Project: Trail Work 2009-12-02 - Trail #101 is cleared by Fairchild Crew 2008-08-23 - Washington State Trails Coalition Meeting Comes to Spokane 2003-05-08 - Palisades Assists Riverside State Park 2002-05-04 - Palisades Volunteers Assist Riverside State Park 2002-01-17 - Trail Work Begins Early in Palisades

2009-12-02 - Trail #101 is cleared by Fairchild Crew Trail #101 from the corner of Greenwood Rd and Rimrock Dr has been "Trail of Survival of the Fittest or the Quickest". This trail is noted for the long spikes of the Hawthorne bushes that thrive along its' descent into the canyon. Users have had these spike goes through tennis shoes, others arrive at the opposite end with scratches on any part of their body that was not covered and innumerable numbers have lost their hats to these pointy, scratchy, branches that seem determined not to let anyone through unscathed. Reprieve has arrived in the form of this crew from Fairchild Air Force Base. Fifteen members showed up on a foggy morning last week with all forms of tools to attack this manifestly overgrown trail. They even brought along a wheelbarrow to help haul the debris up to the Rimrock for pickup by City Parks. The crew lopped, axed and chain sawed their way through this maze of tangled branches. They drug the thorny branches all the way to the top of the rimrock. The results of their hard work will be very appreciated by all who use the trail, especially the horseback riders who were leading their horses up or down this trail rather than risk being tangled up with the thorny bushes. This is Trail #101 after the cleanup: Many thanks to this wonderful group of guys who were still smiling after a morning of cutting, pulling and hauling to present Palisades users with a wide trail that no longer steals your hat or cuts your arms. Anonymous