NEFA DISCussion

MAJOR WORK DAY PLANNED FOR THE 27th. We can meet at 9 AM at the front gate, if anyone arrives later, just drive down, stay to the rightand you will see my truck parked off to the side of the road, and hear the chainsaw.

Any help would be tremendously appreciated, it is incredibly labor intensive to get a course started. Thanks in advance particularly the guys from Devens!

sorry rob no go today...2 1/2 weeks of girls mother is insane...monday oh monday please come sooner

wall + head = comfort

no worries, I haven't been out there much lately, working in the woods hauling brush or sitting in my boat swimming every 10 minutes, yeah, tough decision, plan to hit it hard again once this heat wave passes.

Hey Rob,

Looking forward to getting out there to work on Saturday. I am gonna push it with the Devens guys this week. Can you let me know what we should bring and what the address is? Any other important info?

Thanks,
Luke

HI Luke,
There is plenty for everyone, Here's what needs to be done
Chainsawing
Brush stacking
Pole sawing
Fairway clearing
Bridge Building
irrigation flowage work

So Chainsaws, pole saws, work gloves and the like. I will need you guys to sign ACOE volunteer waivers but will have some made up ahead of time. Also, I do not recommend wearing shorts, Jeans or logging pants are the way to go, hopefully it won't be scorching out.

Otter Brook is on Route 9 East heading out of keene, technically it is the town of Roxbury
Location: From Keene, East 2 miles on NH 9 to recreation area, we should meet at the gate up top @ 9AM
Keene

Thanks ill pass this on and let you know how the response is.

Any other courses wanna rally their local golfers and help make some headway at otter brook?

Luke,
Do you or any of your guys have experience sinking baskets? It may be time to get these bad boys in the ground, I've never done it before and want to make damn sure it is done right, if so, tell me what supplies I need concrete, 5 gallon buckets etc, and I will make sure to have those on hand.

thanks again for the support, when it comes time for Devens to go to work on the new 18 I will absolutely pitch in.

Rob,

I'm not exactly sure how to drop a basket but hopefully someone reading this does can lend a hand or drop some knowledge for us.

I added this info on the Devens Facebook post I just made as well

Is Titan coming on Saturday? He should know how to do it by now =)

Talked to Titan today, we are going to get up there later this week and prep for basket installation on Saturday, very cool, of course it is nowhere near champion quality conditions, but maybe with baskets in the ground it will get some play and people will want to make improvements, we'll see.

Ok cool, I emailed Rodenhizer because he has a bit of experience but he is out with a knee injury. I thought maybe he could supervise but he will be confined to the couch after visiting a doctor this week.

Hopefully we start getting a few commitments here. Haven't heard much yet

If the satisfaction of giving back to a sport that has provided us with countless hours of enjoyment and fellowship doesn't motivate you, maybe this will. Our good friends at Bagel Works are donating Bagels and Cream Cheese for this workday.

Yeah, that's right, Bagels AND cream cheese, hope to have enough tools to go around for all the workers this is sure to draw.

lets start the slow chant..baskets at a new ACOE course....

kaboooom..wait till you warriors see this gemilalicious course you will have wood

a tight technical wooded DAM course...oh no MA/CT look out NH is on the block ready to knock Ho's down playas...where's my powder?

Allright, I have cleared my schedule for the next 3 days and plan to be out from dawn to dusk th-fr-sat, I want this to finally be playable,
PLEASE COME OUT AND HELP IF YOU CAN.

Rob,

I brought this up at our league last night and haven't had much of a response as of yet. Hopefully we get some commitments from people.

Luke

well, if not, you and I will have a couple dozen bagels to eat, I put about 8 hours in today cutting, there is plenty of stuff to haul, hope you can get some of your guys to come.

rob should be there by 9am

where are you parking nowadays? along the park entry road?

if I don't exchange text with will just cya up there then


rob also a new thread might help to update thread title as I can not with that old user name issue...just copy past this link in it for future reference archive kinda thing..then you will have the ability to maintain thread title with new info

cya in AM

oh and are dogs a no go still? Hubbdizzle and cakes may have to wait till Fall to reunite..lol

Got a couple of confirmations!

If I did not have family commitments I would so be there. I'll post this thread on the Pelham club site.

I'll be there @ 9, gates will be open, just drive down, hole # 3 sleave is ready for cement, all others need pick axe, shovel and maybe dynamite, I was afraid the digging out there was going to be rough, I was not wrong, I will swing by Home Depot in the morning and grab quickrete, what's your verdict on renting a 2 man auger?

I don't know much about the auger but I do know that I will be bringing a cooler filled with beer so we can get through anything

Good Move Luke,
I will have a cooler of h20 and snacks as well, weather should be ok, a little warm but not oppressive, I recommend long pants, and boots.

Off to get concrete, Adam is coming today with his saw! #7 is going to get crushed.
He will be around all day tomorrow as well, looks like we might actually have a decent brigade of man beasts and get sh*t done.

No dogs until fall, Hub and Johnny cakes will have to wait a little longer before they get weird.

Luke Adolph wrote:...I will be bringing a cooler filled with beer so we can get through anything

I might have to reconsider.

8 hours later, all the holes for the front 9 are dug, sleeves are in, and cement is forming as we speak. It's fun digging through ledge and boulder.

All system go for tomorrow, got a work beast driving up from Rhode Island to help out, a few solid guys from Devens, a couple of the Tully Crew, please consider coming by and throwing a few hours towards this effort.

rob

james,his son and I will be there by 10am..we only have a few hours...I wanna get all the baskets to proper spots and assembled

glad we did all the prep work today..the digging I gotta admit was far from worst I have ever seen...

so if your rising to bagels early start trucking baskets to access points along road ala 1,3,4's green and we will revert to that task when we arrive..

also the dead trees marked around 8's green drop em before we get basket installed kinda close for damage issues...

TM,adam and you can crush cut 7 and the rest can haul brush,pole saw,bring benches out,drainage/brook cleaning

also in near future new signage with new task list will help...staples for cheap will laminate..till ACOE gets official signs

dereks task list DG Course review/pdga listing,tourney fall date,KDGC logo/disc inquiry, specs from rangers on signs,league date/time...just to archive that for reference

also maybe any Keene DGC members who write hit all the keene media sites for otter brook/dg in general for Keene...with a lil write up

organize all pictures of before/after fairways for viewing on sites,list of all who helped for future reference

flag any questionable trees for 3rd and final cut I guess as well

just getting a punch list of to do's written down to clense the brain..lol

cya in AM.

adam,you and me crushed it today

Hey Titan,
This is #7 when it was in its "Delusional State", this is the view from the tee pad, unreal the transformation that has taken place, I'll shoot an "After" picture tomorrow.

it is now a dream ending on cloud 9..lol

we need shot of brook in picture somehow as well...maybe from tee shot and shot at tee..and approach, then back from pin shot as well

5 -7 more trees and you have mind F'ed my brain and hit the "C"erebral spot

Allright Kids, suck down your coffee, have a sit down and let's get this done.

Here's #7, after the makeover, this is at the bottom of the teepad (located on top of the rocky knoll. I hope to again be in the state of Nirvana by the end of today.