Paul Bunyan? John Henry? Nope, just two-hand hammerer ClayClay and SORBA (MidTn) hosted back to back workdays this past Saturday and Sunday at the Cotton Mill Preserve (home of DSG). A crew of 20-ish showed up and were divided into groups and sent out to the areas on the trail needing work. Some trimmed privet, some cleared the trail tread of the heavy leaf coverage, and others got to cut new sections of trail.
The canine crew working on the Lucy's Loop re-route.
We were able to get a surprising amount of work completed within about 4.5 hours. Clay had some local barbecue brought in for lunch while the crew members rested and exchanged stories. Afterwards some of the crew headed home, a few (including Clay) headed back into the woods to finish off a new trail section, while the remainder of us suited up and enjoyed a backwards loop of the DSG course before the temps dropped and the rain moved in.
Sunday was a smaller group in size, but we still managed to complete myriad projects, including building a bridge over a ravine on a newly constructed trail, re-routing a power line descent, cutting out dead fall, clearing stubs, and cutting back more privet. Another loop of the trails post work was enjoyed by a few, followed up with pizza, gyros, and stage 8 of the Tour of California at Raphael's.
Darryl and Hunter survey the lean of the bridge before planking begins.
SORBA MidTn President Kelly giving a helping foot.
OldGreg thinks pointing is working.
OldGreg, master of the drill
SORBA MidTN Secretary Tryon, Monster, and others working on the new downhill
The Shenanigans:
So the above covers the work and some of the fun, but armed with a warhead of Dos Perros, a fifth of Prichard's Double Barrel Bourbon, a flask of Sweet Lucy, and a stack of pizzas the evening is bound to offer some belly laughs. It was pretty adult and tame until Officer Shrek's eye for the details noticed a small skirmish between Jeffy and Big Poppy. The outcome was a small, patch-able rip to Poppy's jeans. Not knowing his own freakish strength, Officer Shrek lifted a finger to help Jeffy's cause, the result being Poppy's pants requiring more than a patch and the left leg ripped up to the crotch.
e-tape to the rescue. Big Poppy and his pants
Not letting the slight against him go unanswered, Poppy set upon Jeffy's shirt pocket, tearing it a little. No worries Poppy, Officer Shrek is in the house. Letting down the same finger, Jeffy's shirt was soon missing 1/4 of it.
my favorite shirt!
One button wonder shirt at the end of the night.
Kelly mending the 'rip' (or is that instigating?)If you couldn't make this weekend's festivities, fear not, the fun doesn't stop there. Come out to the Yazoo Tap Room this Thursday:
DSG at Tap Room 2/26
Ti One On happy hour at the Yazoo Tap Room on Thursday February 26 from 6-8. Come hang out with your old friends, meet a few new ones and enjoy a cold Yazoo - The first one is on DSG! This will be your chance to make your donations to SORBA/IMBA and get a crack at taking home a real Ti beauty. You can also register for DSG if you already haven't. We'll have random drawings for cool schwag and darn tootin' good time.
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