After Helene the national forest is a wreck. Now most of the houses and roads have been cleaned up, so some of my volunteer time has been taken up clearing some trails along the Blue RIdge Parkway.
A few weeks ago we went for a hike and came across a section of the Mountain to Sea Trail that someone had cut the path out, but hadn’t moved all the debris and short sections of downfall off the trail. I thought it was odd, but then a mile or so later we met the guy who was cutting out that section of trail.
He told me he could cut a mile or more a day if he didn’t have to move any of the dead wood, and if he cleared the path he could only cut a quarter mile at the most.
So today we went out and moved “sutff” out of the way. I’m whipped, hope you enjoy the pics.
Sometimes, we don’t know why we do the things we do, but just know it’s the right thing to do. The best way I’ve discovered to explain this is simply put as, "We are preparing this place for those that come after. "
I read that at one time, in the Southeast, a squirrel could climb a Bamboo tree in Charleston and make it the Mississippi River, without touching the ground, by jumping from one Bamboo tree to another.
Not sure where I read that, but a bit of useless information, I reckon….
