  urlLink Today I went to Great Falls National Park along the Potomac River, on the Maryland Side. I have been volenteering at the Billy Goat Trail for a while now, but today was the first day that I actually helped to repair the trail. Basically, part of the trail was low, so formed a puddle when it rained. People would go around the puddle, packing the ground with their feet, and expanding the low area. So then there was a bigger and bigger puddle. And the forest kept getting trampled as people stepped around it. So a trail that should be no bigger than 3 to 5 feet wide ended up about 15 to 20 feet wide. Soooo PATC (Potomac Appalacian Trail Club, I think) decided to fix it.
And I went to help. They had already done some of the work on Saturday. Today I ended up shoveling and picking and moving rocks and all sorts of things like that. Afterwards I hiked the trail. All in all, I was there from about 10 to 6:30. Now I am worn out. But it was a good day. 
