Fortuitous & fortunate convergence

I've been clearing and widening the fire lane in the south tract to aid maintenance and to get at some of the trash piles more easily. This has resulted in a brush pile that contains a number of small trees. Today I removed many of the trees, cut off their branches and took them away for their future use as hiking sticks in an upcoming venture called Polk's Ten Trek Trails that will encourage young people (and others) to use the local trail system. It doesn't look as though I will run out of material anytime soon, though I'm leaving some of the less common trees, such as Hercules club, to create a little more variety.