Saturday 7/31/10 Eagle Scout Project, West Side of Boardwalk, Underway

New energy came to the boardwalk project on Saturday with Terrance Smith, his crew of Boy Scouts, and help from the Anchorage Park Foundation's YEP crew.

Terrance Smith, YEP crew member James Amundsen, & crew leader John Hill

Terrance is working on his Eagle Scout rank and is taking on construction and installation of the west side of the boardwalk. This will be about a 700-foot section with a gathering platform.

In the meantime on Saturday, long-time community volunteer/biologist Mark Schroeder, who has been involved with this project since its inception three years ago, worked on installing sections to make the turn at the south bridge.

Having this turn in place will make getting the sections to the south leg soooo much easier, as any of the 7/28/10 crew can attest, after wrestling the cart around the turn on uneven, soft ground!

We also had LOTS of animal sightings Saturday. And the sun came out!

The three boys, who came with their parents to the work party, turned the day into nature explorations. Wood frogs seemed to be hopping in all directions through the grass, when you started looking, which the boys did! They also found young, emergent frogs still with the last of their tails. Dragonflies were flitting about, and a young moose ate its way through our work site, then jumped in the lake and swam across.

See the Tanglewood Park Animals post for more pictures.

Hope you enjoy the rest of the pictures!

Thanks to our business partner Lowe's South Anchorage store for the loan of the lumber cart. Works GREAT to wheel completed sections to the end, and eliminates many steps of heavy carrying!

Pizza and cookies for lunch, a welcome break in a 7-hour work day.