American Tobacco Trail Workday December 4 9 a.m. Fayetteville Road Access

Fri Dec 3 07:12:26 EST 2010

Hi Volunteers for the American Tobacco Trail,

This late message is to remind you of our 
American Tobacco Trail workday, *Saturday, December 4* at 9:00 a.m. at 
the American Tobacco Trail Fayetteville Road Parking area at 7724 
Fayetteville Road, Durham NC 27713 
<http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&source=hp&q=7724+Fayetteville+Road,+Durham,+NC+27713&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=7724+Fayetteville+Rd,+Durham,+NC+27713&gl=us&ei=CVE9S72UE4q8lAfTnfGkBw&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CAkQ8gEwAA>

Check the link or use your vehicle GPS to find 7724 Fayetteville Road, 
Durham NC 27713 
<http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&source=hp&q=7724+Fayetteville+Road,+Durham,+NC+27713&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=7724+Fayetteville+Rd,+Durham,+NC+27713&gl=us&ei=CVE9S72UE4q8lAfTnfGkBw&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CAkQ8gEwAA>

Check the link, Google or use your GPS to 7724 Fayetteville Road, Durham 
NC 27713 
<http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&source=hp&q=7724+Fayetteville+Road,+Durham,+NC+27713&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=7724+Fayetteville+Rd,+Durham,+NC+27713&gl=us&ei=CVE9S72UE4q8lAfTnfGkBw&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CAkQ8gEwAA>**for 
directions from where you live.

You'll note that Google maps has now labeled this the American Tobacco 
Trail. Sweet!
*
Please let me know in advance if you are planning to be there so we can 
plan accordingly!*

Also note, I may be running a little late for this. If I'm not there at 
9, please wait. You can pick up trash in the parking area until I arrive!

Note: due to the overwhelming popularity of the ATT and groups training 
for races on it, this parking area/Access may be filled to overflowing 
with vehicles of ATT users. If so, New Hope Church across the street has 
given trail users to park there at your own risk as long as you don't go 
on church grounds, pick up your own and others trash, don't meet or 
gather in the church parking lot, and hold harmless the church for any 
damages to your vehicle or property.

We'll gather and discuss the workday in the ATT parking area.

We'll be cleaning up this parking area we constructed for Durham several 
years back. We'll also walk north up the American Tobacco Trail to see 
if anything needs to be picked up or cleared there.

I'll also add that TRTC has installed a portajohn for Trail users at 
this parking area. This portajohn comes from your support of the 
Triangle Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (TRTC). Thanks to our webmaster 
Curt Devereux for taking the lead in making this portajohn happen!

*At this Saturdays' workday, as always, you should bring work gloves, 
full shoes or boots, long pants, *and other 
clothing appropriate for the weather.

*Never come to an American Tobacco Trail workday without some kind of 
work gloves!

*
Please dress accordingly and be prepared to work until about noon. It 
will be cold...

Use your own judgment to make the call whether you want to attend the 
workday in sketchy or uncomfortable conditions.

You will need to sign a waiver and participation list.

You will need to bring your own tools. I have one pair of loppers and 
one saw that volunteers can use, but that is it.

We can really use a push lawnmower an/or string trimmers at this 
workday. If you have a yard blower, please bring it. We'll 
supply/reimburse for gas and oil.

And if you can bring a wheelbarrow, please bring it.

If you have a mower, please let Bill Bussey <mailto:billbus at gte.net> 
919 545-9104, so we can bring some unleaded gasoline.

You will need to sign a waiver and participation list.

While you don't have to bring any tools because we do have some tools, 
we can use the following if you choose to bring them.

Please let Frank Bennett <mailto:FJB675 at hotmail.com> 919-851-3992 or 
Bill Bussey <mailto:billbus at gte.net> 919 545-9104 
know anytime if you have any questions.

For more information on ATT workdays, please see our Volunteering page
at: http://triangletrails.org/VOLUNTEERS.HTM

Remember, you *can always *help the ATT and other trails, greenways and 
paths in the Triangle - or anywhere on the planet - by *picking up and 
hauling out at least one piece of trash*, or picking up and throwing as 
far off the trail, at least one stick, limb or fallen tree, on *every 
*visit or use. If everyone who used our greenways, trails or paths 
picked up and removed at least one piece of trash, stick or limb, we'd 
have the cleanest trails and open space around!

Soccer players can practice their soccer kick by kicking off dried horse 
manure from the trail. Just kick it off to the side. It normally isn't 
that messy, and if it is, you generally have a long walk to clean it 
off. It is a great way to keep in shape.

*Also, there is now NO PARKING along the busy O'Kelly Chapel Road.*  
Please park elsewhere along the ATT, particularly if you have children 
or dogs. The best place to park to use this section is north at Herndon 
Park on Scott King Road; or south at the White Oak Church Road Access. 
Both of these are off-road trail access facilities,

You can park along a less heavier traveled - but still of concern - 
Scott King Road next to the park if you like, but Herndon Park is by far 
the better alternative. You can find directions at www.triangletrails.org.

You can also park nearby on Pittard-Sears Road 
<http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&safe=off&q=American+Tobacco+Trail+and+Pittard-Sears+Road&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=Pittard+Sears+Rd+%26+American+Tobacco+Trail,+Williams,+NC&gl=us&ei=oqr2S92gIIH58AbXtKGRCA&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CBQQ8gEwAA>. 
This is a dead end road with currently little traffic. Park along the 
side of the road surrounding the trail crossing. Please do not park 
inside the new development just west of the trail on the left. Also, do 
not park in front of driveways or the trail entrance.

On another note, please *pay particular care and attention when 
crossing  O'Kelly Chapel Road, particularly if you have children, dogs 
or horses.* Due to the speed of traffic and the limited sight lines, 
O'Kelly Chapel is arguably the most dangerous road crossing along the 
trail south of I-40 in Chatham and Wake counties. Though marked with 
bicycle crossing signs and stripes, traffic does not slow down, there is 
a lot of traffic (being a straight line cut through from NC 751 and NC 
55) and the sight lines are minimal at best. Traffic comes fast around a 
short sight line curve in the road and is on ATT users crossing before 
you know it.

This is compounded by trail users parking along the side of the road 
here. *However, as noted above, Parking is no longer permitted on 
O'Kelly Chapel Road.* No Parking Signs will soon be posted - if not 
already - and law enforcement officials will enforce it.

Please *heed the STOP signs* on the trail particularly when crossing 
O'Kelly Chapel Road. Look as far as you can both ways down O'Kelly 
Chapel Road before you cross - and then cross quickly.

If you have children, dogs or are on horseback, please cross O'Kelly 
Chapel Road quickly together.

Future workdays are still being planned. Here is the tentative schedule
for upcoming workdays. *Note that these can change if there is an area 
on the trail that needs immediate attention.*

*Upcoming American Tobacco Trail Workdays *
***
Monday, December 6 *TRTC Monthly Meeting Woodcroft Professional Center 
at intersection of Fayetteville Road and Woodcroft Parkway in southern 
Durham 7:30 p.m. All are Welcome!

*Saturday, December 11 *Since I have to work at a race in Pittsboro, we 
need a leader for this one. Scheduled for Scott King Road Access 9 a.m. 
610 Scott King Road, Durham, NC 27713 
<http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=610+Scott+King+Rd,+Durham,+NC+27713&vps=4&jsv=163d&sll=35.875316,-78.934096&sspn=0.00865,0.007392&ie=UTF8&latlng=&ei=TLI7So-cJIfwMsjMiIgE&sig2=S6ASsa95BLZz5xffFuZV6Q&dtab=5> 

*Saturday, December 18 *Durham Workday Scott King Road Access 9 a.m. 610 
Scott King Road, Durham, NC 27713 
<http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=610+Scott+King+Rd,+Durham,+NC+27713&vps=4&jsv=163d&sll=35.875316,-78.934096&sspn=0.00865,0.007392&ie=UTF8&latlng=&ei=TLI7So-cJIfwMsjMiIgE&sig2=S6ASsa95BLZz5xffFuZV6Q&dtab=5> 
This may change!**

*Here is an easy way to help TRTC support the American Tobacco Trail 
*during the holiday season while using your computer. Go to 
http://www.goodsearch.com/ . At the "Who do you Goodsearch for?"  button 
in the middle of the page, enter TRTC, or Triangle Rails-to-Trails 
Conservancy. Save it as instructed.
*
Or Better Yet, make it Your Homepage in your browser!* See your 
browser's instructions on how to make this page your homepage.

Instead of using Google or Yahoo as your search engine, use 
http://www.goodsearch.com/ . TRTC will get about a penny a search in 
most situations. You can read all about it at the website. Check it 
out!*It works very well!* It is now my search engine of choice!  Please 
let me know if you have any questions. comments or concerns.

*Please Remember the ATT in your year end charitable donations! 
<http://www.triangletrails.org/MEMBERS.HTM>*

Thank you for your support of the Triangle Rails to Trails Conservancy!

Our work continues in 2010 and beyond, anddonations 
<http://www.triangletrails.org/MEMBERS.HTM> of any amount are gladly 
accepted and needed. TRTC will continue to apply for trails-related 
grants but funds from memberships and donations remain an important 
mechanism for acquiring tools and supplies used in our year-round 
efforts to maintain the ATT and other local trails. We need donations 
and memberships to pay for our trail workday insurance as well as to 
assist in matching grant funding. Thank you for your continued support, 
and happy holidays!
*
You Lookin' for Maps?!

*You can print out our latest ATT map *right now* at 
http://www.triangletrails.org/ATT.HTM . Click on both links under the 
thumbnail for both sides of the map. Thanks to Wayne Horton for this map 
which is arguably one of the most popular trail maps in the triangle.

And let me take this opportunity to *Thank You* for all of your help
and support in building, cleaning and clearing the American Tobacco
Trail in 2010. Thanks to your hard work, expertise and
diligent efforts, we are making steady progress.

Thousands of trail users are 
**now safely using** the sections of the trail and facilities
you have helped clear, clean and build. We get so many wonderful
comments and thanks on how well the trail looks when folks use these
facilities. These trail users are often **amazed** to find out that these
improvements were done **completely** by volunteers. Thank you for the
great work and for volunteering your valuable time to help with this
project. Know that it wouldn't be possible without the great work of
each and every one of you.

Thanks for your help and support in building the American Tobacco Trail.

Happy Trails,

Bill Bussey
Triangle Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
americantobaccotrail at embarqmail.com 
<mailto:americantobaccotrail at earthlink.net>
www.triangletrails.org <http://www.triangletrails.org/>
919 545-9104
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