Widening Whiting

the bridges over the stream crossing early on Borrego were built and put in by some of the hikers. I was there when they laid them down. It wasn't OC Parks. Why not just leave them they work and if you don't like using them then don't. Krishno, thanks for following up with the Ranger. He seems to get it

 

Any structure put in place has to be built to standard. All it takes is for someone use it, it breaks and they try and sue the park. This is also why any trail work performed needs to be approved by the Head Ranger as well.

 

Rode whiting today didn't notice anything diffrent.
Bridge, detour, sand still their.
But I did find a sweet drop!

 

And how many years have those bridges been there? Sure does take them awhile.

 

The bridges that were there and put in by the County burned during the fire, another bridge washed away when the heavy storms came in Feb and flooded out Borrego. The bridges that are there now are the ones that I'm talking about and have not been there long and put in this past Spring.

 

By bridges i assume the two little ones that cross the small stream/mud crossing. Not the large bridges. They little ones (i have been told) are made by a local resident. As far as the new ranger, i have ran in to him a few times. Nice guy, and keeps busy. I think the park will be fine under his tenure.

 

Yes those are the bridges.

 

Aaahh, thanks for the clarification.

 

I'd be curious to know what the story is with their bulldozer driver. The same guy who ripped up Whiting for several months was on the ridgeline in Wood Canyon last week. I'd recognize him anywhere - he looks like an extra from a Garth Brooks video with his big cowboy hat.

I know Whiting and Wood Canyon like the back of my hand. Many of the stretches that were being plowed up were not in need of any work. In the case of the ridgeline in Wood Canyon, he was actually scraping off a layer of underlying rock in some cases - damaging the trail rather than smoothing it.

I'm just curious who this guy is - is he an employee of OC? Or is he a contract employeee? Who guides his work and/or tells him what needs to be done? Does anyone say to him "dude, you don't need to work the flat sections, tear up the landscape, and rut out good sections of trail - we'll pay you for quality of work rather than quantity."