I had a nice talk with the Appalachian Trail shelter maintainer at Wawayanda park today. I met Gordon last year on one of my hikes. He maintains the shelter on the AT, and also the trail in the park. He came back from his winter vacation and I chatted with him today. Talking about the trail conditions in and around the park. I told him how I recently started posting the status of the Wawayanda trails on the MBNJ website, and that was what I was doing today, checking some trail conditions. He never heard of MBJN or Fatbikes either. I showed him some photos of my Fatty and he was fascinated. He wasn't too fond of mountain bikers because of his work on the trails. That is until I told him about our new link on MBNJ for trail information so we can all see what trails are good for riding and which shouldn't be ridden to avoid dammage. I told him how we are all concerned about trail conditions and maintaining them so they remain in good condition for all of us. He was quite surprised that there were bikers that felt some responsibility towards good trails. I think he has only seen the Yahoo'ers that don't give a damn. It felt good to talk to him and let him know that there are bikers that care about the trails. He said he's seen evidence of bikers on the Appalachian trail and they shouldn't be there. I agreed and said for myself there are enough other trails in the park to ride that I personally didn't need to do the AT. Someone has already posted on here how it's beneficial to be friendly and informative to others we meet on the trails, and I agree, the more people out there that don't resent bikers, the better. It doesn't take that long or that much effort to be friendly and informative. In fact, Gordon thanked me for the information and showing him the pictures and for the nice chat.