Trail building is underway at the Sculpture Forest. Professional trail builder Eric Carabba of Backwoods Contracting will be onsite for the entire month of May constructing the upcoming trails for the park. He has an extensive history with trail construction, land resource management,...
This week, I spent many hours getting wet and dirty in heavy bushwhacking throughout the park property, all in search of the best route for both the south walking trail loop and north walking trail loop. It was fun. Route finding for an ecosystem-oriented sculpture park requires a lot of thought...
The ferry ride over to Whidbey was gorgeous. It got us all amped up to make some more progress on our driveway trail project. We first stopped by the annual Coupeville Lions Club garage sale, which apparently is quite the big event when it starts early Saturday morning each year. People line up...
Nice cool day for getting sweaty swinging a brush cutter and moving piles. We pushed ahead with the driveway path from the Parker Road side, perhaps getting to about a 500 foot length now. Most of the path is about a scraping-sides car width. So, future passes will work on expanding the width....
With our new chain saw and brush cutter, plus a trailer in tow behind a station wagon filled with garden tools, we headed to our land for the weekend. Heeding the old carpenter's adage of "measure twice and cut once", we again reviewed our proposed driveway path through the forest. I especially...
