It looks as though we finally have full commitment from the owners with this excavator. Yesterday was just backhoe Johnny and I.  I moved him up where we left off during Boneyard Bash, and we worked our way down.  Man...it is UNBELIEVABLY satisfying to watch a ball of roots get ripped out of the ground, after they have been in our way for months.  I reworked and altered nearly every part of the trail from there down.  Cause obviously design is a little different when machine cut. It really is a partnership between the driver and the builder.  And thankfully he's an intelligent dude with driving skills, and rides dh.  We get along and communicate really well.  

We made it down to the ski run crossing before end of day.  I added a couple jumps.  Nothing huge...more the 20 - 25 ft variety.  All with appropriate safety decks.  And the last berm before you cross the ski run was the biggest part of our day.  I want that thing huge.   We blew out that 30' radius berm, and lined in a 60' radius armored with rocks the size of small cars.lol.  

So what we leave in our wake is a rough cut trail to finish.  Emphasis on "finish."  Cause when you do finish a section, THAT will be the park!  How exciting is that?!?  All you should need are rakes and tampers to mold this rough work into a trail we can all love.  None of the back breaking hand benching.  Any of you can come up at any time and dive into that!  

I'm going to go up and stay for this Thurs and Fri to put in some 12 hr days with the excavator.  We ARE able to to get the machine into the WHOLE trail.  So all those hard to bench areas will be properly benched, and waiting for you to simply groom.  Come on guys...This is the fun part, finish shaping!  Take a day and come up with a friend or two.  Don't wait for me to put on some formal dig day thing...just come on up and finish your park at your leisure.  And bring that bike...cause it's getting FUN NOW!