Russian Jack
[Anchorage]
- 3:00 PM, Wed Mar 10, 2010
Tracks freshly laid so just a touch punchy in wind blown areas. Still single track on most trails so it would apear that P&R have turned their backs on the traditional tracking for the park, and P&R has likewise refused to move on the Master Plan which called for more lighted trail (mostly north rjsp) and a second tunnel under DeBarr on the West side (and there's $750,000 to get started with.....)
I do want to remind one and all that with the last work done in the park, it makes more sense to start races from North half of the park at the soccer fields, which are connected to the south half by wonderful trail, AND has much more parking that is available at the chalet!
Tip o the hat to the skater skier who managed to cut up the tracks almost as soon as they were laid. Don't know whether it was that bozo or the diagonaler with the waxless skis, who is responsible, but the tracks were also punched up by several dogs. Have not seen buckets of shiny green fluid next to trail yet, but one never knows when some crazed vigilante will take things into her own hands....... I think it would be better to do things in a more civilized manner so I am wondering how many folk I can get to match an offer of $50 payable on the seizure of any dog by Animal Control and $100 for conviction of owner if claimant turns in the perp. It would only take 4 others to make that enough money to get someone to start setting live traps and by extension, to get Animal Control to do something about the situation for fear there would be a breach of the peace....... I have also heard some suggest that loose dogs get paintballed, but at least one member of APD suggested that marking a loose dog in such fashion might be unlawful.....
I am interested in hearing from anyone else with ideas on how to keep dogs (and people - lol) out of the tracks....
<\rant>Report by Marc Grober.