Vergas also had some very nice gardens and planters. There were also benches with awnings so they were shaded. I availed myself of one for my lunch.
It seemed fitting that I got a pretty good picture of a live loon just south of Vergas.
And there's even more bird news- two trumpeter swans flew by me, honking as they went.
BONUS SECTION: Heart of the Lakes Trail
This post has been edited to note the correct trail. This is a project of Otter Tail County called the Heart of the Lakes Trail. The NCT will use a part of this when it's done.
But this morning, on one section, a grader was coming down the trail toward me. It was going very slowly, and had GPS antennae on the blade. It looked to me like a final grading.
Very shortly after that, a water truck came down the trail wetting the surface. When the truck was empty, he went back to a pond and sucked up another tank full.
This was followed by a roller. It sure looked to me as if this was the final prep for paving.
Sure enough, over the next hill, look what I found! It's very interesting that the truck backs up to the little paver, and then they drive in tandem until the truck is empty. Then it pulls away and a full truck takes its place. Notice that there is asphalt behind the paver, but still dirt under the truck.
I talked with a couple of young guys on the crew. They said they had just started the paving, but they hoped to complete a mile of trail paving today. Here's what was done so far.
It was so new it hadn't even been rolled yet! I gently put a foot on it, just so I could honestly say I was the first non-construction worker to tread the path.
For the whole rest of the day, the trucks bringing fresh asphalt to the paver were passing me. There was a big fleet of them zooming between Vergas and the paving location.
Miles today: 16.0. Total miles so far: 3041.6.
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3 comments:
Love that loon.
I've watched guys doing paving like that, it's pretty interesting
Lulu: "Loons! Dada says he and Mama always used to like seeing them when they were out on a canoe in a lake in the Adirondacks."
Charlee: "Hmph. They could've at least snagged one and brought it back for us to play with."
Ann- it was. The machine was just the right size for a trail.
Charlee- Loons make funny noises. Maybe it would scare you.
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