Irene Trail 16

About 10 o'clock the Trails/Woodlands Group disbanded.  Maggie then started an inspection of Trails 16 and the RR trail, the 2 trails that she monitors.  On trail 16, not far from the entrance near the tennis courts, the trail was blocked by a fallen tree covered with vines.

After the tree was "untied"  (the vines removed) as much as possible, the 2nd photo was taken, with the lopper hanging on the base of the vine where it was too thick to cut.  Enlarge the photo to see the vine and the place where it was cut - just left of the capital C in "Cut."

It turned out that the tree was not dead.  The small branches of the tree that were thin enough and near enough to be cut were removed after the photo of the untied tree was taken.

It's now an attractive gate to Trail 16 from the tennis court entrance.  I hope it remains.

my beautiful "Japanese Gate" (now removed) click the pic to see it large