Frank Glatzl and I showed up in Kingsland on Sunday, Sept. 30, for a marathon weed-cutting session between one end of Campa Pajama Lane and the other, where each crosses the Capital Metro tracks. I had already cleaned up the west end, behind our usual lunch stop, Spyke's, on the preceding Friday. We continued weed-whacking our way toward the east end. Frank spent most of the day using my wheeled weed-whacker. I used my BCS two-wheeled tractor, but it proved difficult to manage on the rough edges along the track. Ultimately, I used my loppers and the hedge-trimmer, until the latter ran out of fuel. I ended up literally pulling out weeds with my bare hands. These were not little bitty weeds but sunflower stalks six and seven feet high. They were leaning over the track, causing trouble for motorcar operators and passengers. We cleaned up this one small section, about 700-800 feet, quite thoroughly, earning a thumbs-up from RPI President Leland Stewart as the main work group passed by on motorcars. This area was among the weediest portions of track, and the location where the rail-mower has bogged down in the past. Hopefully it will remain clear until at least the Oct. 27 RPI Llano branch excursion.
We had lunch with the rest of the work session participants and then returned to the work site to pack up and head out. I assume they did a lot of trimming trees and shrubs along the way.
Don't have any photos of the cleared track but it looked a lot like the track shown in the post for Friday, Sept. 28.
Next work session is Saturday, Oct. 20. We look forward to participating again.
