Several of our
Back Country Horsemen's Chapter members spent last night camped at Waubonsie. This morning Butch & I drove down to meet up with everyone for our scheduled work party.
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| Our Banner! |
Ryland, the new Park Ranger arrived with plenty of pruners, loppers, hand saws & a weed whacker. That equipment, along with what we'd all brought, gave us plenty to do!
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| Butch, Robert & Ryland~ |
After a short meeting to discuss our game plan - we got to work! The one chore that we were told no volunteers wanted to do - was picking up the two piles of manure at each end of the horse corrals.
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| Sue, Amy & Vickie |
No slackers when it comes to work - we ladies took one pile & Butch worked on the one at the far end. We used the wheel barrows for a large portion, then Ryland came by with his Gator & that made things easier!
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| Robert hard at work around the corrals~ |
We cleaned the inside & outside of the corrals & got all the weeds knocked down.
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| Clean fire-pits |
Next, fire pits! All the trash was removed & the pits left with just ash in the bottom. Wouldn't it be great if they were always left so nice?
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| Butch's work~ |
With Butch & Robert working with the weed whackers - it was amazing how much they got done. I took off with my loppers & started working all along the edge of the mowed area. I cut back all the bushes, vines & shrubs that were encroaching onto the lawn.
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| Connie & the loppers~ |
Leave it to me to find a way to cut & chop! I did leave a lot of piles - Ryland said they'd do the pick up & haul away for us :-)
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| The sink hole~ |
The good news - is that the park plans to fix the sink hole later this year! That would open up the closed spots for camping again! Our friends planned to ride out in the afternoon & cut out some wire that's caused a couple accidents. What a good feeling to spend some time at such a nice park. We hope to obtain grant money next year for manure bunkers!
We left at noon - our Grand-kids were flying into Omaha!
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