Today, I packed up Basecamp Hotel. Whiled doing so, I spoke to two law enforcement officers from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources - Division of Wildlife about a portion of towpath that is routed through one of their reservations at Six Mile Creek that I maintained. One of whom was concerned about ATV's. I informed him that the towpath's width is set by ODNR's Division of Engineering and that logistically from a maintainers standpoint, it wouldn't be too difficult to make the trail narrower. We would just need to have the proper authorization to do it.
I'm now back in MJ Thurston SP at Basecamp Foxtrox. When I was gone, the park office was at work trying to honor my 14 day request. My campsite is the one I was at before. It's double wide and they were trying to get me to share the electric another camper who reserved the site. But I was at Hotel for the weekend and I "weathered the storm" through the Apple Butter Festival crowd that booked Thurston completely. I'm greatful for the people in the office.
As a follow-up to a previous post regarding the amenities in this park... The park manager informs me that they will be conducting upgrades to the electric sites and installing 14 more, probably begining next month. If they get a shower house, it might become one of my favorite campsites. The view that I have of the Maumee River is second to none.
Right now, I have 4 days and a wake-up to finalize the lower Defiance segment. The way that's going, it's an attainable goal. Finally, I attended the Apple Butter Festival in Grand Rapids of Wood County today and I'm glad that I did. The crowd was much like the ones at the Geauga County Fair.
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2013/10/13
2013/10/04
Log 2013100401
I haven't written a log in 6 days. With out looking, I'd say my entries have probably been sparse. I check out of Basecamp Golf and am now checked back in at Basecamp Foxtrot at Mary Jane Thurston State Park in Grand Rapids of Wood County. There is some question as to how long I can stay here because the park is scheduled to fill up sometime around the Apple Butter Festival on 13 October.
I may be loosing brake fluid in squirts. I noticed this on gravel when I pulled in to a parking area earlier.
On my way down from Harrison Lake, I stopped to reinspect the lower Defiance segment of the Defiance Section. This is some road and three portions of off-road along the old Miami and Erie Canal. I've done a bunch of work on it already, but with those 9 fallen trees in the way and having to cut them with a hand saw, it's making the work come out to be a bit lengthy. And like the work done in the Athens Unit, it's difficult to plan and prioritize the work load in a way that I can perform it in one sweeping motion. Today on the Lower Defiance Segment, I made a note of every thing that still needs to be done and I hope that I can do it more quickly.
I think I have about 5 downed trees left. A couple days ago, I groomed the on to off-road aperture. There was two or three young growth apple trees, whose canopy's had crashed and impeded the trail's 7 foot ceiling. I had to clear quite a bit of them.
Otherwise, I'm seeing pruning and blazing on about two miles or so of the off-road Buckeye/ North Country National Scenic Trail. The north portion looks the best. It's worst is about 0.5mi of overgrowth in the center.
I may be loosing brake fluid in squirts. I noticed this on gravel when I pulled in to a parking area earlier.
On my way down from Harrison Lake, I stopped to reinspect the lower Defiance segment of the Defiance Section. This is some road and three portions of off-road along the old Miami and Erie Canal. I've done a bunch of work on it already, but with those 9 fallen trees in the way and having to cut them with a hand saw, it's making the work come out to be a bit lengthy. And like the work done in the Athens Unit, it's difficult to plan and prioritize the work load in a way that I can perform it in one sweeping motion. Today on the Lower Defiance Segment, I made a note of every thing that still needs to be done and I hope that I can do it more quickly.
I think I have about 5 downed trees left. A couple days ago, I groomed the on to off-road aperture. There was two or three young growth apple trees, whose canopy's had crashed and impeded the trail's 7 foot ceiling. I had to clear quite a bit of them.
Otherwise, I'm seeing pruning and blazing on about two miles or so of the off-road Buckeye/ North Country National Scenic Trail. The north portion looks the best. It's worst is about 0.5mi of overgrowth in the center.
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