TA Report: West Hartford Reservoir

Trail Ambassador Name: Daren Casey

Encounters & Observations: Went for an early, early ride last Sunday at the
WH Rez. Started from the main lot, up the power lines, a little bit of fire
road, jumped up on the blue trail, down the top ½ of Bomber, across the
creek and finished on the fence line. What a GREAT morning for a ride. I
was out too early so I didn't see anybody else except for some deer and a
hot air balloon. I love being out in the woods, especially on top of
mountains during the sunrise. The pictures don't do it justice. The trails
were good to go. A little damp and the creek was good and full because of
the leaves clogging up the drainage. Just a touch slippery but dropped the
tire pressure about 3-4 pounds and dug right back in. No maintenance this
time other than moving a few branches of the trails.

TM Report: Cockaponset SF / Weber Woods

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Date of Activity: October 17th
Location: Cockaponset SF/Weber Woods
Condition of Trail(s): Pretty dry with small blow down and leaves
Observations: There have been two trees down across the trail off the intersection of the upper east green and yellow for some time; I drove up the dirt road, parked at the green trailhead, and hiked out to the two locations with my pack, cleaning up the trail as I went; the larger of the two lay in a moist area and had its bottom portion soft and rotted which pinched my saw a couple of times, but no big problem; rolling the large chunks off the trail was the real fun; the smaller one was on a dry stretch and caused no issues; packed up and hiked back out enjoying the beautiful weather.

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Trail Ambassador Name: Don Hazuka

TA report: Waldo State Park

Date of Activity: Sept. 21, 2010
Trail Ambassador Name: Paula Burton, Glenn Vernes
Location:  Waldo SP
Trails: Where's Waldo ,Extension, Hunter's Trail, and Access Road
Condition of Trail(s)/ observations: Totally beautiful afternoon!

TA Report: Paugussett State Forest

TA Report: Paugussett State Forest
Date of Activity: 9/21/2010
Trail Conditions: Excellent!
Observations: Parked at the lot on the Echo Valley side. Only saw that same BMW truck in the lot; again I assume its a runner. My wife rode with me today and we stayed mostly to the Polly Brody fire road. We also hit the fire road/jeep trail on the back side of Gussy as well as some of the scenic road. It was a picture perfect day for riding. Nothing unusual to report. Forgot the camera this time. Good news is I think my wife might have gotten bitten by the mountain biking bug. Maybe a future NEMBA member?

TA Report: Wadsworth Falls State Park

Date of Activity: September 15, 2010
Trail Ambassador Name: Paula Burton, Mark Lurie, Al Tinti, Ryan Tucker, Glenn Vernes

Condition of Trail(s): Bone Dry
Observations: This was our monthly pre-meeting ride. We had five board members, all of them TAs, and 29ers outnumbered 26ers by four to one! There were also three single speeds. Regrettably, no one decided to come and ride with us.

The trails were extremely dry. We've had so little rain that many trails are turning to dust, and giving us a good idea of what riding must be like in the desert. Traction was sketchy both in climbing and cornering, and the stream that runs through the Little Falls was bone dry. Trails were otherwise in good condition, though, and holding up well to the drought. The trail gnomes have been busy as well, creating a new rock feature and de-limbing a large tree that recently fell, creating a nice log feature.

TA Report: Paugussett State Forest

Trail Ambassador: Rick Brodsky
TA Report: Paugussett State Forest
Date of Activity: 9/19/2010
Trail Conditions: Excellent!
Observations: Parked on the side of the road at the boat ramp again. Took the same route. Connector to Polly Brody and up the 3 hills to the trailhead of Gussy. Didn't see any riders at this early hour, but there were about 5 trucks that pulled in with boats at the ramp. All fishermen. Everything looked great on the trails today. Weather was perfect for riding

TA Report: West Hartford Reservoir

Date of Activity: 9-11-2010
Condition of Trail: Outstanding
Trail Ambassador Name: Daren Casey
Trail(s) Ridden: Stared on the fence line, up the powerlines to the hardtop
fire road to dirt fire road. Back to power lines, back in to fire/logging
roads. Down the top ½ of Bomber, fire roads to fence line. 1st ½ of that to
fire roads.
Distance: 9.5 miles
Encounters & Observations: Hard, packed and fast!