Dear Tanglewood Friends,

Well, we had a great time this summer in our beautiful setting. Many of you were able to spend some time here and we enjoyed being able to visit with as many of you as we could. We met some people for the first time this summer, some of whom have been coming for decades but for some reason, our paths had never crossed. It was wonderful to refresh old relationships and build new ones.

The Crossing

As many of you know, we had a lot of snow and rain late in May and into June. Early in June, as the snow melt peaked, Goodwin Creek was running bank full and was as full as anyone could remember. It was pretty amazing to watch. And then, our low water crossing near the potluck area by the Johnson cabin gave way and most of the rock washed downstream, causing the crossing to become almost unusable except for big 4 wheel drive trucks. Even heavy delivery trucks were refusing to cross it. We knew that we needed to make some repairs. So, thanks to a hard working team that put in a good half days effort preparing the area and an equally hard working crew of about 20 that volunteered for workday on July 3, we were able to move enough rock into the creek and bring it back to normal. I estimate that it took about 14 tons of rock. Thanks so much for all of the effort that went in to this project.

The Roads

Even though we had a lot of rain and snow, our roads have remained in fairly good shape. We did, however, notice that from the covered bridge up to the red gate the road base was beginning to erode and expose some rock, so we had 3 loads of road base delivered and spread in this area. This should help.

Slash

As you know, keeping up with a forest is difficult. Trees die, limbs fall and all of this needs to be cleaned up. We scheduled a chipper to come in to help us with this in late August. Everyone drug limbs and trees out to the roads all during the month of August. By the time the chipper arrived there were MOUNTAINS of slash to be chipped. It took about 3 days, but we finally worked our way through it, thanks again to a hard working crew that helped feed all of this into the chipper. The forest looks so much better and we have reduced the risk of fires greatly. Each property owner receives 30 minutes included in your HOA fee. I recorded the time spent on each property and if the 30 minutes was exceeded, I will send you an invoice later.

We hope everyone had a great summer. Be safe through the winter and we will see you again in 2016!