More at Lake Sammamish

We have been keeping busy here at the park. Hugo, the chief park aid and I have been doing a lot of mowing (we could mow every day and not catch up) and today we took down  2 large tree limbs.
The limbs in the trees here are pretty weak and large ones break and fall when they get wet.  Some go all the way to the ground, but some like the ones we took down and cut up were only partially down and were a hazard to fall on someone.
We cut them up into manageable pieces and took them to an area that is called the bone yard. All of the limb debris, dirt and gravel that is removed from the park is taken to that area and is recycled back into the park or left to decay and is then recycled as mulch.
                                                           (Continued on Monday)
Brenda helped in the booth with sales of the park passes. The weather was beautiful this weekend, sunny and warm (for here). She worked 4 hours and the help was appreciated. They had 3 lines open and still the traffic was backed up down the street.
She also went out last night and picked up litter and picked up a 5 gallon bucket of trash that people just threw down on the ground. There are dumpsters about 50 yards apart all through the park. Some people are just too lazy to take their litter to the dumpster.

The weather is supposed to be nice again today, so Hugo and I will do some trail work today. There is always trail work to be done as there are miles and miles of walking trails throughout the park.
The blackberry bushes are all over the park and it seems that you can watch them grow. The can take over an area very quickly and they must be trimmed back on a regular basis.

Fred is alone with Binga this week as Becky, Heather and the girls went to Houston for a family reunion of sorts, this past weekend. The whole Whitehead clan, spread all over the country, the Memphis bunch and the Houston area folks got together at Tony and Val's house.
Tony, who has been having some health issues, was unable to attend. He was in the hospital. He is supposed to come home today, we are told, but unfortunately he missed the big party Saturday night and a good portion of the people had to leave on Sunday.

I have to get ready to go out this morning so I will close for now.

Ta ta for now.