Adventure: 117 – National Public Lands Day

Capture California, the Game-2012

Adventure: 117 – National Public Lands Day

Team: Thing One, Thing Two

Date:  September 29, 2012

Location: Pine Flat Lake, Island Park Campground

Description:

Thing One and Thing Two are a couple hiking fools. Give us a trail and we will hike. So given the opportunity to return the favor for such a wondrous gift as we have here in California, we go for it. Originally Thing One and Thing Two were going to be up at Lassen Volcanic National Park, but that did not work out. So we started looking for something locally. A project up at Pine Flat Lake looked interesting, so we contacted Jerry Gonzalez of the US Army Corp of Engineers and we were off.



This project was to Construct a walkway to the amphitheater and maintain utility sites. They had a bit less of a turn out than expected so we got most of the amphitheater project done. There already was a walkway, but it is not handicapped accessible. So the plan is to put up 4” wood sides to an existing pathway, then put down a special kind of sand to provide a smooth, hard pathway to allow wheelchairs on it. This would work with the gravel already on the path.



Thing One and Thing Two rakes gravel, put down timbers and pounded re-bar into the ground. Also we assisted in the food preparation. We were tired, but content to have helped in this project.



Project Web Site: http://www.publiclandsday.org/npld-sites/pine-flat-lake-island-park-campground