Category Archives: Trip Reports

Tues. Dec. 30 Gilbert Lake — A total of nine brave souls burned off some holiday calories with a 2 mile walk around the lake on the hard road. The snow was blowing and wind whipping so we decided to stay out of the woods for fear of branches breaking.18 feet a tromping9 hikers hikingmanyContinue reading “Gilbert Lake Hike – Tuesday, December 30, 2008”

The 50 degree temperatures on Monday, December 15, destroyed the beautiful skiing conditions at The Brookfield Horse Trails. Fourteen hikers did show up, in spite of not knowing what we would find when we got there. The walking was tricky. We had to watch every step we took. Everyone was in good humor and madeContinue reading “Brookfield Horse Trails Hike – December 16, 2008”

Due to the absence of snow, plans for cross country skiing were changed to hiking on December 9th. Hikers met at the Clark’s Gymnasium in Cooperstown and from there 19 ADKers traversed trails with many highlights – stream, exercise stations, beaver dam, and mature forest. Afterwards Mary invited participants to her festive home to enjoyContinue reading “Cooperstown Hike – Tuesday, December 9, 2008”

Fortunately, I never formed the habit of checking out hikes before hand. Had I done so I would have gone somewhere else and 22 people would have missed a challenging and stimulating scramble through seemingly constant blow downs. We were in the West Branch Nature Conservancy Preserve on the West Branch of the Delaware River.Continue reading “Nature Conservancy’s West Branch Preserve Hike – November 18, 2008”

Led by Jean and Joe Seroka, 16 ADKers hike the Indian Ladder Trail. Photographs include: 1) the Emma Treadwell Thacher Nature Center, 2) a Demonstration of a Bee Colony, 3) Close up of the Bees, 4) On the trail, 5) Group Picture, 6) Waterfall 1, 7) Waterfall 2, 8) Jean Seroka, 9) Waterfall 3, 10)Continue reading “John Boyd Thacher State Park Hike – November 11, 2008”

Despite being Election Day, 12 cars and 20 people turned out to hike the Red Trail at SUNY Oneonta’s College Camp. Also known as the fitness trail, at one time the trail signs along the way directed users to perform various exercises. The day was warm enough that most participants shed their jackets upon climbingContinue reading “College Camp Hike – November 4, 2008”

On October 14th, 33 ADK hikers enjoyed a colorful warm fall hike at Rod and Sally Hebbard’s. The hike turned out to be 4.75 miles through fields and woods from which we saw a panorama of hills from Franklin. We climbed over old stonewalls up to a stone quarry and to a dry fall thatContinue reading “Fall Hike at Hebbard’s, October 14, 2008”

The October 7 hike was led by Kay and Ted Kantorowski. 36 hikers met at the Clark Sports Center to consolidate riders/cars. The sun was bright, the sky blue, and the frost meant that everyone had on an extra layer. But once we got on the path at Clark Tower and began walking, everyone warmedContinue reading “Clark’s Tower Hike – Tuesday, October 7, 2008”

On Tuesday, September 30, seventeen ADKers had a wonderful paddle on a portion of the Susquehanna. What a sight it was to see thirteen canoes and kayaks lined up and ready to float up such a lovely river on a beautiful autumn morning. At noon, we banked our boats and sat along the river toContinue reading “ADK Susquehanna Paddle – September 30, 2008”

On this perfectly beautiful Fall day, we had a bit of an adventure on the trail, followed by lunch next to Basswood Pond, and then for some, a trip to Tom Salo’s home nearby. Eight of the group chose to walk the lower, more even Blue Trail. The other twenty two of us chose theContinue reading “Basswood Pond Hike – Tuesday, September 23, 2008”