Despite the forecast for intermittent light rain and gray overcast skies on November 3^rd, several hearty volunteers set out to install mile markers along the 18+ miles of trails at Clinton Lake. Fortunately, the rain never materialized, so we were able to install seven markers on the Blue Trail and eleven on the White Trail in about five hours.

The markers indicate the mileage from the East Trailhead and are located on the right side of each trail when moving from East to West. We used fiberglass, curved posts which were driven about 18 inches into the ground with a special driver. Considering how rocky the soil is along the trails, we were lucky finding rock-free spots for all but a few of the posts.

As the photo below demonstrates, it takes four volunteers to remove the sticky tape from an installed post—two to pull off the tape, one to supervise while leaning on the driver and one to take the photograph in order to prove that the post was actually installed and that it required four volunteers to do so.

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We finished the day with a sense of satisfaction, knowing that no one will ever get lost on the Clinton Lake trails again—without at least knowing how far they are from the East Trailhead, that is.