OK, what do you think of when you think of Boy Scouts doing a service project? You think of them out in the wild cutting trails, right? Troop 134 has done a lot of service projects in the last several years. We’ve done work at schools, we’ve spread mulch and trimmed weeds at parks. NONE of them have been doing trail work! Well, that’s taken care of. Jeff’s Eagle Project was performing trail work at Foothill Regional Park near Windsor.
We were working one stretch of trail deep in the back of the park, so the day started with a hike. This was a bit depressing as it passed near several of the reservoirs in the park and they were all but puddles.
When we got to the site, we dug right in. Literally. The trail work was installing water bars on a steep section of the trail, shaving the edge of another part, clearing stones and roots from another, creating a wide spot for passing in another and cleaning out a rock lense so water could go though.
Everyone split up and the work was done just a little after the excellent hot dog lunch. The last task was hauling buckets of gravel to the bottom of the trail to refill the rock lense (and wasn’t that fun). Then we all hiked back. Good Job Jeff!
Leaders: Lots and Lots
Lessons Learned: Foothill Park is gorgeous
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