Hit the Hay
8 Mile Trail
Run
August 31,
2008
COURSE: Two score and twelve
weeks ago (approximately a year), a suggestion was
made to the directors of the Hit the Hay 5K to
switch the race to a trail run. Fewer weeks than
that ago, the suggestion manifested itself into a
nagging thought, which blossomed into yet another
bad idea from the minds of Pretzel City Sports.
This time, however, the guilty party is not Ron Horn
but his steadfast sidekick “Big” Wayne whom Ron has
suggested is as sick as himself. “Big” Wayne has
taken the “compliment” and with encouragement from
Ron and the people from the Hay Creek Watershed
Association mapped out a kinder, gentler course.
The cracker jack team of geologists from PCS has
determined the course has 20% FEWER rocks to stub
your toes and 10% FEWER roots to trip over than some
of their other courses. Along it’s very runable 8
miles it DOES have plenty of downed trees, mostly
double and triple track trails, 4 – 5 water
crossings, two beautiful reservoirs, an abandoned
quarry, washed out roads, two short technical down
hills, an old railroad bed, decaying canal locks, a
sustained climb, three water stops, a luxurious
downhill, biting insects and a murderous climb, all
in the forests that Daniel Boone himself trod as a
strapping young lad. The run starts and finishes in
Rustic Park in Birdsboro, a great place for your
“posse” to picnic this Labor Day weekend while you
indulge your pioneering spirit on the trails.
ENTRY: For Trail Run; $25.00 if postmarked by August
12, 2008. Afterwards and day of race: $30.00
QUESTIONS?: Email: mjstell@haycreekwatershed.org or
call 610-404-4292.
Registration Forms can be found
at this link -
http://haycreekwatershed.org/haytrailrunform-2008.pdf
Millard House
Renovation Fund
HCWA is taking donations for the
renovation of the Millard House. We will accept
money, materials, and time to help us reach our goal to
have the Millard House ready for use by Christmas, 2008.
Please send checks to our address, or call 610-286-7757.
Todd and Jim walked around the Millard house
property on 11/10/2007 after we finished working
and we came up with the following list of things
we could do there. Please let Todd know if you
have anything to add/edit on the list, or if you
are interested in taking the lead on an effort
to address the issue. Thanks!
Need new drop electric line
research Clivus Multrum restrooms
Get donations from builders/builder suppliers
(windows, lumber, ?)
We need 11 new windows, double-paned
Clean up junk in back of house
Remove Norway maples from property (other
invasives, too, if possible
Knock down privy, old tool shed and chicken coop
Get a security system
Regrade rock and dirt piles