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I did not do trail work twice this week because I was still sore Thursday from Tuesday. Thursday it rained, pushing work to Friday, but I did a ride Friday instead of work. My upper body has been struggling to recover, so trying not to over do it again. The last few days I have been trying to...

My Berd's picking flowers in the woods. Tomatoe picking soon.

Here are some pictures from work at Sterling last week. I still can not believe how nice the weather has been for working and riding. It looks like we will continue our work at Sterling this fall and most likely not get back to Ringwood before we end our work season. Art will be having a minor...

Looks like jungle.

As for trail work: I have been working at Sterling on the new trail ( Red Back ) on the west side of the park. Where the new trail leaves Laurel Meadow trail, it stays on existing double track for a little bit. The first re-route build section is being done by NYNJTC americorp workers. The rest...

We have an old bike hanging on our back fence. A dove made a nest on the seat and this is the second brood this summer. Mom has not been seen in a few days, but the two chicks jumped out last night and were seen sitting on the ground under the hosta leaves this morning. One flew into the bedroom...

I had the opportunity to do a ride up at Elm Ridge near Windham. It was fun, but most of the descending was near the end of the ride and I suffered some sort of upper body fatigue which was strange. I ended up having to slow way down on the descent, which was a bummer as it is so much fun to let...

It looks like we will be working on some of the older stuff at Sterling doing drains and tweaks for the next few weeks. As much as we would all love to move back up to the new stuff, it is not as urgent right now. As much as we were hoping to get the last section of machine work done in the...

We have been pushing ahead with our work at Sterling. Many hands have made for noticeable progress. Not bad for weekday morning work days. Maybe one more day on existing trails and then back up the hill to the new stuff. The americorp workers are working in from the other side of the...

I rode Sterling big loop counter clockwise today and I did not get stung by bees. yay! Got to see some cool stuff that I would have missed if I was going downhill. Always nice to mix up the direction of a trail. It can make the sights feel fresh. The weather was just spectacular today.

So excited to see a new venue from the last few years! It should be really fun!

Summer is happening. Ride, trail work, repeat. I have been working at Sterling 2 times a week until section A of Redback is complete. Hopefully then I will go back to Ringwood to finish the drain work going up to Shepherds lake Rd. Volunteers have been awesome! We have been getting a lot...

This past weekend's weather was pretty nice. I have had a pretty good run of days on the bike and doing trail work. I am feeling over extended and as much as I would love to ride today, I am taking a day off. I needed a nap yesterday and was fighting off leg cramps last night while sleeping...

I just got back from a few days riding at Slate Valley Trails, Poultney Vt. Between Art's sciatica and all the rain this year, I was not sure our annual trip would happen, but it did. We ended up only doing one night camping and two days riding. Conditions were good and we had a great time...

Once again, I posted about Art feeling better and he had a few day set back again. I guess his sciatica is not completely gone, however he seems to be able to work and ride on most days. I finally got results resolved from annual pelvic ultrasound I had 3 weeks ago. Thankfully, It looks like...

Thanks for posting this. Great stuff and says a lot about Frank. Back in the early days, many of us at JORBA struggled to move things ahead. Frank and Mergs worked wonderfully together to transform the organization.

The last time I posted here that Art was doing better, he got worse the next day. However, I think that he is now really starting to do better. He has done several rides and done trail work several times without pain or the need for drugs. Bicycle workshop has lent him an e-bike to pull tools...

I am starting a thread for trail work at Ringwood. The weather has not been too cooperative so Dirty Thursdays have not officially begun, but that may change next week. Art and I started opening drainage on Stateline Trail and plan to work up to the sewer line on Crossover. Hoping to start...