Hey Robert . . . where the heck ya been? I might drop in on your camp before the cleanup.

J.S. . . . thanks. Here's the plan:

We need to remove all the wood and construction material on the bench east of the pool and the material stashed away near the outhouse. We need to sort the usable stuff in the flat area down from the campfire ring on the trail. Mike has applied for a burn permit so that the unusable stuff can be burned in that open area.

At present, we don't envision moving anything further down the trail for disposal . . . we will wait until the trail can be improved. The idea right now is to return the construction storage areas to a pristine condition. One area that needs to go is that aborted attempt at a tree house, much as my childish-side enjoys looking at it.

If we get enough people, I would like to split up a few and possibly fill in some of the road gullies to make access easier. I haven't had a chance to see the condition of the road without snow cover so I'm unsure of how bad the spring thaw has been.

What to bring:
Yourself, of course. Good work gloves and sturdy boots.
We could use another chainsaw, sledges and matlocks, a shovel or two; study rope to haul/drag to heavier stuff out of the way.

Robert, since you'll be coming do you need food supplies? Another campstove or BBQ?

Parking:

I will be at the gate with Mike. Hopefully I'll be able to do an advance drive up to see how a 2wd can negotiate the lower section of the FS road. If so, we can all park under the power lines. If that is a no-go, then we can get 6-7 cars before the gate and just beyond; the rest will have to park down by the BN staging area (the parking area near the Surpise Creek trailhead (Forest passes required) and we can ferry people up. We'll have to figure that out as it develops.

Rick

Thank you everyone who participated. What an awesome showing. I've posted an account to the Scenic Blog (including a few pics) at scenichotsprings.blogspot.com/

I tink I might have the pry bar and claw hammer . . . we were debating them. I will go out to my car and check the tools I collected and contact Brian. Rick