Hartshornes on Friday
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MikeyonaBikey
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"What to expect".... Fun...laughing...and a great ride and some fun trails... go ride it should be fine by the time you get thier.....Place dries out pretty quick..😀
grumner80
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i rode hartshorne yesterday; the conditions were suprisingly really good; a occasional wet spot here and there, and the ground was moist, but deffinately ridable without risk of destruction. you should have no problem tomorrow.
wonderturtle
Well-Known Member
lower lot is never locked. ride at sunrise all the time.
fiftyfixe
Active Member
You're right MikeyonaBikey a fun ride on some great trails. Thanks Brian and crew for your hard work to help keep them in such good shape. 🙂
the trails, for the most part, are great. Rocky Pt. Has some muuck in the usual spots but it's isolated and easily walked around.
I saw a bunch of PA and NY plates parked down below, and saw plenty of riders in the park. Don't expect many of em' to yield as you're climbing and they're bombing.
I saw a bunch of PA and NY plates parked down below, and saw plenty of riders in the park. Don't expect many of em' to yield as you're climbing and they're bombing.
MikeyonaBikey
Member
Wanted to point out you should never ride around a mud spot or puddle by doing so your actually increasing widing the trail by doing that, go thorugh it it is easier to fix going through then going around.😀
Thnks
Mike
Monmouth County Park system Trail Crew Leader and Trainer.
grumner80
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MikeyonaBikey
Member
Not to kick a dead horse over this, but I've been under the impression that people that ride around the edge of a muddy section, and widen the trail, are the problem.
If I walk around a section of damaged trail I do so by walking far away from the trail, to solid ground, and rejoining the trail when well past the mud.
If I walk around a section of damaged trail I do so by walking far away from the trail, to solid ground, and rejoining the trail when well past the mud.
MikeyonaBikey
Member
You are correct, by riding around the puddle instead of going through it does increase the trail width and thus widens the trial and causes additional erosion aorund the puddle. When we build these trails we follow guidelines set forth by the MCPS as to the trail classification like a ski trial Green circle, Blue square and black diamond and each trail has a width already set in the guidlines. As the leader and trianer for the Monmouth County Parks trails crew this does bother me to see people go around and do more damage then needed becasue now we have to fix it. by walking deeper into the woods you are also damaging the smaller saplings and native species of plants and flowers that are not on the trail, jsut try to stay on the trial and hope over, or ride through them........ It all comes down to one thing...Educating the masses.....
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Do Deer damage small saplings and native species by not sticking to the trails?
No, deer damage cars and people in them by not sticking to the trails.
Deer do have paths that they travel in search for food. Overpopulation has led to defoliation of forest undergrowth and plant vegetation.
This is why more areas across NJ have started to use deer hunting as a means to control the population.
So how do we educate wildlife to keep it from encroaching into man’s natural habitat?
the last class they had on wildlife encroachment no deer showed up...bastards!
MikeyonaBikey
Member
Last one that didnt listen to me i shot him and eat him for dinner... Tatse like chicken 😀