Boardwalk-building

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Originally uploaded by Noisypond.

This past Saturday, I participated in something very cool – the building of a boardwalk in a conservation area. I think there were 50 – 60 people involved, all organized by the Credit Valley Conservation Authority (CVCA).

When we got to the worksite Saturday morning, we saw that a good start had been made to the boardwalk; the CVCA had worked with high school students the previous day to get lumber brought into the area, and most of the underlying structure for the boardwalk had been laid out, and in places was even nailed together.

In a short time, TOC members and CVCA technicians, along with a large group of Korean hikers and other members of the general public, completed the skeleton of the boardwalk, and then we systematically started nailing the top pieces along it. There was a lot of work, and yet it progressed extremely quickly. Everyone was so dedicated and hard-working that the folks from the CVCA could only shake their heads in disbelief.

It happened so fast that it seemed someone had a rolled-up boardwalk somewhere and with a flick of the wrists just snapped it open.

What a sense of accomplishment and teamwork!!! It truly is one of the best things I’ve ever done, and with a fantastic group of people.