Mowing Crew -Day 224

  Just as I reached the Corps of Engineers property around Lake Ashtabula, the mowing crew also arrived. This was three COE employees, Matt the NCTA Regional Trail Coordinator, and one NCT volunteer- Jerry.

They suggested that I not go ahead of them. So, I stayed with them until the first gate. I tried to head out on my own after that using Avenza as my guide (the trail markers were not visible), but the grass was thick thick (not a typo), and as you can see, tall.

I came back and stayed with them until the next road which was their goal for the day. This involved a lot of trail finding, unclogging and then fixing one of the mowers. Matt and Jerry were also putting up more and higher marker posts.

Long story short, it was after 1 pm when we made it through to the next road, which was their goal. I might have made it through faster if I'd headed out on my own, but maybe not. I was fighting and stumbling bigtime through the unmowed grass. So I called it a short day.

Since I was here last, hundreds of wind turbines have been added to the landscape in this area. The ridge is the edge of the Sheyenne River Valley. Lonely North Dakota.

Now I have to leave for the program tonight.

Miles today: 6.5. Total miles so far: 2709.1

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