This morning I worked for three hours at the Whiting Road trails with the Friends of Webster Trails. The group worked on a variety of tasks throughout Whiting and in the Webster Park corridor to the Midnight Trail.
Most of the work had something to do with addressing water issues. That's very understandable considering how much rain we've gotten so far this spring.
I worked on the blue trail and some of the yellow trying to allow areas of standing water to drain off. Some of the sustainable trail methods I've learned from the Tryon and Bay Park West work days helped me. But some muddy places on the trail didn't seem to have a quick fix. If both sides of the trail are at the same level as the trail itself, where do you direct any water? In cases like that, it seems the trail was simply built in the wrong place. Maybe a bridge or a dry well could be used in the future, but for now, the sun will have to dry it up.
One of the other projects was starting to develop a new trail off the red trail. That sounds cool.
I didn't get a chance to see much of the work that was done, other than my own. I look forward to seeing it all next time I ride there.
After this weekend of no rain (fingers crossed), I hope the trails will all be dry enough to ride.
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