Sunday, May 07, 2006

VOC. Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado is a trail building and maintenance group. Five of us drove through snow and slush to get to the Davis Meadow Trail in the San Isabel National Forest. We set out to build a walking trail in a mostly motorized recreation area. About 40 other volunteers and us built rock walls and dug trails up the side of a an old logging area. Word spread quickly that the Americorps "kids" work fast and well. Over Saturday and Sunday we alone build 2 large rock walls, a set of stairs and a couple hundred feet of the five mile trail. The other volunteers were great people and they provided for all our meals as well as live music and a keg Saturday night. Turns out the VOC full timer we meet is a Americorps alumni and Fairport, NY native. It was one of the best weekends I've had in CO.

web site: http://www.voc.org/

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