I was up early this morning because I was waiting for call from White River Subaru (they told me they expected a part delivery). Finally (0730), I was notified that it was OK to get on road for White River Junction. When I arrived, they quickly got to work and I took a walk along the roads nearby (along the way, I discovered NOSC WRJ!). The car repair was done at 0820 but I didn't get back for another 10 minutes. I then left WRJ (via I-91) and drove to the trailhead for the Greensboro Ridge Natural Area, where I met a work crew from the Hanover Conservancy. This time (between 0900 and 1015), we cleared downed trees on two trails in the Greensboro Ridge Natural Area, the trail system I’ve adopted since moving to the Upper Valley. I’d reported several blow downs and about seven folks showed up to help me reopen the trails. As part of the job, I ended up hiking the entire trail system (I did a full circuit with Steve). Since our crew was quite efficient and completed all planned work, Myrilla suggested that we head to another location (Lower Slade Brook Trail) with downed trees to continue trail maintenance. Most of us agreed and, to get there, we drove north through Hanover (on NH-10) until we reached River Road. We continued until we had nearly reached the Lyme-Hanover town line and parked at Josh's house. We had to walk from there, down a steep hill, to reach the trail system. Between 1030 and 1145, we cleared even more trees/brush. We had to wear microspikes (lots of ice) but the temps were good. I hadn’t hiked this trail system before and was surprised to find such pretty waterfalls. Need to return during the hot summer... After we finished working, I did some networking before heading home (arrived by 1200). Glad to have been able to participate in such a worthwhile project - we definitely made a difference!
