I’m very sad to type this right now, but I found out yesterday (the hard way, of course) that there are frequent sections of overgrowth on my favorite trails. Violent, thorny, skin-ripping overgrowth. I left Memphis yesterday in hopes to go for a short ride on the Red trail then head out for a longer blue/orange ride this morning. However, once I was on the trail, my hopes for fun rides quickly faded into visions of blood and spiders.
Well, I’d say that about 90% of the trail was OK. It was a little bushy, but as long as you watched out for new deadfall and rocks, you’d be OK…
However, the bad, overgrown parts were really bad…
I managed about 7 miles of the loop before I said “eff it” and took a bail-out trail back to Green Mountain road. I was bleeding from my elbows and knees, and (despite saturating myself with bugsray) wondered how many spiders, ticks, and chiggers were invading my skin. It sucked.
BTW- those little brown dots are bugs of some sort. Chiggers? Ticks? I have no idea. I hosed them with bug spray so they’d stay put in the time before I got into the shower. I was pretty disappointed in the whole thing.
After getting back to the cabin & cleaning up, I headed back down to Anglers for some catfish, then made it back to the cabin just in time to catch the tail end of the sunset, which made things a little better…
i’ve heard those little brown bugs called chiggers and turkey mites both. not sure what they are, but i do know my recent run in on a trail ride produced little itty spots for about a week. good luck with that. i thaught i had washed them off quick enough and then covered myself with off as well to kill the remaining few but it was to late.
There is a product that could easily help that situation. Glyphosate is a very effective product for weed control and is safe to use.I believe it is approved by the Forest Service. Dad
Is there a list of the volunteers who signed up to help maintain a specific section of the trail? If so, seems those should be contacted.
dang girrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrl!
Move back home to Colorado.