Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2021 – First Day of Trail Marking, North Loop Done!

Hi Darlin’!
Another long and very busy day! Pre-dawn alarm followed by chores and breakfast, DeDe arrived right at 8:00 with Margarita moments behind. We packed up everything into her side by side (she calls it her Mule, though it’s not really), and headed off for trail clearing and marking. What a team! We all worked great together, everyone doing whatever needed doing, and it was a very productive and fun day. We managed to get all the way up to about a mile from camp where there is a deep water crossing where a creek comes in, then we doubled back and went to lunch at Willards, though it was past 2:00 by the time we headed that way. A great little eatery, but the service can be extremely slow when it’s busy, which it was today. Nevertheless, we left around 4:00, Margarita headed home since we were almost done anyway, and DeDe and I went back to finish the last mile starting at the other side of the creek crossing, got it done before 5:00. She headed out and I promptly started organizing for tomorrow. Everything was all mixed up and we had trouble finding some things when we needed them, and I figured I would have to make more orange markers for tomorrow since we’ll last time we used two different colors where this time we’re only using one. Then Alex came by, she and Kelsey are marking the third loop tomorrow, so I gave them the stuff they needed to make markers for that loop, so that was a good job delegated! Now I’ll have plenty for tomorrow for my loop! It took me until after 9:00 to get everything organized, but now we should be able to find whatever we need immediately, and not take along anything we don’t need, which we did this morning. So by end of tomorrow, everything should be marked, leaving Thursday to do what needs to be done, like water buckets and any last minute stuff. On Friday, DeDe and I plan to run all the trails again in her Mule just to confirm it’s all okay, then job done! Well, at least until we have to take everything down again after the ride! Long, tiring but productive and fun day, but now I won’t be long out of bed, heading for the shower momentarily! Good night, babe! Love you!