"John Harlow" <
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> > John, How do I get in touch with the folks who take care of Buttermilk West?
> >
> > We were riding it yesterday afternoon and pass a little fat man and his
> boy
> > walking along. Man says to boy "Maybe they'll fall down and break their necks!" as I pass and
> > "I'll call someone and see what I can do" when my friend Mark passed. We didn't buzz them and I
> > gave a polite greeting
but
> > got this instead.
> >
> > That and I want to talk to them about MORE.
>
> WTF? I'm sure they have no idea the only reason those trails exist is because some _mountain
> bikers_ worked with the parks system to build the trails. Granted, those trails in particular are
> very narrow; and I've recently decided to stop completely to let hikers pass - unless they jump
to
> the side as they often do.
Exactly what I did. This was on Buttermilk West which isn't on park land if I'm correct.
>
> You can of course talk to Ralph White with the city park service, or Kevin Clark (lionellritchie
> at yahoo dotcom). Kevin and Bob Burch are the main guys there (don't have Bob's e-addy; Kevin
> might tho). Speaking of
trails,
> there's a new 90 foot bridge in Powhite Park to replace that small creek crossing at the bottom -
> Bob worked with an Eagle Scout group to get that one in.
Thanks,
I know Ralph and heard of him saying to some walkers complaining about bikes that "Without them the
trails wouldn't even be here!" I think I have Bob's # in my MBVA stuff. Good on him and the Scouts
for the bridge. 90 feet!
>
> Let me know next time you're out there. We rode them all yesterday too;
we
> were likely there when you were.
>
I'm going to be at Pocahontas at 5pm this evening with Mark if you would like to join us.
Mike
