Making connections
Jack O'Brien reaches to remove a rock during trail work on Tubbs Hill on Friday morning.
Jon Ingalls clears the way for a new trail on Tubbs Hill on Friday.
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Annette Brandvold cuts back brush on a section of an improved trail on Tubbs Hill on Friday.
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Dave Yadon works on trail improvements on Tubbs Hill on Friday.
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Mary Duffy makes her way up a section of a Tubbs Hills being worked on by volunteers on Friday.
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George Ives carries a shovel and Pulaski up a Tubbs Hill trail being worked on Friday.
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Volunteers clear a stretch for a connector trail on Tubbs Hill on Friday. From left are Ralph Brandvold, Richard Gerhard, Ken Roberge and Jon Ingalls.
COEUR d’ALENE — Over and over, Jack O’Brien plunged the Pulaski into the dirt on Tubbs Hill on a cold, gray morning. It begrudgingly gave way.
The firefighting tool clunked into something hard. O’Brien brushed away more dirt to reveal a large stone.