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January 13 2018
One area of the railway that has
not be well documented is their sewage treatment field about 3/4
mile below the tavern. Also in this area is the Chapman Falls
trail which was a popular destination for visitors to the
Tavern.
We are going to explore this on
the 13th. I haven't been there in 14 years. Hopefully this time
I can get enough data to make up a good map. We discovered these
underground tanks in 1994 while following a sewer pipe out of
the stables area.
Brian Marcroft
A most beautiful day on the mountain
Parked on road above underground tanks about 200 feet down the side of the mountain
One of the valves for controlling the flow
The site of one of the tanks. We dug a little deeper to find access.... Opened a corner of the tank so we could see in
Getting to our destination, however, required several stops to clear the road
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ February 25, 2017 Because of a lot of rain, we had to wait almost a month before going back up to continue our rock bashing. We were the Motley Crew
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January 28, 2017
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Work Party - May 24, 2014 Paint the Pavilion at Inspiration Point |
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A workday involving painting the Pavilion and benches and posts. Long
needed renovation. We also cleaned up the area doing weeding
and eliminating plant growth that had
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November 2, 2013
PROOF: This is what happens to men who work too long as volunteers....they get old and tired looking NONETHELESS WE HAD SOME ACTION THIS WORK PARTY While we were working on the Mt Lowe east trail the sheriff dept helicopter dropped off (repelled down on ropes) two paramedics near Inspiration Point. The helicopter then set down on the old Mt Lowe Alpine Tavern tennis courts. We were parked near there. We drove out to inspiration point to see if we could assist. There was a man there that they were treating. He was a hiker who apparently collapsed on the trail. We ended up driving the paramedics and patient back to the tennis court area for their flight to Huntington Memorial. This saved them the trouble of having to hoist the man in a liter basket and the rescue guys while the helicopter hovered overhead. At first the man appeared to be having heart problems but I think as we neared the helicopter the paramedics thought that it might be exhaustion. Brian
Patient being lead to Helicopter after exiting Brian's Van.
----------------------------- Rock Pounding on Service Road near Granite Gate The road has become
laden with many rocks and small boulders. This one we worked
on, August 3, 2013,
We used wedges to create cracks to allow splitting of the rock
The Wrecking Crew after about 3 hours of work
Bryant Bohorquez put together this video of our work day http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6-TL54DaKc AND On our way back down the mountain on the way home we witnessed Water and Power fixing the lines on some of the large power poles - the most amazing thing happened when we saw one of the Copters drop down and pick up 2 workers, and fly off dragging them behind like a Disneyland ride.
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