Since the wind storm, I've ridden Tranquility, Swanson and the Wabash, and it's obvious a lot of labor has gone into clearing each of those trails. The creek section of Tranquility alone looks like it took an army of chainsaw-yielding-lumberjacks to clear and I just wanted to say thanks to each and every burly, flannel wearing, pancake eating one of them.
All the trails are in pretty good shape right now (Manawa excluded), but Tranquility is in great shape. Whoever is in charge of maintaining Tranquility (Dale?)is really setting the bar high. It's more than maintained, dare I say it's manicured. I hear Augusta National is looking for grounds keepers. Let me know if you need a reference.
But seriously, every time I go there somebody has cleaned-up/worked-over a new trouble spot, and the new sections are starting to flow really well. So anyways, Thanks!
On another note, a few of us did the famous "Taco Ride" this week. It was insane. I didn't know every single person in the Omaha area owned a bike.......and spandex. After hanging out on the patio for a while and people watching, we decided instead of Taco Ride, it should be called the Sausage and Spandex ride. C'mon people, it's 10 miles of flat cruising so that you can hang out in a social setting. Is all that spandex really necessary?
3 comments:
Glad you appreciate the may hours of labor.
Doug or 1x9 is the trail leader since 07 at Tranquility and deserves the big kudos. Who says a little OCD is bad for you? 8-) Other crew members include Chris, Dave, Greg, Mark, Paul, and myself. In a bad for them, good for us situation, trail users benefitted when Doug and Chris used the time that health issues kept them off their bikes and poured it into trail maintenance and improvement.
Check the THOR blog for trail maintenance reports. We try to log most of the trailwork there for land managers and users to see.
Doug will schedule a trailworkday in 3 or 4 weeks to take the edges off the older tread and address other issues to prep for the Aug 16 Tranquility Tire Tantrum.
Sausage and Spandex???!!! It's imperative that I attend next time. Wait. Will I be an outcast if I wear Lycra.
Thursday, Taco Ride. You in lumpy?
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