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Long Path rehab at Lake Skannatati - continues

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A hot Friday morning, and the parking lot is empty

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All work stops when hikers pass through

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Another really big rock has to get out of the way

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It‘s up and out and goes for a ride

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Russ guides it carefully into place

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This rock is just too big to use the four-man sling

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The next big rock is really buried in the dirt

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This rock is so big we had to split it into two pieces

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Top half is in the sling, Erik stands on the bottom half

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It‘s hard work digging
the second half out of the ground

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But we did get it out using the high-line

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Now that they are out, let‘s build a crush base for them

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Chris continues to work on the Eastern turnpike section

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Saturday morning and the crew makes it to the worksite

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Trail supervisor Tom Patton checks out our progress

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Joe is making crush, making crush, making crush

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Getting ready to move this big rock into place

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Big rock number two is on the wire

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Peter helps guide this big boy into place

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Way over there,
Erik has found two more big rocks we can use

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Erik‘s big rock number one will make for a nice colorful paver

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Big rock number two is on its way

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Joe continues to expand the Eastern turnpike section

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End of day Saturday and it‘s all looking pretty good

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In the now crowded parking lot,
we found a little shade for our EOD crew meeting

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Sunday morning, it‘s going to be 98 today

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A view of the Eastern turnpike section

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A close-up of the big rocks we placed yesterday

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This small rock is in our way, let‘s just dig it out

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Oops, this rock is a little bigger than we thought

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We finally got it out and filled the big hole with crush

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On top of that crush, we placed a big paver

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Of course it will be flat and level

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Now this hole gets crush for the next paver

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Erik just muscles it into place

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Whoa. Now that‘s a big rock

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This will be a gateway rock
for the Western turnpike section

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Gateway rock now in place

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One gateway rock is great… two is better

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Chris adds final touches to the Eastern turnpike section

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Peter filling all the nooks and crannies with crush

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A close-up of the now finished paver section

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This map shot shows where we are working

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This is what it looked like when we began

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Looking East at our complete project

A short walk-thru video of this project

A slide show of this album



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