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Boardwalk Project
February 14, 2010

NVATVC received funding through an NTC grant to make upgrades to the trails. One of the projects was the construction of a boardwalk to get us through a swampy area easier. With deadlines approaching, it was time to get out there and build it...

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Measure, place, nail, repeat!
Measure, place, nail, repeat!
Measure, place, nail, repeat!
Measure, place, nail, repeat!
Theo, those boards are equally spaced. It's just and optical illusion...
One batch of sections ready to take to the trail.
Brentley arrives to help load the sections on the trailer.
Loading the trailer.
Boardwalk sections built and ready to place.
There's the beautiful grooming machine...
Before the boardwalk.
Theo points out where he thinks the next section should go...
Tree trimming...
That's finally starting to look like a boardwalk.
Dave supervises the assembly.
Notice who's placing the heavy sections while the gentlemen
break for coffee in the background...
Method One: Using a hammer.
Method Two: Same thing without a hammer.
In it's natural habitat, the Northern Dave Baker blends in with it's
surroundings to avoid detection.
Seven people in the picture and only one hammer in sight...
Now THAT is a boardwalk!
These guys just love trimming trees...
Theo inspects the work.
The girls relax after placing nearly 70 sections of boardwalk.
Boardwalk complete!