Saturday, June 2

 Andy talked of how Gary's life was a lot like the meanders that were restored to the Big Darby in this project. "Gary meandered through life and always took time to smell the roses"

 I should have taken a picture of the scissors that we were using, they were huge.

 Mark reading the signage along the trail.

 I think I am the only one in this picture that did not have Gary in class. Mark, Debbie and Sharon all have pretty good Gary stories to tell.

 This is the outlook platform at the end of Gary's trail. We are standing at the waters edge.

Ohhhhhhhh what a beautiful morning, oh what a beautiful day!  Today was the dedication and ribbon cutting ceremony for Gary's trail at the Big Darby Headwaters.  I think I mentioned in another post that Gary's estate left a sizable amount to The Nature Conservancy.  With the donation came naming rights.  The Big Darby Headwaters restoration seemed a pretty good fit for Gary so the trail that leads to the headwaters has been named the Gary J. Jainshig Trail.  Today was the official opening of that trail.  The weather was perfect and the ceremony was very nice.  Andy gave a very heart-felt speech about Gary and then we both cut the giant green ribbon with equally giant scissors to open the trail.  Several teachers, former students and friends of Gary's were in attendance to show their support.  After the ceremony we walked the 2 mile trail, all except Mr. B who had already been to the outlook. We finished up the morning with lunch at Der Dutchman.  Tonight we are attending a retirement party for a friend that we taught with.