BIKE: National Trails Day workday at Shoal Creek / Pease Park - June 4th - 9 am to 2 pm

[Jeb Boyt]

FYI  We had a great event for It's My Park Day.  I hope that you can attend 
on June 4th.

Jeb Boyt
Austin Metro Trails & Greenways

----Original Message Follows----
From: Charlie McCabe <cmccabe>
Reply-To: shoalcreektrail-owner
To: shoalcreektrail
Subject: [shoalcreektrail] National Trails Day workday at Shoal Creek / 
Pease Park - June 4th - 9 am to 2 pm
Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 08:35:26 -0500

Hello all,

We have one final volunteer workday scheduled for Shoal Creek Trail at Pease 
Park on Sat, June 4th from 9 am to (approximately) 2 pm and we need your 
help!  We'll be shoveling and packing in a layer of granite gravel on the 
hillside portion of the trail that we've been working on this winter and 
spring.   The work consists of shoveling granite gravel (we have a powered 
wagon that we'll use to haul the gravel up the hill, plus a few 
wheelbarrows....) spreading it over the trail and packing it in.  We'll have 
hand tampers and we'll also rent a gasoline powered plate compactor to 
really pack the gravel down.  The end result will be a hillside trail that 
drains evenly and effectively.

So, if you can come out and join us, we would really appreciate it.  We'll 
meet at the base of the hillside trail at the north end of Pease Park by the 
trash cans.  You'll see a big pile of granite gravel nearby.  We need people 
to shovel, haul, rake, and tamp down gravel.  If you can bring an extra 
shovel or a wheel barrow, that would be great.  We will supply work gloves, 
most tools, plenty of cold drinks and snacks as well. You should wear 
comfortable clothing that you don't mind getting dirty, shorts should be 
fine, we'll be working on the trail surface away from poison ivy, trees and 
brush. You should definitely bring a water bottle or camelbak that you can 
refill (we'll supply plenty of water, gatorade, etc.)  We should be to 
complete the work in 4 to 5 hours, but even ifyou can only come for a short 
time, please do!

Directions for parking and the meeting place:  Pease Park is bordered by 
Lamar  Blvd. / Shoal Creek (east side), Kingsbury (south side), Parkway 
(west side) and 24th St (north side)  There are two places that you can 
park.  I've attached a map as well.  If you have trouble seeing the map, 
visit: http://www.shoalcreektrail.org/volunteer.html

1) You can park in the parking lot or along Parkway, turning south off of 
24th St, walk across the field to the trail and head south up the hill over 
the paved portion of the trail.

2) You can park in the cul-de-sac area at the end of Kingsbury, on the south 
side of the park, where the parkground, picnic areas and restrooms are 
located.  The cul-de-sac is the dead end of Kingsbury next to Shoal Creek.  
Walk north (up) the trail - across the expanse of Pease Park to the base of 
hill - there are trash cans there and you should see the big pile of granite 
gravel that we'll be spreading.

If you have any questions about the work day, what to bring, or you want to 
volunteer to help run the plate compactor to pack down the granite gravel, 
email Charlie McCabe at cmccabe or call 512-965-1960.

Thanks and we'll look forward to seeing you out at the workday.

- Charlie McCabe
organizer, Friends of Shoal Creek Trail
http://www.shoalcreektrail.org/

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