Davis has been dry and the trails are buff, drinking up what little rain comes every few days. For our guests we just need those clouds to hold off one last weekend...you wouldn't want to see my anti-rain dance. Friday evening the events begin with the traditional Cake Walk, a country fund raiser for the PTO -- I think it is like musical chairs but standing up, and homemade cakes are the prize?
Saturday morning we will meet the fall chill in our running gear. Over 300 runners are registered so we can expect double that to run or walk the course. With two teams raising $ for the Riverfront Park, I am betting we will really have a big summer of improvements for the park in '09. The 10am race will end with the beginning of Oktoberfest, food, rides, live music from the Davisson Bros, and locally crafted brews starting at noon.
We've really scrambled this year to build on this popular festival. We've installed power supplies for the band, vendors and carnival coming from the old shopnsave building (future Riverwalk Shops and Spa). Phil Ferguson cleared a canoe ramp area and brush-hogged the entire tract. And I think the Volunteer Fire Dept is going to help out by spraying off the parking lot. We've got parking, a welcome center, and two restrooms in the old Blackwater Overlook building (the old gas station) at the other end of Riverwalk. We'll have several new poster-sized renderings of the future site and buildings. We have been getting ready for a new tenant to take the first commercial space in Blackwater Overlook: New deck, new doors, upgraded electrical, new lighting, rustic poplar siding and flooring...practical, rugged and pure Davis. Stop by and glimpse the future!
Sunday there are more events, but the one I'm participating in is the Friends of Blackwater tree planting. We have 300 red spruce saplings between us, and will plant some along Riverwalk, then the town's Riverfront Park, and all along the Town Trail to Blackwater Falls.
The updated schedule is found at http://www.canaanvalley.org/leafpeepers/events.html
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