Work Party 10-24-09

BOARD BY BOARD
... the boardwalk comes together...

The most recent Saturday work party — and probably the last for '09 — finished a significant length of boardwalk. Everything laid in place since June, when we had the first trailer transport of sections into the park, is now connected with toe rails.

Picture at right shows the completed section from the gathering platform looking south.

The photo above shows the start of the boardwalk from the southern end looking north toward the gathering area. Sections piled to the side are ready for work to start again next spring.

Elevating the toe rails with spacers allowed us to keep the walkway as wide as possible and maintain the height of the side rails needed to meet federal regulations for handicapped accessibility.

Attaching toe rails required multiple hands, feet and sometimes C-clamps to hold the boards tight for screwing into place.

Fun with tools!

Thanks to all the volunteers who helped make this season so successful!

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We completed the first length of boardwalk during a sunny Saturday work party, Oct. 17. A group of 10 volunteers worked with saws, drills and creative thinking to attach toe rails along a curving path from the first gathering area to the stream crossing (picture on left).

We thought this might be the last work session for the season, but the unusually warm fall leads to optimistic hope of yet another work party next weekend.

If you're interested in helping in this Bowman Elementary / Tanglewood Park project, please email using the link at the bottom of the page.

Attaching toe rails to the boardwalk sections requires on-the-go sawing to make the fit.

We spotted field miters galore during this work session. Wetland creatures or angle cut wizardy? You decide!

October 3, 2009

Here are pictures from our Oct. 3rd work party on the boardwalk. A crew of 17 — adults and kids — worked all morning joining sections, leveling and attaching toe rails. Rain threatened in the morning, but held off and we enjoyed a lovely crisp fall day.