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ed armstrong · Joined: 09 Feb 2008 Posts: 6 Location: hanover, ma

Jusy wanted to say thank you for the great work and great pictures of all the bridge work!!! Tremendous!!!

John/Roger, those pics make me feel as though I'm back on the trail there again. Great chance to see Trail 11/Pond of Safety when not snow covered. A badly broken leg will keep me off the trails this season, but I will be there next.

Please keep all the pics coming, from all over the trail system. Much appreciated.

Thanks again Larry, and all, for all your hard work.

Ed

ljgomes · Joined: 16 Feb 2005 Posts: 52

Hi Ed,
Thanks for your compliments and for recognizing the work of our dedicated group of volunteers. The club is making a concerted effort to upgrade the entire WMRR trail system. But Cor. 11 took center stage because all 36 bridges on that trail were built over 20 years ago and they were all failing at the same time. We are already planning our trail work for next year and we hope to solve several problems on Cor. 19 and PT109. Maybe if you get healed up in time, you can come out and spend a day or two as part of our crew next fall.
Larry Gomes
Asst. Trailmaster
White Mt. Ridge Runners

migen · Joined: 01 Jan 2006 Posts: 9 Location: Berlin, NH

What an awesome job you guys did on the corridor 11 project, the new sign posts, and the other improvements on PT109 and the Berlin Trail. Sorry I had to miss this past Saturday but had a last minute call out late Friday night and into Sat morning. I'm glad I was able to get out a few times with you all during this project because I got to meet some incredibly talented and dedicated people. I truly enjoyed working with you all. Larry, that is a terrific recap of the entire project you posted on the news page. Thanks for all you efforts. The only thing you missed was a picture and explaination of "Roger's Ruler" which he designed and should probably seek a patent on Very Happy

. Hard to believe this massive project is finally done. Looking forward to enjoying everyone's efforts. Thanks again!

Mike Gentili

ljgomes · Joined: 16 Feb 2005 Posts: 52

Hi Mike,
Sorry you could not make it on Saturday. I figured you had a conflict. That's an interesting point about Roger's ruler. Maybe I should add a little something about how we build our wooden bridges. Thanks for all of your help this season. It was a lot of work but also a lot of fun working with you, your friends and the rest of the crew. Hopefully we will have some snow soon and get some riding in to make all of this effort worth it.

Larry Gomes

John Higgins · Joined: 21 Nov 2007 Posts: 13

ljgomes · Joined: 16 Feb 2005 Posts: 52

It figures that the ONE time I sit down in 11 weekends of work while waiting for the welders to finish a bridge, you guys snap a picture. Hope I don't get fired!!!