Last weekend I went out with the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club (PATC) Cadillac Crew to do some trail work There was this rock …

Ode to a Rock

To the tune of “Que Será, Será” With apologies to Doris Day.

One Cadillac Crew work trip past,
I asked the leader
“What would we do?
Would we cut blow-downs?
Would we dig duff?”
Here’s what he said to me:

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It’s a rock, a rock,
Right in the new trail, said he
To move it’s too hard so we,
Let it be, you see.
It’s a rock, a rock.

When we had hiked to the work-site,
Assessing runoff,
Water downhill.
Would we build check dams?
Or water bars?
Rolling grade dips, indeed !

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