November Newsletter
We gathered together on Saturday, Nov. 12th at City Park for directions on various work projects
in City Park, Canyonlands shed and Mt. Lakeway trail building. City Park projects included work
in the Barnes Garden and the renovated Cactus Garden. The shed project started earlier in the
week with foundation preparation with the concrete pour the following weekend. A new trail system
connecting the Canyonlands trails to Mt. Lakeway started in Oct and continues almost every
weekend in Nov.
Workday photos are here.
Time to renew your membership for 2012 by clicking here.
Other news : New Board members are Kelly Heath and Ken Parmerter. Kelly will serve on the
board to replace Michael Smith who resigned recently from the FOP board but remains an active member. Ken was
added to fill a long-time vacancy.
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Upcoming Events
- Dec. 5 - FOP Board Meeting at LAC at 6:30PM
- Dec. 10 - Workday City Park 8AM to 12 noon, more information to be emailed on Wed 12/7.
- Jan. 26 - FOP Annual Business Meeting
- Mar. 15 - Bamberger Ranch tour for FOP members
Visit the FOP website at www.lakewayfop.org for more information.
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City Park
Cactus Garden Sat. Nov. 14th
Jerry Cooper, Mireille Kirmsee Tom Smith,, Bernie Reding and Jim Dunn topped the Cactus Garden beds with
crushed granite. This workday concludes the renovation of the Cactus Garden that started in September of
this year. We will be adding some more plants later on when we start getting some real rain. The project
was to enlarge one of the beds. We spent one workday moving the stone border. The following week city
workers filled in the bed with soil. We leveled the bed and planted the cactus the following workday
and spent a 3rd workday spreading crushed granite on the top of the new bed and the existing bed. We
would like to thank David Ferry and Lance Eilers for arranging to have 2 boulders, fill dirt and crushed
granite delivered to the site.
submitted by Jerry Cooper
Barnes Garden Sat. Nov. 14th
Marty and I planted six Texas Mountain Laurels in the Barnes Memorial Garden. The Garden is in great shape with many
plants blooming. The planting went very quickly due to the decomposing mulch placed in the Garden over the
past two years.
submitted by Cindy Berdan
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Mt. Lakeway
On Sunday 10/30 a group of local mountain bikers and some of their kids worked on completing the
first section of the Mt. Lakeway trail. Several current and former FOP Board members joined the
group in finishing the trail surface and clearing the remaining limbs and branches. Since normal
FOP workdays are busy for parents of young children involved in sports, an effort was made to
schedule a time to allow local bikers an opportunity to help build the new trail.
submitted by Michael Smith
On Saturday Nov. 14, Michael Smith, Keri Heath and I worked rough-cutting on a new section of the Mount Lakeway
trail project, progressing beyond section number one (that spanned from the Canyonlands far side
rim trail). This new section crosses the powerline road, heading West, up the hill and cutting left
back into the MUD irrigation tract and navigating multiple switchbacks gaining elevation. The next
workday will be utilized to begin laying in the tread for this section and will be high in the
labor category and the terrain is fairly steep. Great work though am very happy to have new trails
going in for all to enjoy.
submitted by Kelly Heath
Over the 4 day Thanksgiving holiday (Thu-Sun) a large amount of progress was made on the Mount
Lakeway trail. On Thursday morning the length of the Mount Lakeway trail (ending at the midway
base of the 2nd large gulch ~ one mile of trail) was flagged by Doug Lange, Michael Smith and Ken Parmerter.
On Friday morning we rough cut and then finished out about one quarter of mile of trail extending
from where Kelly and Michael left off on the Sat 11/14 workday. This was a family affair involving
Ann, Chris and Ken Parmerter.
Saturday morning the length of the trail (currently defined above as ~ the 1st mile) was rough cut
with a chainsaw by Ken with assistance from Ann Parmerter.
Finally on Sunday morning we progressed on our finishing work through the 1st gulch and beyond it by 150ft.
This group included Keri and Kelly Heath, Michael Smith and Ken Parmerter. The gulch itself will require
quite a bit of trail definition on both sides of the gulch as the trail descends into it via transverse
access trails. This will likely be the focus of our next FOP workday. This work will require lots of pick
and stiff rake work to cut in the descent and ascent trails.
submitted by Ken Parmerter
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Canyonlands Shed
On Friday, November 11, Bill Freas, George Ferrie, Bob Sauerman, Bob Underwood, Bernie Reding and
George Blume worked from 8:00 AM until 12:00 PM building the foundation for the new shed. Work continued
on Saturday, November 12, with Bill Freas, George Ferrie, Bob Sauerman, Bob Underwood, Lamar Boling,
David Ferry, David Ferry Jr., Ernest Altgelt and George Blume. A least one more workday is planned to
complete the laying and tying of the steel re-bar before the foundation inspection and the pouring of
the concrete slab.
Wednesday, November 16, volunteers worked three hours to complete the Tool Shed Slab Form and tie
steel rebar for the shed foundation; these volunteers included: Bernie Reding, Bob Underwood,
Bob Sauerman, Lamar Boling and George Blume.
The foundation passed inspection on November 17.
Thursday, November 17, Bernie Reding and Lamar Boling worked two hours installing the door depression
in the form.
Friday, November 18, Bill Freas and George Blume worked two hours finishing minor details on the form.
Saturday, November 19 volunteers worked six hours pouring concrete for the Tool Shed Slab foundation;
these volunteers included: Bernie Reding, Bob Underwood, Bob Sauerman, Lamar Boling, David Ferry,
David Ferry Jr., Michael Smith, Kelly Heath, Ken Parmerter, Ernest Altgelt, & George Blume. The pour
started with a truck load of concrete. When that ran out an additional 33 bags of concrete mix were
required to complete the pour.
submitted by George Blume
Thanks to the City of Lakeway and David Ferry for helping during the construction of the foundation and
concrete pour. We borrowed a truck for hauling supplies and the mixer for the concrete mixing.
More shed workday photos are here.
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Lunch
The group of volunteers gathered at the Pavilon at City Park just before noon for food and refreshment.
Lunch was prepared by Marty and Cindy Berdan using a recipe Judy Hazen had found on the internet. It
is a delicous Italian sausage soup and the recipe can be found here.
Side dishes of buttered hot bread and vegetable tray were provided by Carlisle Pearson with desserts
cooked by Ximena Sauerman.
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