Notes about Stone
Lake Enduro from the
Trail Chancellor
Hi Ya'll,
The three
day weekend is coming up and we are making plans to go up to Stone Lake.
We've
accomplished alot so far and I want to thank everyone who has contributed to
this. We have about 15 miles cleared.
We are not
going to make our 20 mile single-track commitment with the Trail that we have
flagged and/or cleared. This is because
we had accidentally flagged some routes over the north boundary of the
property. So, when we cleared them, we
had to cut short several loops. So, it would be nice to mileage what we have
and figure out a way to make up the lost mileage. Tim, Roy and I already have
an idea or two in regards to this.
Here is
what I think is left to be done on the routes that we have already flagged/cleared:
a. About 4 miles of flagged route still needs to
be cleared.
b. Two bridges need to be built
c. All trails should be reviewed and
"improved" if needed.
d. Any deadfall that has happened in the months
since the cleared trails have been put in should be cleared.
e. All cleared routes should be burned-in as
much as possible.
Somehow, I
would like to make up for the lost mileage. I, personally, will take this on as
a project and will be looking for help to pull it off. I don't plan to start anything
until the remaining existing flagged mileage is cleared and plans are in place
to get the bridges done. So, this
weekend we need to attack the remaining flagged mileage, get it cleared and do
some burning in.
Here's the
work schedule for the remaining weekends.
Sept 3, 4,
5 Trail
Work
Sept 10, 11
Trail Work
Sept 18,
19 Mileaging (all trail needs to be
complete and well marked so that Mike Ward and I don't get lost)
Sept 25, 26
Bridges
Oct 1,
2 Arrowing
Oct 7, 8, 9
ENDURO WEEKEND
You can see
that, after the weekend of Sept 10, 11 it will mostly about riding for most
people.
Please
contact me if you plan to come up this weekend.
I plan to be there on Saturday and Sunday and I have heard from a couple
of other people that they also plan to be up.
With the big enough crew, we could bang out most of the remaining trail
to be cleared.
Best
Regards,
Ken
Treasurer’s Report
EDITED
FOR WEB PAGE
Combined
Club Meeting Minutes,
for July 27, 2005 and August 31, 2005
Combined
Attendance – Spotty at best
Mark
Brunsberg, Bob Chase (both), Ken Fastner (both), Charlie Forrest Jr., Scott
Haraldson, Nathan Huskamp, Jon Kemnitz (both), Matt Leebens, Jeff Mack, Bob
Maki, Greg Nelson, John Otto (both), Tom Peterson, Paul Spears, Doug Less
(both)
·
Doug
Less voted in as a probationary member.
·
Potlatch
Leases – As part of the agreement to allow us to use the leased Potlatch land
for the Enduro, we are no longer supposed to use those trails next year. Ken is
going to see if there is someone else within Potlatch, such as PR, that may be
more motivated to allow us to use those sections
·
Holyoke
Enduro wrap-up – Other than the dust, things went very well for the Enduro.
Things came together at the end, regarding use of all the trails, and the
scoring went smoothly.
·
Grantsburg
o
Practice
Days – This was brought up again and discussed. Seems to be some agreement on
trying them among the few members present.
o
Quad
Only Dates – Tom is going to look into getting a dual sanction with D16 (WI).
This has the possibility of increasing the attendance significantly.
o
There
may be someone in Grantsburg that we can get use of dozers through.
o
The
watering system project is well under way. See Announcements and note below for
more details.
o
Again,
the track is not a dump. Please take your trash with you when you leave.
Granstburg Watering Update from the MX Chair
I got the
opportunity to go up and measure the track for the amount irrigation line
needed to get water to the rest of the track and new water barrels. I used a
measuring wheel and it turns out to be just over 2300 feet need to run lines
along the rest of the track that will be fed off the new barrels. My
brother-in-law can get it for me at 68 cents per foot and his supplier might
deliver it as well, we have to check on that, the dairy co-op in Grantsburg was
right around a $1.00/foot and another D23 member in the irrigation business was
80 cents per foot. For all of the supplies needed we’re looking at nearly
$3500.00 to get this all done. I think I sound get some sort of approval before
spending this much of the club’s money.
$1600 – Irrigation Line
$1560 – Additional Bulk High Pressure
Water Hose
$250 – 12 Nozzles
$200 – Misc. Fittings and Hardware
This stuff
is going to come in 300’ rolls and we’ll need some way of moving them around so
we can un-roll it without putting kinks in the line. I think a bobcat or tractor
will be required. I’d like to get a small crew together in mid Sept. to get
this work done before the fall moto. The first thing that needs to be done is
to get the barrels placed, Skip said he can do that once we get some rain up
there. I’ll bring the plan to the next meeting. BTW, I took one of the new
pumps from the shed so I can get the right stuff to hook them up to the new
barrels.
Everything
has been ordered, I got the bulk high-pressure hose for much less than
originally quoted. Turns out that the place where I got it from one of my
friends nephew is the sales manager, $.82/foot vs. $2.60/foot. I guess it helps
to know people. I am going to have the irrigation line delivered around Sept.
15th and am planning on being up there all of that weekend to lay out hose and
dig ditches and so on. I'm looking into renting a ditch witch to bury the
irrigation line especially where it'll need to cross the track.
Member Lists
Probationary
Members to be voted on:
October –
Jeff Klien, Jeff Mack
This is as of May 28.
Active and Probationary Members that owe 2005 dues:
Nathan Huskamp, Tim Kight, Skip Olson, Adam Peper, Jeff
Klien (P), Al Roscoe, Mark Solnitzky, Paul Spears
Classifieds
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