Cameron Trail Shelter

I've been on our town's

Trails and Greenways Committee

for a couple of years now.

(4?  5?  I can't remember...)

This year our "big project" was

building a trail shelter out on 

one of our main trails.

It turned out really nice!

There is a landing at the top of the stairs

with a raised bar for elbow leaning.

There are benches around the 3 sides

closest to the trail

and a small built in table.

Last night was the "grand opening"

and official "sign raising".

If you look closely you can see its new

metal sign just below the roof.

A local business with a laser cutter

donated our sign.

(made out of scrap sheet metal)

We had quite a group of people show

up and walk into the woods with us.

Rod and Kyle ended up installing it.

(Thanks guys!)

And then we all sat around and ate 

fresh strawberries and chocolate dip,

watermelon chunks and cookies,

wine and flavored water 

and pink lemonade.

There was a really nice breeze

so it was pleasant and no bugs.

Lots of people met lots of other people

and there was lots of talking and laughter.

Then we all hiked back out to our vehicles.

A large group of them met at the

local watering hole to continue the evening.

We went to Subway for a sandwich.

It was a really nice evening,

and a successful finish to a BIG project.