubon Society Hikes Little Mountain

audubon society hiking event at little mountain park in mount vernon, wa

On Wednesday (11/18) the Skagit Audubon Society held their annual Little Mountain hike. In the following image you'll see they were out in force…

At the same time, on the Nature Trail, Jerry Granahan worked away...

clearing off the leaves of the trail

And (below) on the Heart of the Park (HOP) Connector Trail John Erbstoeszer was doing the same.  Over the next few days they volunteered more than thirty (30) hours removing leaves at Little Mountain.

Thank you gentlemen!

Did I mention there will be another Heart of the Park Fundraising Party? It will be held next year on National Trails Day, which is June 4, 2016.

Please put it on your calendar.We're looking for donors and sponsors...