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| | 8/6/2004 | NCT conference in Marietta- Wayne National Forest | Photos |
| | 8/7/2004 | NCT conference in Marietta- Wayne National Forest | Photos |
| | 8/29/2004 | Planned to do the Road hike yesterday evening but were rained out with a tremendous thunderstorm. Did the Road Walk plus the woods today. Beautiful, well-maintained trail which included a wooden stairway up and down a very steep hill. Very hot day with 100% humidity but no rain. Satyed at the Graziano hotel last evening and had diddner at their restaurant. | Photos |
| | 8/9/2005 | After arriving at NCMC (North Central Michigan College) Ruth and I did a segment of the NCT which starts in the parking lot behind the college and goes about a mile and a half to a road and then back. | Photos |
| | 8/11/2005 | The hike starts at Deadman’s Hill overlooking the Jordan River Valley. The hike first goes downhill for a half mile to reach the bottom of the valley. The first stop is at an informative sign that helps us understand the ecology of the watershed system.
Traveling on, we come to a boardwalk over the wet area that flows into the river, an active beaver area where it is a constant battle to keep the boardwalk from being used as a dam. We follow an old logging road built in 1910 and come to a large clearing that was the site of logging at the beginning of the century. Further on we encounter the famous Jordan River where we will have our lunch. The Jordan River was dedicated in 1972 as Michigan’s first Natural Scenic River. The river and its tributaries derive 90 percent of their flow from springs created by the hills.
The hike continues along the riverbank and then follows old logging railroad beds. It ends after climbing up and down steep hills, one of which has a beautiful view. We finish at the Pinney Bridge Campground and its parking lot. | Photos |
| | 8/13/2005 | The hike begins in a pine forest, which in the spring is trimmed with Pink Lady Slippers. As the season progresses other flowers and blueberries follow. The trail then ascends sand dunes to a beautiful vista that overlooks the forests and fields of the village aptly named Bliss. The hike ends appropriately in a picnic area adjacent to the beach.
This was checduled as an all day hike east of Sturgeon Bay on sand dunes along Lake Michigan in Wilderness State Park, which is a 45-minute drive from the conference site in Petoskey. The actual hike only took a couple of hours after which Ruth and I hiked along the beach. Ruth swam in the lake. Ruth was curious as to what some people were looking for in the water at beaches edge and they told us they were looking for "Petoskey Stones".
The venture is challenging at times, with climbs switch-backing the dunes and through several mixed forest ecosystems. | Photos |
| | 10/20/2005 | Ruth and I hiked to the top of Mt Pemigewasset and back. This was a tiring climb but was rewarding with a spectacular view from the top. On the same day, in s separate hike, we walked around The Flume at Franconia Notch in the White Mountains | Photos |
| | 10/21/2005 | At the end of a long day filled with short hikes, Ruth and I stopped and did a short hike on the Basin Cascades Trail. | Photos |
| | 10/30/2005 | Ruth and I did a large loop at Hi-Tor. It was a cool and spectacularly gorgeous day. | Photos |
| | 6/9/2006 | On Friday Lyn and I hiked the Victor - Lehigh Valley/ Auburn trail. Presumabely we were hiking the Auburn Trail portion. It was a gorgeous day and just slightly cool. We saw a heron on the golf course and a young deer on the trail and an older deer off to the side in the brush. | Photos |
| | 6/21/2006 | Ruth and Lyn and I hiked around near the river in Zoar Valley. | Photos |
| | 6/19/2009 | Ruth and I finally got around to trying to hike the GET near Addison. Started at the Canisteo River Access site where we parked and started hiking. We did a loop hike of about six miles. It is a gorgeous trail and a great hike. We did get confused and may have ended up on a different trail. There appears to be a red-blazed trail which (possibly) intersects the orange-blazed trail. After following the red-blazed trail for a while, we finally reached a point where it appeared to intersect the orange-blazed trail (again?). At that point, we decided to turn back and eventually took a short-cut on a green blazed trail which took us back to the bottom of the hill and the road. | Photos |
| | 7/27/2009 | Ruth and I hiked from Taylorsville Dam road to East Main street in Tipp city (and back). It was a warm day. We had some trouble locating the trail when we got near to Tipp city but eventually located it again. | Photos |
| | 7/29/2009 | We hiked with pre-hike group of the NCT 2009 trail group. The hike was called "Western Terminus- Dakota Day Trip". We hiked from the final terminus goig East for about a mile and a half. We got hit with a torrential rain/hail storm while were hiking.
We also visited the Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site, the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center and Fort Mandan. | Photos |
| | 7/30/2009 | The group of hikers from from the 2009 NCT Trail conference hiked from the Karnak High Bridge to Route 26 along the SW side of lake Ashtabula. Gorgeous day but had to watch your step to miss cow poop. Irene Szabo brought her two dogs. We saw a flock of Pelicans in the lake. We saw lots of windmills. | Photos |
| | 7/31/2009 | The group from the 2009 NCT Trail conference hiked from Kathryn to the Clausen Springs recreational area. Most of the hike was on an abandoned rail bed covered with large (1-2 inch), sharp stones. Gorgeous hike and just missed the rain at the end. | Photos |
| | 8/1/2009 | Gorgeous Prarie Hike. Saw many sheep and a woman riding a horse in a long dress. Stopped for lunch atop a small hill with a scenic view. Upset some cattle who didn't want us to be there. | Photos |
| | 8/2/2009 | Sheyenne State Forest to the "Only Registered Waterfall in ND" and back. Much Prarie grasslands and some forest. | Photos |
| B-01 | 4/12/2008 | Hiked with Lyn, stopped about a mile before Seman Road, Cool and Muddy | Photos |
| B-03 | 10/6/2007 | Hike led by Irene Szabo on trail she maintains. B-3, Access 18 to 16. 7.9 miles. Hike through lovely Pigtail Hollow and Urbana State Forests, including the
Huckleberry Bog Interpretive Trail and the 2-story Evangeline Shelter. Moderate. | Photos |
| B-1 | | Access 5d- 6a (Parish Hill Rd to 6a) and back. Conklin Gully. Sometime in 1998. |
| B-1 | | Access 5a - 6b and back. Park on 245. In along a nice creek and up a very steep hill. (sometime in 1998) |
| B-1 | | Access 4 towards Access 5 (where we left off before). First time in Fall of 1997. Redid it again in 2004 |
| B-1 | | Access 5 - partway to Access 4. Started in Naples 245 to West Hill Nature Preserve and back. Steep uphill. Very difficult. Sometime in 1997 |
| B-1 | | Access 3-4. Uphill. Pretty view. In the fall. Got dark early. Sometime in 1997 |
| B-1 | | Access 2-3. Started at boy scout camp and walked up hill. We did it with the kids and had trouble getting out. Andy found a way down the hill back to the boy scout camp. Sometime in 1997 |
| B-1 | | Ontario County Park at jump off Access 1 - Access 2. Our first hike on the FLT (although we didn't know it at the time). Sometime in 1997 |
| B-1 | | Access 7 (Brink Road) back to Falls and out again (we did it with Nick Cronin and Ben). (Sometime in 1998) |
| B-1 | 6/1/2003 | Cool Day | Photos |
| B-1 | 7/6/2003 | Beautiful warm day | Photos |
| B-1 | 12/31/2003 | Cool winter day but no snow. | Photos |
| B-1 | 1/23/2004 | Much snow- snow shoe with Lyn | Photos |
| B-1 | 2/21/2004 | Show shoe with Lyn | Photos |
| B-1 | 3/26/2005 | Cool snowy day | Photos |
| B-1 | 3/27/2005 | Much snow but melting | Photos |
| B-1 | 4/9/2005 | Snow pretty much gone | Photos |
| B-1 | 4/10/2005 | Hiked with Lyn. Did some geocaching. Saw some colored salamanders | Photos |
| B-1 | 4/15/2006 | Ruth and I from the Beaver pond to the jump-off and back | Photos |
| B-2 | | Tuttle Road - Access 12 (Rt 75) and back. |
| B-2 | | Access 11 - Tuttle road and back. |
| B-2 | | Dunn Rd parking (by state forest) - Access 11. Much road walking. Easy. |
| B-2 | | Access 7 - 8 and back. Hang Glider take off area. Steep descent after take off area. (Sometime in 1998) |
| B-2 | | Access 8 - Dunn Rd. Ruth calls this the Red Riding Hood forest. (Sometime in 1998) |
| B-2 | 9/7/2003 | Followed by dog named "Bristol" | Photos |
| B-2 | 1/17/2004 | Snow shoed with Lyn & Anita Cornell. Our first hike on snow shoes. A tough go. Ruth & I had lunch at Naples hotel afterwords. | Photos |
| B-3 | | Access 14 - 15. Circled back by Rt 77 and 74 |
| B-3 | | Access 13 - 14, circled back to car on Prattsburg/Pultney and Williams roads |
| B-3 | | Access 18 - Access 19 (where we met the Main Trail). Took Main Trail to Rt. 13. Walked back to 18 along Mitchellsville Rd |
| B-3 | | Access 15 - 17. Met Irene Szabo on Trail (fall campout?). Wooden platform over Huckleberry bog |
| B-3 | | Access 12 - 13 and back |
| B-3 | | Access 17 - 18. Mitchelsville Rd, Hungary Hollow Road, Dineharts Rd back to Rt 17. |
| B-3 | 10/24/1998 | Finished the Bristol Hills branch of the FLT | Photos |
| B-3 | 3/12/2004 | Snow shoed with Lyn & Anita Cornell | Photos |
| Buckeye | 4/27/2006 | Just me doing an out and back | Photos |
| Caesar Creek | 7/23/2008 | Paved all the way. Long and Hot. Ruth and I. Stopped at McDonalds for lemonade and fries | Photos |
| CT-01 | 6/9/2007 | Ruth and Lyn and I hiked this initial segment of the Conservation Trail. It was a cool and beautiful day (temp about 65). This is Lyn's next to last segment of all of the branch trails. | Photos |
| CT-01 | 6/17/2007 | Ruth and Lyn and I hiked six miles on the Conservation Trail today. It was hot and the Conservation Trail is a lousy Trail (poorly blazed and almost impossible to follow without getting lost) but it was a good day to be out. We had to do a couple of miles of road walk and I think I may have gotten a bit of sunburn but we enjoyed ourselves anyway. After hiking, we stopped at a diner in Franklinville NY and celebrated with a steak dinner. This segment completed all of the branch trails for Lyn. Ruth and I completed the branch trails about a year and a half ago. | Photos |
| CT-03 | 6/4/2005 | Cool overcast day | Photos |
| CT-04 | 6/5/2005 | It was a very hot and humid day (near 90) and we went through nearly all of our water. Ruth got very red and depleted. The trail was badly marked in places and we had a lot of trouble following it near the shelter. | Photos |
| CT-04 | 6/18/2005 | On Saturday we hiked about seven miles on CT-04. This was intentionally all road walk since there had been a lot of rain and we knew that the woods we be very muddy. | Photos |
| CT-04 | 6/19/2005 | On Sunday it was very humid but there was no rain. The walk wasn't very pretty but the trail was mostly well marked and easy to follow. There were a lot of trees down and but someone had placed orange ribbons as blazes around to mark the detours. | Photos |
| CT-05 | 9/3/2005 | Ruth and Lyn and hiked from Warner Gulf Road to Genesse Road. Weather was cool (high 60-low 70s). We lost the trail near and ended up following a snowmobile trail for a while. | Photos |
| CT-05 | 9/17/2005 | Yesterday Lyn, Ruth and I hiked. It had rained the day before and was warm (low 70's) and muggy. The conservation trail was, as usual, poorly blazed in many places and we ended up having to do road walk on Bolton Road when we lost the trail between Folts Road and Bolton road. | Photos |
| CT-06 | 7/17/2005 | Hot day | Photos |
| CT-06 | 7/24/2005 | Ruth and Lyn and I hiked from access pt 5 to access pt 7. The temperature was in the mid 80's with high humidity. The distance was only about 6 miles but it seemed much longer since we had so many gulleys (perhaps 10?) to traverse. Last week when we tried to hike a portion of this (starting a access pt 6) we got confused by trail markings made by a snowmobile club and ended up going in a loop and ended back where we started. This week the trail had been re-blazed (after Lyn reported the problem to the trail maintainer Annette Brzezicki) and we had no trouble following the correct route. | Photos |
| CT-06 | 7/30/2005 | Ruth, Lyn and I hiked CT-6 from Access 3 to Access 5. The temperature was in the low to mid 80's. We had planned to hike a longer distance but we were unable to locate the desired access point which apparently been decomissioned and the blazes painted out. The hike was mostly downhill except for the last mile or so which pretty steep uphill. | Photos |
| CT-06 | 9/3/2005 | Hiked with Lyn. Had to follow the RR tracks for a while and had trouble locating trail on other side | Photos |
| CT-07 | 6/1/2005 | Hot day. Hiked with Lyn. Saw a racoon pearing out from hole in tree. | Photos |
| CT-07 | 6/26/2005 | Hot day. Hiked with Lyn. | Photos |
| CT-07 | 7/2/2005 | Hiked with Lyn and Jean. Some bushwacking thru rasberries | Photos |
| CT-07 | 11/5/2005 | This was a makeup hike for Ruth and I. On a previous hike with Lyn we had had to veer off the trail and do road walk because we had parked several mile from the trail. Interesting variety of animals including ostrich, bunnry rabbits | Photos |
| CT-08 | 9/18/2004 | Yesterday we hiked a 9 mile segment of the Conservation Trail. The Conservation Trail is a branch of the FLT that runs about 180 miles from Grand Island near Niagara falls to the Southern portion of the state near Ellicottville. We were actually participating in a hike sponsered by the ADK which was having a regional conference in Rochester (although we didn't go to any meetings).
We hiked with three other people two of whom wre familiar with the trail and were leading the hike. It was a glorious day although somewhat muddy. The trail was poorly blazed and we couldn't possibly have finished the hike without someone who kew where the trail was supposed to be. | Photos |
| CT-08 | 5/29/2005 | | Photos |
| CT-09 | 9/18/2004 | We hiked with a group from the ADK. The trail was badly blazed and we wouldn't have been able to follow it if we hadn't had a hike leader who was familiar with the trail. It was, however, a beautiful day and a great hike. | Photos |
| CT-09 | 9/26/2004 | Combination of road hike and walk along the power lines. Power line walk was exceedingly flat and ruler straight. Uneventful except man and his son on an ATV and stopping at the Kuttner Cheese factory outlet on the way back. It was a beautiful and slightly cool day. | Photos |
| CT-09 | 5/15/2005 | We hiked with Lyn. This part of the trail was mostly paved or through a local park and an easy walk. | Photos |
| CT-09 | 6/26/2005 | We hiked one way with Lyn. The temperature was around 85. The woods walk wasn't very pretty and the trail was badly blazed in at least a half dozen places. The road was was pretty. | Photos |
| CT-09 | 7/2/2005 | We hiked one way with Lyn and Jean. Beautiful day with temperatures near 70. | Photos |
| CT-09 | 9/26/2005 | North from Lover's Lane. Bright sun. | Photos |
| CT-10 | 5/5/2005 | With Lyn. Clear and cool | Photos |
| CT-10 | 8/20/2005 | Ruth and Lyn and I hiked the Conservation Trail from CT-10: Goodrich Road, West to CT-11 NY-270. The temperature was in the high 70s to low 80s. This segment of the CT is "rail-to-trail" and was mostly broad, flat and straight grass or paved. The setting was suburban with much of the trail going behing houses on both sides. | Photos |
| CT-11 | 8/20/2005 | With Lyn. Had lunch in Clarence Center | Photos |
| CT-11 | 9/25/2005 | Hiked with Lyn. Crossed the bridge to Grand Island | Photos |
| CT-11 | 9/26/2005 | On Sunday, Ruth and Lyn and I hiked this highly urbanized segment of the CT.Temperature was in the low 70s. Although some segments near the Western end of the trail were on a grassy rail-to-trail, most of the walk was either paved bike trail or road walk. | Photos |
| CT-11 | 11/12/2005 | On Sunday Ruth and Lyn and I hiked this entirely urban section of the Conservation Trail. The path was entirely paved and crossed the Grand Island Toll Bridge which was the mopst interesting part of the walk. | Photos |
| CT-12 | 11/12/2005 | Hiked with Lyn | Photos |
| CT-12 | 1/12/2006 | With Lyn. Car got stuck in Mud near traffic circle by park | Photos |
| CT-12 | 1/28/2006 | Bright and cool (about 50deg). Good exercise. Afterwards we drove to Lyndonville to see the (rare) Northern Hawk Owl | Photos |
| CT-12 | 2/24/2006 | Along Niagara River with Lyn. Very windy crossing N Grand Island bridge. Rapids and falls were powerful. Finished the CT at the Canadian border | Photos |
| CT-8 | 7/9/2006 | Ruth, Lyn, Jean & I hiked from Getman Road (Access 1) to Route 20 (Access 3). The trail was poorly marked and badly overgrown and we got lost several times. | Photos |
| CT-8 | 5/6/2007 | Ruth, Lyn and I. We walked this to help Lyn in her attempt complete the Conservation Trail. After arriving, we discovered that we had previously walked it with Lyn and Jean but we walked it again anyway. Cool day (mid to high 50s). Some muddy trails. Mostly easy hike. As is usual with the Conservation Trail, we got confused several times because of poorly blazed trails. | Photos |
| CT9 | 4/22/2007 | Hiked with Lyn. Flat. Cool to warm air. | Photos |
| Hi-Tor | 9/16/2006 | Ruth and I did a loop starting at Bassett Rd, NE about a mile and a half, West 1 mile and then South for a mile and a half | Photos |
| I-1 | 3/20/2000 | Cool with melting snow | Photos |
| I-1 | 3/25/2000 | Snow mostly gone. Walked a lot of board walk | Photos |
| I-1 | 4/1/2000 | Warm day. | Photos |
| I-1 | 3/25/2001 | Warm day. Somewhat overcast | Photos |
| L-1 | 5/19/2001 | Started at Whiskey bridge which was under repair. Beautiful hiking near the Letchworth gorge. | Photos |
| L-1 | 5/27/2001 | Warm beautiful day | Photos |
| L-1 | 6/17/2001 | Yesterday we walked Letchworth Trail. The terrain was pretty rugged with lots of ups and downs. We saw several deer. We passed a number of people who were cycling the trail. We found a poem by Robert Frost that someone had attached to a tree. | Photos |
| L-1 | 6/24/2001 | Warm and overcast | Photos |
| L-1 | 7/21/2001 | On Saturday Ruth and I hiked in Letchworth park (near Letchwoth dam). It was a spectacular hike-- one of the best ever. The dam was weird. It is a "dry" dam which means that it wasn't holding back any water. It only holds back any water during the flood season (early spring) at which time the water rises 100s (?) of feet behind the dam. | Photos |
| L-1 | 7/28/2001 | On Saturday we hiked the Letchworth Trail near Mt. Morris ("best town by a damsite"). We only hiked about a mile on either side of the dam and then we took a guided tour of the dam. Our guide took us inside the dam where we got to view giant pistons and other dam stuff. After the tour we had lunch at a nice restraunt in Mt. Morris. | Photos |
| L-1 | 3/24/2003 | Hiked starting at the dam. Water was pretty high. | Photos |
| L-1 | 11/8/2003 | Gorgeous day | Photos |
| L-1 | 11/26/2004 | Introductory hike lead by Irene Szabo. Lyn and several other hikers. Ruth wore knee brace. First significant hike since her knee surgery | Photos |
| Link | 5/6/2006 | FLT Spring Conference Norwich- Link trail- Lead by Fred Gee | Photos |
| M01 | 3/1/2002 | It rained. Crossed stream with many mossy rocks. I fell while crossing slippery board across a stream. | Photos |
| M01 | 4/13/2002 | Trail in poor condition. Many blazes hard to find. We got lost several times. Stayed in cottage in Allegany State Park. Cool early spring-like but good hiking weather. | Photos |
| M01 | 9/1/2002 | Saw very tired family leaving woods. PA route 436 to Wolf Run Road. | Photos |
| M01 | 4/12/2003 | Walked from cabin down road to right and into woods. We actually saw a tree fall. | Photos |
| M01 | 4/13/2003 | Glorious day. Crossed something that looked like an old ski trail. | Photos |
| M01 | 10/18/2003 | On Saturday we hiked a segment just North of Allegany State park. We followed the old park entrance road to the old Route 17 (now abandoned) for several miles. We missed a turn on old Route 17 (just after an indian driving an old van appeared from nowhere and offered us a ride). We ended up hiking a couple of extra miles on old Rt. 17 and back and then finally found the turn which led parallel to a railroad track. Since it was getting dark, we stopped where the trail crossed the track and headed back. | Photos |
| M01 | 10/19/2003 | On Sunday we completed all of the FLT in the Allegany State park. It was cool (mid 40's, humid and gloomy). We started on Red House Road on the northern side of the park and hiked South for 4-5 miles until we reached the shelter. Since we weren't certain that that was where we had stopped on our previous hike in the park in April, we continued on for another mile or two until we reached the intersection of trails which Ruth remembered for certain and then turned back. | Photos |
| M-01 | 9/4/2008 | County Hike Series- Hiked with Gayle and Patty | Photos |
| M-01 | 9/5/2008 | County Hike series- Patty was the leader- three other hikers joined us in router- welcomed at the state line by Pat Monihan, baloons, etc | Photos |
| M02 | 8/31/2003 | On Sunday we started from the West Branch of Buck Run Road and went East to Route 353. We were given a ride by our B&B host Rick Meister and so only had to hike one way. It was a beautiful day and not too humid. The temperature was in the low 80's. Near the end the blazes had all been painted over and we were unsure of the trail. It appeared that some landowners didn't want anyone hiking there-- perhaps in response to some land that had been badly mutliated by ATV's which had turned sections of the trail into swamps. | Photos |
| M02 | 4/24/2004 | Early spring weather. Saw a marvelous beaver dam. Had planned to finish everything in the Western half of the state on Sunday but downpour caused us to decide and post-pone it. | Photos |
| M-02 | 8/16/2008 | "Hiking West - Crossing the Genesee Group Hike". The usual turtles: Led by Patty, Gayle, Theresa, her husband Mack. Ruth and I served as sweep most of the time. | Photos |
| M03 | 5/2/2003 | FLT spring conference | Photos |
| M03 | 5/3/2003 | FLT spring conference. Rock city state forest. Beautiful!!! | Photos |
| M03 | 5/4/2003 | On way home from FLT spring conference. Very steep. Stayed at Holiday Valley Inn. | Photos |
| M03 | 8/30/2003 | On Saturday we finished map M-03. It was a cool but humid day. We started on Hencoop Road, went East to Poverty Hill road and back. There two steep and long hills. | Photos |
| M03 | 7/24/2004 | Sawmill Run Road to Bucktooth Road and back | Photos |
| M04 | 9/22/2001 | Overcast and cool. Ruth and I hiked 8 or 9 miles on the FLT near Centerville, NY on Saturday. We stayed at "The Inn" in Houghton, NY Saturday and then | Photos |
| M04 | 9/23/2001 | hiked another 12 miles Sunday all on roads which was pretty. | Photos |
| M04 | 10/7/2001 | Cold with a couple of inches of snow on the ground. Stayed at "Scotch Grove Farm" Bed & Breakfast. Parked at Upper Bear Creek Road and FLT to Bear Creek Road and did circle to get back to car. | Photos |
| M04 | 5/4/2002 | Cool. Ate at German restraunt in Franklinville and stayed at the motel. | Photos |
| M04 | 5/5/2002 | Cool and mostly cloudy. | Photos |
| M04 | 6/29/2002 | Stayed at Holiday Valley Inn | Photos |
| M04 | 6/30/2002 | On Saturday we hiked near Franklinville, NY. We spent Saturday night at Holiday Valley Resort near Ellicotville and then hiked a short but strenuous walk near Ellicotville on Sunday. | Photos |
| M04 | 7/6/2002 | Saturday we hiked near Ellicottville, NY. Warm and beautiful day. We spent the night at the Telemark hotel in Ellicottville. On Saturday evening we went to summerfest at the Holiday Valley resort where we heard the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and the "Diamonds" (a very old Rock and Roll group). | Photos |
| M04 | 8/31/2002 | Bright sunny day. Saw Irene Szabo and her dogs Pearl and Sandy painting blazes then spent night at comfort Inn, Bradford, PA. Dinner at Beefeaters in Bradford. Completed M4 on Saturday 8/31/02. Fancy Tract to Boyce Hill. Crossed new bridge over Delevan creek. | Photos |
| M05 | 10/6/2001 | Cool but clear day. Farmersville State Forest. Huyck to Bush Hill back down West Branch to Huyck. | Photos |
| M05 | 3/9/2002 | Cool and overcast but good hiking weather. No snow on the ground. | Photos |
| M05 | 3/10/2002 | Cool and overcast. | Photos |
| M05 | 5/26/2002 | On Sunday we hiked the FLT near Franklinville, NY. It was a spectacular day. | Photos |
| M05 | 6/23/2002 | Yesterday we hiked near Franklinville, NY. Warm and swetty day. | Photos |
| M05 | 6/29/2002 | Hot swetty day. Started near Gernam Inn. | Photos |
| M-05 | 9/2/2007 | Once again part of a makeup hike. Making up the August "Crossing the Genesee" hike. Ruth, Lyn and I hiked. Ruth got bit by a dog trail as we walked past 9100 Williams Rd (which is between Centerville and Rushford roads). | Photos |
| M-05 | 4/19/2008 | Allegany County Hike Series, beautiful day, temperature around 80 | Photos |
| M-05 | 5/10/2008 | began the day under cloudy skies where we had our welcoming ceremony for April. The trail west proved to be very wet and loaded with areas of deep (hidden) mud. After about 20 minutes on the trail, Nike made a discovery which we regretted for many miles including the trip home. I can now check off “dog being sprayed by a skunk” from my list. It smelled like skunk and was very pungent making us wonder if it was some weird plants on the ground—we wished. As we continued across the top of the hill, we noted the fiddleheads (young ferns) beginning to come out. We also noticed many trees that were girdled on the base of the tree trunks close to the trail. Beware the mud pits along the way. I nearly lost shoe in an ankle deep mud sucking event. We also noticed a tree that recently became a “blowdown” at a 45* angle. (If you step off the trail, you’ll notice the uplifted roots create a perfect den for some sort of animal). We passed a short rock fence with rather large rocks and then a brief ascent. Beware the mud!! We began the descent to NY 98, (be careful in the rock field-poles may be a help--and the barbed wire on your left.) After leaving the driveway of the private landowner, we began a 1.9 mile road walk. (There are dogs on this and the other road walk—generally friendly—be careful—see below.) When you hike the road walk, you will notice a business called Zuech’s. Across the street is a “strip farm” of some sort. Hmmm. At the end of this road walk, we entered the Boyce Hill State Forest—across a creek which may be tricky, up a DEC road (note the timbers underneath the road construction) and up a steep incline to quickly gain altitude. When we reached the top and walked on the flat, we noticed a tree that has been split in half by a fallen tree. Will both sides grow? We continued on from here to another road walk for about 2.3 miles. Unfortunately, I lost my pen in Bear Creek. You will be on your own to discover the remainder of the trail. (There is a “hidden pond” that “fisher types” tell me have not been too good but is a gem to walk past | Photos |
| M06 | 8/18/2001 | Got ride back in '56 Chevy from a nice couple who we thought were angels. | Photos |
| M06 | 8/24/2001 | Beautiful cool day. Stayed at Hillside Inn, town of Wyoming. | Photos |
| M06 | 8/25/2001 | Guy in a powered hang-glider flew over us. | Photos |
| M06 | 9/2/2001 | Forded stream (took "wet" trail out and "dry" trail back) | Photos |
| M06 | 9/6/2001 | Beautiful cool and clear day. Saw horses. | Photos |
| M-06 | 8/26/2007 | Makeup hike for August "Crossing the Genesee" hike. Ruth, Lyn and I. Ruth made a mistake and we actually did part of the September hike. | Photos |
| M-06 | 9/8/2007 | Makeup hike for August "Crossing the Genesee" hike. Ruth, Lyn and I. Finally finished making up the August hike thatwe mised (third times the charm!). Rained most of the day. | Photos |
| M-06 | 9/15/2007 | The hike begins with a 1.5 mile roadwalk mostly downhill and flat towards the Wiscoy Creek. After crossing the bridge for the creek on Pond Road, the hike continues with a nice walk in a mix of hardwoods. For anyone that needs a bush break, there are “facilities” on the right side. You can tell who used it last. Be sure to put the seat down. The trail continues through the mixed woods and momentarily is on a dirt road—watch for the black/pink flagging. You will enter a local sugar bush. Note the miles of tubing to carry the sap. Note the camps, open fields and beehives along the way. The hike follows a recently graded road to a field. Stay along the creekside and follow the black/pink or white flagging to re-enter the woods. You will pass through an old apple orchard followed by some hemlocks. The smells were very distinct probably due to the rain even to those of us who don’t smell too good (with the nose). There is a short steep climb to the top with a beautiful view of the Wiscoy Creek. While walking though the woods, you will barely notice a large pond through the trees. You’ll also notice DEC signs posted for public access to fishing in the stream. As you leave the woods and walk along the edge of a cornfield, be sure to look to the right for a great view of the pond you saw earlier. Upon reaching Camp Road, cross a little bit up to the left. You’ll know why when you get there. The hike continues on a gentle trail followed by a 1.8 mile roadwalk with very little if any cover. Leave the road for a walk through some open fields and in some cornfields before entering the woods again. There will be 2 sets of bridges. They are very slippery. The remainder of the woods walk starts at 1540’ and gently drops to a cornfield on Route 19A at 1180’. The remaining mile is on the Genesee Valley Greenway. This was not only a railbed but also a towpath for the Genesee Valley Canal. Today the Greenway is used for hiking, biking (in some places) skiing, snowshoeing and snowmobiling. Your hiking ends at river Road and the fun continues at Letchworth State Park at the Parade Grounds. | Photos |
| M07 | 5/14/2000 | Beautiful cool spring day. Yesterday, we started a segment of the FLT near Dalton, NY which included Cheese Factory Road. I like the name. | Photos |
| M07 | 5/5/2001 | On Saturday we walked near Hunt, NY. It was a cool but and bright day. There was a dog who adopted us and followed us for mile. We finally told him that he was going to get lost if he didn't go back and he reluctantly turned around and retraced the trail that we had been walking. | Photos |
| M07 | 5/13/2001 | On Sunday Ruth and I continued our walk on the FLT near Hunt New York. It was a cool and gorgeous day. | Photos |
| M07 | 8/18/2001 | Yesterday we walked on the FLT going West from Letchworth. It was mostly uphill (always is, I Think). It was a nice day and not impossibly hot.
A miracle (or sorts) happened on the way back. We decided to take the roads back rather than walking the trail. As we were walking back, an angel (who was driving a '57 Chevy-- no kidding) and his wife pulled up. There were driving the other direction. They asked if we wanted a ride. We pointed out that we were going the other direction. That didn't seem to bother them. So we took them up on their offer. They turned around and drove us back to our car. It saved us about an hour and a half of walking. | Photos |
| M-07 | 9/12/2008 | Jean, Lyn, Ruth and I hiked on a beautiful day in the mid 70s. Jean chose this section as part of her end-to-end hike, | Photos |
| M08 | 6/3/2000 | Beautiful wam day. | Photos |
| M08 | 6/10/2000 | Extremely hot and unpleasant with lots of Gullys | Photos |
| M08 | 6/23/2002 | Started at Swain. Isaman Hill Rd to Garwoods Birdsall Rd and back Rt 70 to Swain. Cool and beautiful day. | Photos |
| M09 | 7/15/2000 | Cool but beautiful day. Had trouble finding trail. | Photos |
| M09 | 8/5/2000 | Beautiful cool day. Klipnocky State forest. Passed a barn with a car, a motorcycle, a snowmobile and an ATV on the roof. | Photos |
| M09 | 8/19/2000 | Cool. Stern's Forest Rd. | Photos |
| M09 | 8/25/2000 | Warm, bright day. | Photos |
| M09 | 9/10/2000 | Warm beautiful day. | Photos |
| M09 | 10/21/2000 | Beautiful fall day with lots of leaves on the ground. | Photos |
| M10 | 9/30/2000 | Cool bright day. We got lost because a turn blaze was missing. | Photos |
| M10 | 10/7/2000 | We walked on Tobe's Hill road near Hornell, NY. This is where we got lost last week. We walked back to where we got lost and added an arrow pointing to the path we missed which hadn't been properly marked. Hopefully, the next people to walk that part of the path won't get lost. Hiked through a beautiful pine forest and then some panoramic vistas. | Photos |
| M10 | 10/14/2000 | Warm day. Some road walk with beautiful views. | Photos |
| M10 | 10/29/2000 | On Sunday we walked on South Woods Road which is near Howard, New York (which is near nowhere). After we had walked for a long time, we got to a point where the trail was closed and we had to detour. It was very cool (40 degrees ?) but the sky was nearly cloudless and it was a beautiful day for walking. | Photos |
| M10 | 11/4/2000 | On Saturday we again walked South Woods Road near Howard New York. Not much to show in the way of pictures. We were on road the entire time. Because a road that we needed didn't show on the map, we again missed a turn and walked a long way on a wrong road. It was a cool day and good for hiking. Hopefully, next week we will finish the detour that we had to start last week and get back to the Finger Lakes Trail. | Photos |
| M10 | 11/7/2000 | We hiked Burlseon Road which runs high along the side of a long ridge. It was an absolutely spectacular day for a walk. The temperature was in the high-50's and low-60's which is a perfect temperature for hiking. We saw a fox and a few deer.
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| M10 | 11/12/2000 | On Sunday we walked Turnpike Road (near nothing in particular). This is a segment of the FLT. It was cold (ok) and overcast. Bow hunting season started in mid October and lasts through mid November when gun hunting season starts and lasts till aroud Christmas.
On the way back we passed "Walker" road which seemed to be an appropriate label for what Ruth and I do. | Photos |
| M10 | 9/23/2006 | Cool but wet and muddy day…
Kim Meacham says:
Well, we are up to our 6th and next to the LAST Steuben County hike! The
summer has flown by!
Irene has given you a big treat on this section, because we start (now,
I hope you are sitting down..) DOWNHILL!! (Yes, you read that right-
now don't faint.....). And we can only hope for no rain, then life will
be good! We are privileged to be hiking almost immediately on the ABC Ranch, which is the largest single private landowner on the entire FLT. IT is a working cattle ranch, so we will most certainly see plenty of cattle
throughout the day. We are inside and outside fences, having to cross a
stile or two, but never directly in with the bovines. Again, weather
permitting, there are several areas of lovely views, and the foliage has
already taken on a hint of fall color. We go through a stand of nice
hickory's, and down into the Cunningham Creek gorge, with a picturesque slate creek. Up on Cunningham Creek Road, we will pass by the ABC Ranch home, which was/is also the home of one VERY LARGE BULL! We then have our first cardiovascular workout, climbing from Cunningham Road up to Lain Road. Then a pleasant road walk up Lain Road and through a pine plantation. Coming out of the pines is a just spectacular view of the Canisteo Valley, and hopefully a good place to have lunch. We then continue on down(did you notice that?? DOWN!) an ABC Ranch hayfield that thankfully, just had its 2nd cutting of hay done, through a nondescript woodlot and out for a very short jaunt on Glen Ave.(which is not really an Avenue, as its an old dirt road). This ends the ABC Ranch land, some 5ish miles into the hike.
We then go on to our second cardio workout, up a short, but steep hill
to Tobes Hill at 1900 feet. And its then all downhill to County Route
70A- again with some views of the surrounding hills, passing a solitary
old barn, which now sits in the middle of nowhere- letting hikers
contemplate a life that was… After 70A we start the last and most strenuous of the hills, but not quite to the extent that Spencer Hill was on our last hike. This is a section that has gone through several re-routes, due to hunting, landowner disputes, and even a heron rookery! We then start on the last couple of miles, also quite unique to the trail, as you can book a room at a motel, dine at several eating establishments, buy a new car or mobile home and get a massage! To say the least, walking this stretch is not what any of us would call hiking, but it brings out a different kind of diversity! The trail as a whole was in good shape, although very wet. We pass over/through several streams, and there were sections that probably have not been dry all summer. None were "boot sucking" per se, but Gortex and gators would be in order. The forecast for the remainder of the week is wet (whats new, right???) and cool, so conditions probably won't differ much. And this hike was tiring in a different way,in that there is a fair amount of downhill- which taxes your legs. We will again have 2 buses, but will plain on many, if not all of the
M&M's to go with the first buses, as our numbers have gradually dwindled from the first hike. Having said that, there are now 96 hikers that have finished all of the hikes so far.
Kim Meacham | Photos |
| M10 | 10/14/2006 | This was the final hike of the Steuben County series. It was a cold day (high 30s, low 40s). There were snow fluries off and on during the hike. There were lots of steep hills. After the hike we had the finale picnic (in which I work gloves while eating my hotdog and and ate potato chips with a fork-- so I wouldn't have to take my gloves off). Awards were given out. Ed Sidote & Irene were there. | Photos |
| M-10 | 8/26/2006 | Kim Meachum says:
As some of you may have noticed, I tend to easily forget or skew
distances, times and terrain...Remember when I told you these next hikes will be like a walk in the park after July's hike? Well, I must have
been thinking of Glacier National Park! This next hike is RUGGED! It may
be 1.6 miles less that July's hike, but contains many fairly steep
sections, with one of the steepest being close to the end. And there is
over 3 miles of road walk, although it is on back country roads. It took
us about 6 hours to do the 11.7 miles. So, lets see, we start off leaving Sinclair Road, by going (wait, you will NEVER guess....) UPHILL, along a fence line and then turning left into a nice woods walk. We pass an archery range, and some fields with nice views, going up and down the entire way. We also walk up a landowners driveway, and along his wheat field, and along a very interesting ridge, filled with new growth maple seedlings. At about 4 miles into the hike, we'll hit the pavement, with the next 3 miles on a mix of dirt and a roller coaster of a paved country road. We pass Camp Rathbun, which is sadly an old defunct Girl Scout Camp.
Once leaving the road, we start into the section maintained by our
Nature Appreciative leader, Bob Dickey. This section has some nice views of the surrounding hilltops, and again has several ascents and descents. At around mile 9 we cross Stephens Gulch Road and ascend from 1590' up the seasonal Spencer Hill Road to 2130', with very pretty views at the top (weather permitting, as we found out last hike!). And what goes up must come down, so we then descend to the Burnt Hill lean to in the Burnt Hill State Forrest (did you ever realize that NY had so many State Forrests??).
Then on to the last leg of our hike (and we were on our last legs, let
me tell you....) which is another climb up out of the State Forrest and
into a serene red pine CCC plantation- making it all worth while...and
into the comfort and dryness of our car…
Irene Szabo says:
was i merely ten years younger last time i hiked that neighborhood, or does time just erase for us the sharper contours? admitting I had not recalled just how hilly it was, and nursing tender feet-bottoms this morning, I got out my topo map program and examined the profile of what we just did yesterday, you brave and intrepid souls, you.
we started on Sinclair Rd at 1272 feet above sea level, never to return to
such blissfully low land again. (and we won't be anywhere near that low again until we cross Hornell's valley next time in the 1100's!) Immediately climbed to 1624 ft atop that first hill, and it was up and down from then on.
The straight and level road walk beside a swamp, after we had turned left
after the closed camp and before turning right onto Turnpike (i.e.,
rollercoaster) road was a brief vacation at 1580 feet, followed by our first never-ending hill on Turnpike, where we climbed in just under a mile to 1872, dropped to 1714, then right back up to 1838 for a left turn onto Hughes Rd.
The next two miles between Hughes and Burleson roads, where we enjoyed Bob Dickey's (slow group hike leader) wonderful conscientious trail work and mowing, meanders in the 1800's and 1900's, then drops on a farm lane down to 1593 at Stephen's Gulch Rd. where we passed through an abandoned barn yard. (In happier years on that site, we waved at the farmers milking cows in the barn.)
This spot is immediately followed by the climb on Spencer Hill Road, which is so steep that a switchback is included even for cars! Our views at the top were cut short by haze but were impressive nonetheless, and they should have been from our peak elevation spot for this hike at 2125 feet!
Naturally we fell down the other side down to a stream crossing at 1765, just before passing the log shelter in Burt Hill State Forest. Did you all notice that brief level portion in the woods before the final climb to 2007 feet where we were parked on Burt Hill Rd? Or were you too busy slipping in mud?
At least, for all it rained around here Thursday night and Friday morning, we didn't get rained on during our hike. We are grateful.
Trust you all noticed the wonderful brown destination signs giving mileage to other trail points, and the Burt Hill shelter. The materials for these projects are paid for (but not the labor, of course, which is all volunteer) by programs from our partners, the National Park Service and the North Country Trail Association, since the seven-state 4000-mile North Country National Scenic Trail follows our Finger Lakes Trail for hundreds of miles on its way from the Pennsylvania border in Allegany State Park to the Adirondacks. | Photos |
| M11 | 11/25/2000 | On Saturday we walked a segment of the FLT that included "Knight Settlement Road". The only reason that I can remember the name is that we passed the "Knight Settlement Sand and Gravel (and Concrete and Asphalt)" gravel pit. They had a Knight painted on their building. We were on roads the entire time since we are staying out of the woods until hunting season is over. We walked up a steep hill for a total of about an hour and a half (and downhill for an hour and a half). Ruth bought a blaze orange vest just to be safe. | Photos |
| M11 | 12/15/2000 | Cold bright day with a couple of inches of snow on the ground. Hunting season is over and Ruth wore her orange vest just to be safe. We walked a four mile segment that we had previously skipped because of hunting season.
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| M11 | 12/23/2000 | | Photos |
| M11 | 9/2/2001 | We hiked for almost five hours yesterday. We're currently hiking the FLT between Hume, NY and Higgins, NY (which is from nowhere to nowhere). We saw a little deer and I tried five times to get a picture of him but there wasn't much light and he was perfectly camoflauged so he escaped without having his picture successfully taken.
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| M11 | 7/23/2006 | Today Ruth and I hiked the segment from Knight Settlement Road to Cochrane Road and back. We missed this segment when we made up the July Hike. When we made up the July Steuban County hike, this segment still was a road walk. It was subsequently re-routed through the country side. | Photos |
| M12 | 10/24/1998 | Warm/sunny, finished Bristol Hills branch | Photos |
| M12 | 11/1/1998 | Sky blanketed with Nov gray | Photos |
| M12 | 7/11/1999 | Hiking on Irene Szabo's land | Photos |
| M12 | 8/1/1999 | Ruth got ants in her pants while I was taking a photo | Photos |
| M12 | 8/2/1999 | | Photos |
| M12 | 1/13/2001 | Today we walked on the FLT starting at Sandpit Road which is near Bath, New York. Long climb. We had to quit early because we couldn't find the trail blazes after we had walked for about an hour. Next time we'll start at the other end of the segment and see if we can figure it out. On Saturday we continued walking on Sandpit Road on the FLT. It was a good day for walking. We did a lot of Hill Climbing but it was cold (which is actually better when you are climbing) with a couple of inches of snow on the ground. It was intermittantly sunny. | Photos |
| M12 | 1/20/2001 | Cold and snowy but bright. There were a couple of inches of snow on the ground. | Photos |
| M12 | 2/11/2001 | Yesterday we walked the FLT near Bath New York. This was the last segment of a trek that stretches a couple of hundred miles from western, NY to central NY. It was cold but the sun was very bright and the scenery was beautiful.There were a couple of inches of snow on the ground. | Photos |
| M12 | 7/1/2006 | On Saturday Ruth and I made up the May Steuben County hike. We hiked with Lyn Jacobs and Jean Bubb who are members of the FLT but are not involved in the Steuban County Hike series. We hiked from Aulls Road to lower Winding Stairs Road on map M12. The GPS claimed this to be about 12 miles. Gorgeous day. Temperature was in the 80s. We stayed at the Babcock Hollow campground and Ruth and I slept in the Van | Photos |
| M12 | 7/23/2006 | Today Ruth and I re-hiked the segment from Route 13 to Newton Road and back. We missed this segment when we made up the July Hike. | Photos |
| M12 | 7/4/2007 | Ruth, Lyn Jean and I hiked from M12/A8 to M13/A2. We hiked 3-4 hours in a constant drizzle. We stayed in Ponchos the entire time. Once again we saw the giant ant hill. I had left me camera in the car to protect it from the rain. | Photos |
| M-12 | 6/24/2006 | Steuban County Hike Series: We begin by climbing Mount Washington- although with the Scouts help it has been switched backed a couple of years ago, but is still a good heart warming climb. We then of course have to go DOWN the other side- which is always good for the knees (not!). After crossing Rt 54, through a vineyard and over a really great bridge, we start walking gently UP the Mitchesville Gorge- which is also very nice, and then finish on
county rt 13, (which will now save us from walking back UP another hill until the next hike!!) Oh, and be sure you turn around to look at the signs before you go over the fence stile at the end....The trail, as usual, was in great shape- although there were some muddy spots. This is much more uphill than anything the last 2 hikes had to offer- so be prepared!!! There is NO area to sag out until you come down from Mt. Washington, so bring lots of water and hiking poles if possible. We will be more than happy to have folks meet us on route 54, if you would prefer not to hike up Mt Washington- but you will need to let us(Kim & Terry)know IN ADVANCE. | Photos |
| M-12 | 8/17/2008 | Ruth, Jean, Lyn and I. Jean was scouting out a hike for the Rovers. Short-hike. Steep upgrade at the start but mostly downhill after that. | Photos |
| M12-M11 | 7/2/2006 | On Sunday we made up the July Steuban County hike (in advance). This was also hiked with Lyn and Jean. We hiked from Newton Road on Map M12 to Access point 6 on Sinclair Rd (map M11). Variable weather ranging from rainy and overcast to bright and beautiful. Temperature was about 80. | Photos |
| M13 | 8/7/1999 | Warm day. | Photos |
| M13 | 8/15/1999 | Warm day | Photos |
| M13 | 8/21/1999 | Switzer Hill Road / Coundry Hill Rd | Photos |
| M13 | 8/29/1999 | | Photos |
| M13 | 9/4/1999 | Beautiful warm day | Photos |
| M14 | 9/6/1999 | Had to pay the troll 5 cents to cross the bridge safely. We did. Also took a path with a sign saying "One Socks Path". | Photos |
| M14 | 9/12/1999 | Sugar Hill Area. Inadvertently walked into an archery competition. Our first indication that something was going on was a giant plastic bear being used as a target. We met Matt (Ruth's friend from MCH who owned a cabin in the area). | Photos |
| M14 | 9/18/1999 | Beautiful deep glen. Water was low so we didn't have to take the detour. | Photos |
| M14 | 9/28/1999 | Beautiful area near in Watkin's Glen. | Photos |
| M14 | 9/10/2005 | Hike starts at Sugar Hill Rd (1630 ft) ascends gradually (1830 ft), goes past an old cemetery and splendid views of Lamoka and Waneta Lakes. Trail descends to CR 22 (1650 ft), continues east through marshy areas, crosses two streams and climbs uphill to cross Maple Lane (1980 ft). We will now enjoy a 4.5 mile reroute done in 2094. The trail descends partially then turns east & northeast towards Sugar Hill Tower (2080 ft). We continue over bog bridges-& cross CR 21 (1738 ft). Trail then goes easterly over gentle hills, descends through wet areas, crosses two stone fence lines & ascends/descends to a plateau over the creek. (about 1295 ft) We descend further, hiking south along Glen Creek. Trail leaves the creek and ascends along an 1850's road, then passes Buck Settlement Cemetery and fords "Ebenezer's Crossing". Another 0.1 mile to Templar Rd. (1250 ft) and the end of the hIke. | Photos |
| M14 | 10/1/2005 | Hike starts at Templar Rd (1250 ft). Trail continues through pines and goes along the top of Glen Creek ravine. In about 0.7 miles you will enter Watkins Glen State Park, and in another 0.25 miles cross Townsend Creek. The trail passes a lake and then by the Hidden Valley 4-H Camp. We reach White'-s Hollow Rd at (1025 ft). The trail leaves the road following the south rim of the Gorge and passes by Punch Bowl Lake. It passes a dam, under a railroad bridge and by another lean-to before leading into the south park entrance. Many views of the Gorge are available. Trail continues through the park to the main entrance (445 ft). Cross over Rt. 414 and hike down Tenth St to the end of the hike at the Watkins Glen Middle School. | Photos |
| M-14 | 6/29/2008 | Started in Watkin's Glen behind the school and hiked up the FLT side of the Glen. Went several miles past the railroad overpass and then returned. We crossed over to the tourist side of the Glen and walked the last several miles amongst the tourists. | Photos |
| M15 | 10/6/1999 | Beautiful hike along Watkin's Glen. Cool day. Had to wear winter coats. Stopped for dinner afterwords at a restraunt in Watkin's Glen on the lake shore. | Photos |
| M15 | 10/16/1999 | Warm day for November. Dinner at restraunt on lake afterwords. | Photos |
| M15 | 10/30/1999 | Beautiful warm day for November. There was a lot of road walking. Since it was near Haloween, we passed a yard with a gigantic spider. Afterwords we stopped for dinner at a crummy looking diner near the lake ("The Stonecat Cafe") and were greatly surprised to be served with a spectacular meal. | Photos |
| M15 | 11/6/1999 | Beautiful cool fall day. Most of the leaves had already fallen and were on the ground. Afterwords we had dinner at one of the many winery/restraunts along the Western side of the lake. | Photos |
| M15 | 11/13/1999 | Beautiful, cold fall day. Many leaves on the ground. | Photos |
| M15 | 6/11/2005 | Hike starts off at (1800 ft) on Steam Mill Rd, goes northwest into Texas Hollow State Forest and descends (1140 ft) to cross Texas Hollow Creek. Trail ascends steeply out of the hollow (1550 ft) then descends Foots Hill to cross over Rt. 79 (1070 ft). We then hike up Burnt Hill Road (1300 ft) into the Finger Lakes National Forest. We pass the Interloken Trail (1550 ft), Dunham Lean-to, then hike down to Logan Rd (1130 ft). Hike finishes going on private land, over a creek, and up through an abandoned vineyard (part of Finger Lakes National Forest) to Satterly Hill Rd (1420 ft). | Photos |
| M15 | 7/9/2005 | Trail.starts at Satterly Hill Rd (1420 ft). Views of Seneca Lake and Catharine Creek Valley. Continue through old vineyards (part ofFing-er Lakes National Forest), down an old RR bed & back to Satterly Hill Rd. The hike is now mostly on the road: passing by the Twin Tunnels in Burdett, down hill on Middle Rd. (to 700 ft) and up Jolly Rd. (900 ft). Trail crosses Excelsior Creek heading west along a ravine on the south side of Excelsior Glen. We cross Rt. 414, follow the shoreline of Seneca Lake to Clute Memorial Park (445 ft) and across the canal bridge. This is one of the lowest points on the FL T. Trail proceeds on Rt. 414 to N. Magee St, along Glen Creek, to N. Porter St &to 10th St- ending at Watkins Glen Middle school. | Photos |
| M16 | 4/15/2000 | Beautiful warm spring day with spectacular views. Stopped at a large pond and Ruth took a nap. | Photos |
| M16 | 1/27/2002 | Cold but clear with a couple of inches of snow on the ground. | Photos |
| M16 | 4/21/2002 | Cold and overcast but no snow. | Photos |
| M16 | 7/13/2002 | On Saturday we hiked the FLT near Ithaca, NY. Afterwards we stopped at Taughannock Falls State Park and had a picnic lunch. It was a gorgeous day. | Photos |
| M16 | 7/20/2002 | On Saturday we hiked the Holly McGuire Trail near Ithaca, NY. Glorious day and not too hot. | Photos |
| M16 | 7/27/2002 | On Saturday, we hiked on the FLT in the Robert Treman State Park. Passed a large wasps nest on the trail. | Photos |
| M16 | 9/11/2004 | Schuyler County Group Hike | Photos |
| M16 | 5/21/2005 | Hike starts in Tompkins County leaving Ridge Rd (1910 ft) & Connecticut Hill heading west, crossing into Schuyler County _ mile into hike. We continue down the shoulder of Swan Hill (1700 ft) passing through beautiful Cayuta Gulf. Trail crosses Cayuta Outlet via the Rt. 6 bridge. (1320 ft) and continues uphill passing the south end of Cayuta Lake, past Rogers Hill Lean To & onto Carley Rd.(1800 ft). Outstanding: southeast views of Connecticut Hill. Follow Carley Rd to Steam Mill Rd & the end of the hike. | Photos |
| M17 | 8/3/2002 | On Saturday we hiked the FLT near Ithaca, NY. It was hot and a very long and steep climb but it was glorious. | Photos |
| M17 | 8/10/2002 | On Saturday we again hiked the FLT near Ithaca, NY. It was a spectacularly gorgeous day. | Photos |
| M17 | 9/7/2002 | Cool and bright day. | Photos |
| M17 | 9/15/2002 | Warm and bright day. It was a realitively short hike-- only about three hours.. There was a very steep hill and some kind of creepy areas. | Photos |
| M-17 | 10/13/2007 | Oct 13 Hike Abbott Loop Trail, M-17 10 am Sigrid & Jim Connors Annual Erv Market Hike in the Danby State Forest, just south Ithaca. Abbott Loop features a climb to Thatcher’s Pinnacles with beautiful vistas of Inlet Valley, West Danby and The Lindsay-Parsons Biodiversity Preserve. Created by long-time Cayuga Trails Club members Doris and Cliff Abbott, the trail is 8.4 miles long and includes 1.7 miles of the main Finger Lakes Trail (FLT). Fairly rugged climbs and descents will be hard to avoid on this hike which will be done at a moderate pace. Meet at Danby Park and Ride lot on the corner of NY Route 96B & Gunderman Rd; six miles south of Ithaca | Photos |
| M18 | 9/29/2002 | Beautiful clear day. | Photos |
| M18 | 10/6/2002 | Cool clear and beautiful day. Steep snowmobile day. | Photos |
| M18 | 10/12/2002 | Cool overcast fall day with lots of leaves on the ground. | Photos |
| M18 | 10/20/2002 | Cool partly cloudy day | Photos |
| M18 | 10/27/2002 | Mostly overcast with occasional patches of sunlight... Finished on Fire Tower Road but there was no fire tower. | Photos |
| M18 | 11/10/2002 | On Sunday we hiked for a couple of hours and on Monday we hiked for more than four hours on the FLT heading towards Dryden, NY. It was damp and humid or raining and cool. We saw a snake who stuck his tongue out at us. | Photos |
| M18 | 11/11/2002 | We hiked for more than four hours. It was cold and wet and rainy. Hunting season starts next week so we won't be able to hike for a while. | Photos |
| M18 | 4/27/2003 | Many trees down. Cortland County hike series #1. | Photos |
| M19 | 10/10/2003 | Following the conclusion of the Cortland County hiking series picnic at Dryden park near Dryden, NY, Ruth and I hiked a short segment of trail near Dryden (Purvis Road to near Dryden Lake and back). This gives us a contigous path all the way from Ellicottville to Chenango County. | Photos |
| M19 | 10/10/2003 | Today we finished the Cortland County hiking series with a great walk that finished at the Dryden Lake park near Dryden, NY. It was a cool and spectaularly beautiful day that started out with cool temperatures and gradually got warmer as the day went along. The trail was one of the prettiest and best maintain segments of trail ever. It even included ropes by the trail for some very steep segments. At the end we shared good food and great desserts with all of the other hikers who at completed the series (more than 50). | Photos |
| M20 | 6/7/2003 | Cortland County Series | Photos |
| M20 | 7/12/2003 | Cortland County Series | Photos |
| M20 | 8/9/2003 | On Saturday we hiked the 5th hike of the Cortland Country Hike series near the Greek Peek ski area in Cortland County. We hiked for about 6 hours on an extremely humid and somewhat muddy day. There was a bit of thunder and some rain but nothing overwhelming.
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| M20 | 11/23/2003 | Cortland County Series | Photos |
| M21 | 4/11/2001 | Trail Junction 2001 hiking conference. | Photos |
| M21 | 4/20/2003 | Cortland County Series | Photos |
| M21 | 4/20/2003 | Cortland County Series | Photos |
| M21 | 4/26/2003 | Cortland County Series | Photos |
| M21 | 5/10/2003 | On Saturday we hiked the second hike of the Cortland County Series. Although the day was beautiful at times, the hike itself included a major screw-up. Because a stream at the mid-point was too high, the hike "organizer" decided to reroute the hike on a road to detour around the stream. It was supposed to be a 4/10 mile road hike. After we had already been on the the road for a couple of miles and many people had decided that we must have missed a turn, the "organizer" drove up and "reassured" us that "yes", we were on the right road and that we should keep keep on going. After another couple of miles on the road up a very steep and endless hill, the "organizer" again appeared in her car and started yelling at everyone that we had to turn around and go back. There had, indeed, been a miscommunication and we had, in fact, missed a turn (prior to the point when she had reassured us that we were on the right path). We had to turn around a start walking back the several road miles. Evenutally, the "organizer" and one other car started ferrying people back to where we should have been, picking them us two or three at a time. Ruth and I got seperated in this ferrying process. Ruth got stuck in the back end of an SUV sitting on a cooler, doubled up below a low ceiling, riding around with a driver who wasn't very organized, for the better part of an hour. I ended up in the other car being transported with another guy who had left his hiking stick at the top of the hill where we had been wrongly told to go.
Anyway, after the cars had made about twenty trips, hither and yon, Ruth and I were eventually rejoined and everyone lived happily ever after. | Photos |
| M22 | 4/26/2003 | Cortland County Series | Photos |
| M22 | 8/21/2003 | to Mariposa Rd. | Photos |
| M22 | 5/1/2004 | Spring ADK-ON/FLT conference at Tully NY. Ruth and I hiked on our own. Beautiful spring day. I wore a mosquito hat all day. | Photos |
| M22 | 5/2/2004 | Sayed at the Best Western in Tully NY. | Photos |
| M22 | 5/8/2004 | Busk's Brook Road to Warner Road and back via Warner Rd & Route 26. Map was confusing and could have been considered lost. Took a chance that we had actually reached Warner Road (not obvious) and were right. Saw the "Black Sheep" of "Baa Baa Black Sheep Fame:)". | Photos |
| M22 | 4/22/2006 | Steuban County Hike Series- Hike #1- Monterey-Sexton Hollow to access 3, north end of Aulls rd, Map M13 | Photos |
| M23 | 5/24/2004 | Returning from NH visit with Kat. Stayed at the Colgate Inn in Hamilton, NY. We'd already been driving for more than 6 hours (+ another hour to get to trail) so we just did a little piece from Stage Rd to Warner Rd and back. Many mosquitoes. | Photos |
| M23 | 5/25/2004 | Staying at the Colgate Inn in Hamilton. Cool and overcast but no rain and mercifully few mosquitoes. Old stairway in the woods leading nowhere. Lots of orange salamanders in the trail. | Photos |
| M23 | 5/29/2004 | Lyn Jacobs spooted us and hiked with us. Cool but a little muddy. Glorius day, Lots of cows. Ruth and I spent the night at the Howard Johnson's motel in Norwich. | Photos |
| M23 | 8/2/2004 | Today Ruth and I finished the FLT. Ed Sidote spotted us and met us at the end. | Photos |
| M24 | 6/26/2004 | Today we hiked M24 & M25 with Lyn. We started at Tucker Road on M24 and finished on Basswood Rd on M25. We were priviledged to get some closeup views of a rare bird. A "Solitary ???". | Photos |
| M24 | 7/11/2004 | Ruth, Lyn Jacobs, Jean Bub and I hiked a five mile segment on M-24 between Tucker Road and East McDonough. (Lyn and Jean had already hiked this segment previously). | Photos |
| M25 | 7/19/2003 | Met Roger & Dawn Ashbrook in Bainbridge, NY. They drove us about 13 miles North of Bainbridge and we hiked back. | Photos |
| M25 | 5/30/2004 | Beautiful hike mostly near a ravine. Trail walk was mostly downhill (road walk back was all uphill) Temperature in low 70's. Lots of cows. Saw a doe in the stream and nearly stepped on a turtle. | Photos |
| M25 | 5/5/2006 | FLT Spring Conference Norwich- Lead by Roger Ashworth- pickup was late- Ruth & I had to walk an extra 1.5 miles | Photos |
| M26 | 9/21/2002 | FLT fall conference | Photos |
| M26 | 7/19/2003 | Met Roger & Dawn Ashbrook in Bainbridge, NY. They drove us about 13 miles North of Bainbridge and we hiked back. | Photos |
| M-26 | 4/18/2009 | The hike begins with a couple miles of easy road walk along Butts Rd, Rt. 8, Church
St and Rt. 206. NOTE: USE MUCH CAUTION ON RT. 8, FACE TRAFFIC, SINGLE
FILE ON SHOULDER. BE ALERT!! This road has heavy traffic. Now that you are
warmed up, we will ascend a fairly steep paved, then dirt road. Progressively, the roads
get narrower and less steep until we enter the woods on a real trail, still ascending. The
trail is well blazed and you will pass many old farm rock walls that separated properties.
Trail becomes less steep and smooth for easy hiking. There will be one more short steep
ridge to climb before a descent. | Photos |
| M27 | 9/20/2002 | FLT fall conference. Stayed in a tent at camp Amahami. | Photos |
| M27 | 9/21/2002 | FLT fall conference | Photos |
| M27 | 9/22/2002 | On Friday, Saturday and Sunday we went to a trail conference at a girl scout camp (Amahami) near Deposit, NY. We hiked ten miles on Friday and eight miles on Saturday with a bunch of other FLT hikers. We spent Saturday night in a tent. It rained all night Saturday night. | Photos |
| M27 | 7/17/2004 | On Saturday Ruth and I hiked on Map M-27 between Morman Hollow Rd and Rt 8 (about five miles). We hiked in a downpour for several hours and got drenched.
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| M27 | 7/18/2004 | On Sunday Ruth and I hiked on Map M-27 between Hellerrud Road and Rt 8 (about 5 miles). We hiked in a light drizzle for several hours and got pretty wet.
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| M-27 | 5/16/2009 | Delaware County Hike Series: Hiked with the Turtles- 4 of us, Ruth, Me, Theresa and Max. Very hilly and very tiring. Temperature about 70 | Photos |
| M28 | 6/12/2004 | Cross-hiked with Ruth Hiking West (and downhill) and me hiking East (and uphill). We spent the night at the Octagonal inn (East of Walton). | Photos |
| M28 | 6/13/2004 | Cross-hiked. I got confused at the "Cross" Road and hiked a long distance (and back) on Dryden Road. | Photos |
| M-28 | 5/20/2009 | Delaware County Hike Series; Hiked with the turtles. Hiked in continuous rain, mostly uphill for about six hours | Photos |
| M-28 | 6/20/2009 | Delaware County Hike Series. Cool gorgeous day. Rain had been predicted but did not occur. | Photos |
| M-28 | 7/18/2009 | Delaware County Hike Series- | Photos |
| M29 | 10/24/2003 | Cool, clear day for hiking. Stayed at the Walton Motel | Photos |
| M-29 | 10/19/2008 | Gale Ellsworth, Ruth and I hiked this section of the FLT on a very cool (starting temp around 28 deg) but beautiful day. | Photos |
| M-29 | 8/15/2009 | Delaware County Hike Series-The first 6 miles is road that ascends gradually with a few steeper sections, but
nothing like Houck Mtn. The next section is 4.2 miles of trail/snowmobile trail (Trout
Pond Trail). We’ll be in the Cherry Ridge Wild Forest. Of course the trail is wet but
only one spot where it was over the toe of my boots. | Photos |
| M3 | 6/21/2008 | We began with a 1.2 mile road walk on NY242—a very fast and a busy road. We entered the Cobb property (donated to the FLTC by John Cobb in 1998) and marveled at the hard work of a 2002 Alley Cat crew that built a bridge right next to an amazing beaver dam. This was our first taste of elevation gain (about 200 ft over 1.8 miles). The trail continues on with a brief road walk on Fancy Tract Rd and eventually re-enters the woods for another climb. Be sure to look over your shoulder for a spectacular view of the valley just crossed. We descended to the intersection of the Conservation Trail and the FLT main trail. If you go north on the orange blazed section of this trail, you will be able to connect to the Bruce Trail in Niagara Falls, Canada. We continued heading west to the NY/PA border which is only 57 miles ahead. As you approach M4 Access1 to cross the “river”, note the handiwork of the beavers and the wetlands that has been created upstream from it. Crossing NY 240 places you at the bottom of the Evart Hittle Memorial section of the trail and the beginnings of a long, steady uphill climb that eventually opens up into a field with nearly a 360* view. Enjoy the moment!! We have now completed 8.4 miles of the trail at Irish Hill Rd. and are in for the real challenges of altitude gains/losses. What goes down must go up. Beginning at M3 Access 8, there is a spectacular series of switch backs that gain 300 feet of elevation in less than 1/3 mile. I am not sure of the “official” name for this hill, but I heard many names given to it from our group. The final push was on to reach Poverty Hill Rd with some more ups/down and a finish that ended at the trailhead with our cars. We ended the day at 5:00 pm,75. | Photos |
| M30 | 6/22/2003 | Humid, rough-going, rocky. | Photos |
| M30 | 9/10/2003 | We lucked out by finding someone else who lived in Canandaigua (Lyn Jacobs), was hiking the Finger Lakes Trail and who is missing many of the same segments that we are (including most of the Catskills). Ruth already had the day off, I took a day off from Merging & Purging (what I'm programming right now) and we took off in two cars for Corbett, NY (which is at the Western end of the Catskill's) and we did a ten mile hike on a spectacularly beautiful day. | Photos |
| M-30 | 10/18/2008 | Gale Ellsworth, Ruth and I hiked this section of the FLT on a very cool (starting temp around 30 deg) but beautiful day. We stayed at the Downsville Motel | Photos |
| M-30 | 9/19/2009 | Delaware County Hike Series- 7 people in the Turtles Hike Group (Dan, Ruth, Theresa, Max, Cheryl, Lee, Larry), ~27 total- Long hike, mostly uphill, cool temperature (40 at start, 60 by end) | Photos |
| M-30 | 10/3/2009 | There are several steep ascents and descents and one very steep downhill section with
loose rocks. (I went down hard here.) You will traverse 5 summits: Mary Smith Hill,
Middle Mountain, Beech Hill, Cabot Mountain and Touch Me Not Mountain. Elevation
changes and energy expenditure are equal to some of the Adirondack High Peaks.
No significant mud areas (watch weather). Trail is narrow single track with much
vegetation along the edge to push through, including blackberries and nettles. If you
wear shorts, you won’t like the large nettle plants! Many grouse and red efts along trail.
You need to drink much water and eat snacks along the way. 2 sag wagons again on this
hike. | Photos |
| M31 | 6/25/2003 | Very tough hike with steep, rocky hills | Photos |
| M31 | 6/28/2003 | parts of the hike were extremely steep. Reached the highest point on the FLT at about 3800 feet. | Photos |
| M31A | 6/27/2003 | Warm and beautiful day in the Catskills. Passed an abandoned resort near a beautiful lake. | Photos |
| M31A | 10/1/2003 | Yesterday we completed hiking all of the FLT in the Catskills. We hiked with Lyn Jacobs (who is also from Canandaigua, doing an end-to-end and also working on the Catskills).
The weather yesterday was very weird. For five or ten minutes it would be extremely bright and sun-shiny and then it would become completely overcast and rainy. This pattern was repeated all day.
Our final segment was on Black Bear Rd/Neversink-Hardenburgh Trail which was about 9.6 miles of hiking. Unfortunately, the shortest driving route between the ends of the trail was about 35 miles (45 miles if you include getting lost) on extremely poor, sometimes unmarked roads. Besides a 4-5 hour drive to and from the trail, we spent at least as many hours shuttling two vehicles between the start and finish of the trail. | Photos |
| M32 | 6/24/2003 | Cool day in the Catskills. Hiked with Lyn Jacobs. Mountain streams and beautiful ponds. | Photos |
| M32 | 6/26/2003 | Denning NY. Ruth and I cross-hiked. | Photos |
| M4 | 5/17/2008 | The trail west proved to be very wet and loaded with areas of deep (hidden) mud. As we continued across the top of the hill, we noted the fiddleheads (young ferns) beginning to come out. We also noticed many trees that were girdled on the base of the tree trunks close to the trail. Beware the mud pits along the way. We passed a short rock fence with rather large rocks and then a brief ascent. Beware the mud!! We began the descent to NY 98, (be careful in the rock field-poles may be a help--and the barbed wire on your left.) After leaving the driveway of the private landowner, we began a 1.9 mile road walk. (There are dogs on this and the other road walk—generally friendly—be careful—see below.) Across the street is a “strip farm” of some sort. Hmmm. At the end of this road walk, we entered the Boyce Hill State Forest—across a creek which may be tricky, up a DEC road (note the timbers underneath the road construction) and up a steep incline to quickly gain altitude. When we reached the top and walked on the flat, we noticed a tree that has been split in half by a fallen tree. Will both sides grow? We continued on from here to another road walk for about 2.3 miles. | Photos |
| M8 | 4/28/2007 | On Saturday Ruth and I (and Lyn Jacobs, a friend) completed the Bush Road to Swin hike.
For Ruth and I this was a (pre) makeup hike for the May "Crossing the Genesee" hike series. (Lyn is not participating in the hike series.) It took us about seven hours to complete the hike (at a "Nature Appreciative" pace). Saturday was a dreary, humid day and the streams were high. It was a good hike with lots of variety. The first couple of miles in the woods were very rocky (not to mention muddy). There was a lot of variety including road walk, rocky walk, muddy walk, rail-to-trail, etc and some very nice views. | Photos |
| M-8 | 4/29/2006 | Extremely difficult hike | Photos |
| M-8 | 6/16/2007 | Fox Hill Rd through a meadow with buttercups nearly as tall as my knees. It was a long gentle walk down to a gully (a dip in the landscape), through 2 ravines (steep sidewalls with a creek in the bottom) and a forest that has been carefully managed. Note: Select trees have been left, others have been harvested and still others have been cut to create space for future growth. There was one final gentle uphill climb to Delude. Two miles in 40 minutes this direction—60 minutes the other way!! On both sides of the road, the trail had been closed for turkey season. There were only some small branches that had come down over the last month. The remaining 5.9 miles takes you through 10 ravines. In most cases, it is a long steep in and a short steep out because of the direction we are walking. There has been some significant trail work done in two of the ravines by a local Boy Scout troop as Eagle projects. The scouts scavenged the hillsides for native rocks to build steps and to fill the gabion baskets. Nice job Scouts!! At XXXX feet, there is a camping area, outhouse, a pond and a sign pointing towards the Catskills in front of me and Pennsylvania at my back. After a long downhill walk on a well graded road shared with snowmobilers, be sure to look over the pond filled with lily pads. Across the valley is the Rattlesnake Wildlife Management Area. There is one final uphill climb. Watch for the blazes to make the turn and then a zigzag corner with the cemetery not much further ahead. The last leg of the trip is down a steep paved road into Swain. | Photos |
| M-8 | 7/8/2007 | Yesterday Ruth and I did a (Pre) makeup for the July 21 hike series hike. (We will not be able to hike on the 21st). We hiked with Lyn Jacobs (who is not taking part in the hike series). There were three other people also doing the makeup but we didn't hike with them.
It took us about 6 and a quarter hours at a nature appreciative pace. The GPS claimed it to be 10.98 miles.
It was very warm and we drank a huge amount of water. I went through nearly a gallon and Ruth and Lyn went through 40 ounces or more each. There is not a lot to report. Great scenery when you're not in the woods. The trail is mostly well marked. The only spot that we had any trouble was after we turned off of Pennycock Road (opposite Robinson Road) onto a farm trail. The trail is either not well marked there or else we were on the wrong side of the hedge row. As the trail starts to turn off to the right, we finally discovered some blazes on the other side of a wooded area. Everything, including the streams was very dry. There were several muddy spots on the trail but they were no great problem. On the final quarter of the hike, you have to wade through a lot of tall weeds, many of which appeared to be posion ivy. There were also some nice rasberries ready for picking. On the final quarter of the hike, there is also an area where the trail runs very close to the edge of a cliff which appears to have collapsed a few times. The trail has been re-routed a few times so it is mostly not too close to the edge but it was confusing a few times with several sets of blazes near each other. | Photos |
| M9 | 4/21/2007 | 125 hikers
25 gallons of water/Gatorade consumed at sag # 1 and #2 stations
123 hikers complete the 10.55 miles
1,318.75 hiker miles completed
Warm and sunny all day
Number of hikers lost in the mud? Hard to tell. There were some slides, skids and face plants that did not go unnoticed | Photos |
| MN | 8/3/2007 | The daylong 8-mile hike will be on the Ozawindib Trail to the Eagle Scout Trail to Deer Park Trail in Itasca State Park. Much of the Park was spared from the logging of the late 1800s and early 1900s, leaving a legacy of old growth red and eastern white pine, along with oak, maple, basswood, birch, and aspen throughout the park. Along this hilly trail are the wetlands and small lakes characteristic of the area. And as a bonus, a portion of the trail, the Eagle Scout section, is part of the NCNST! (Difficulty Level 3.) | Photos |
| MN | 8/4/2007 | The daylong hike on Saturday will be 6.7 miles from Nelson Lake Trailhead to Steamboat Pass on the NCNST. The hike passes lakes in the Paul Bunyan State Forest, including Nelson, Crappie, Island, Tepee, and Spur. Characteristic of the Itasca Glacial Moraine from which the host chapter derives its name, the general terrain is that of forested undulating hills, small ridges and valleys. The forest cover consists primarily of aspen of various ages, with scattered pockets of hardwoods and conifers, all of which, combined with the many lake vistas along the trail, make this hike a local favorite. (Difficulty Level 3) | Photos |
| O-1 | 4/8/2006 | Cold day (40 deg). All Road walk (because of segmet closing between W. Keeney Road and Morgan Hill Road). Ruth, Lyn and I. | Photos |
| O-1 | 5/13/2006 | Hard walk. Temp in 30s. Many hills. Cool. We had planned to sleep in the van and do another segment the next day but heavy rains made us decide to skip it and come home. | Photos |
| O-1 | 5/27/2006 | Cool, humid and overcast. Hiked with Ruth, Lyn and Jean. | Photos |
| O-1 | 6/10/2006 | Dan and I did more on the Onandaga trail and have a much better feel for how things fit together. Mostly this is because we drove around Morgan Hill State forest for about an hour before we started to walk. Some of that was because I made a mistake in getting us there. At any rate we walked from Shackham Rd to Jones Hill where we left off a couple of hikes ago. It was a good work out with ups and downs and the need to walk carefully because of the mud and steepness. On the way back we took a side trail just before the falls. It lead us to route 91 and we road walked back to the car. Route 91 is open at least as far as Shackham Rd and we were able to take it north to get back to 80. Unfortunately we were not able to totally solve the mystery of Chicadee hollow. | Photos |
| O-1 | 6/17/2006 | Ruth, Lyn and I. Temp above 90. Beautiful day. Beautiful walk. This completed all of the bracnh trails for Ruth and I. | Photos |
| O-1 | 9/3/2006 | Lyn, Jean and I hiked from Shackham Rd to Herlihy Road / Route 80. Ruth and I had already hiked this earlier this year. Jean had hiked it previously. This completes the Onandaga Trail for Lyn.
Although it was overcast and very humid, it never rained. The temperature was cool-- probably about 60-65 degrees. | Photos |
| Old Man's Cave | 3/26/2007 | Started at "Love Bug Cabin" to Ash Cave and back | Photos |
| Old Man's Cave | 3/27/2007 | Ash cave to Old man's Cave | Photos |
| PA-01 | 8/7/2006 | Ruth, Lyn and I hiked the NCT from Route 59 to where trail leaves Sugar Road. It was a warm, beautiful day. Stayed at the Willow Bay Recreation Area and camped in our cars. | Photos |
| PA-01 | 8/8/2006 | Ruth, Lyn and I. Beautiful day. Warm. Greuling hike. Stayed at the Willow Bay Recreation Area and camped in our cars. We later visited the the Kinzua Dam. | Photos |
| PA-01 | 8/9/2006 | Ruth, Lyn and I. Warm, beautiful day. | Photos |
| PA-01 | 8/11/2006 | NCT Trail Conference; Hike led by Eric Flood | Photos |
| PA-01 | 7/14/2007 | Ruth & I continued the NCT in PA. We had both the Toyota and the Van. Not much of interest. We camped in the van at Redbridge Campground | Photos |
| PA-01 | 7/15/2007 | Ruth & I continued the NCT in PA. We had both the Toyota and the Van. Not much of interest. We camped in the van at Redbridge Campground | Photos |
| PA-01 | 9/22/2007 | Ruth, Lyn and I hiked. It was a glorius day for hiking in the low to mid 80's. | Photos |
| PA-01 | 9/23/2007 | Ruth, Lyn and I hiked. Another great day in the mid 80's. Lots of big rocks and Oil well equipment and pipes | Photos |
| PA-01 | 9/24/2007 | Ruth, Lyn and I hiked. Another spectacular day in the mid 80's with clear skys. | Photos |
| PA-01 | 9/29/2007 | Ruth, Lyn and I. A glorious day. Temperature started out in the high 60s and made it to the high 70s. Lots of big rocks. We hiked after driving to PA. We stayed in the Fernwood Inn. We had the whole place to ourselves. | Photos |
| PA-01 | 9/30/2007 | Ruth, Lyn and I. It was a beautiful trail and a glorious day. | Photos |
| PA-01 | 10/1/2007 | Ruth, Lyn and I. We started out with breakfast at Oly's (in the bowling alley) in Sheffield. Another beautiful day with temperatures starting out in the mid 60s rising to the mid 70s when we finished. | Photos |
| PA-01 | 4/4/2008 | Parked near Minister Creek & Hiked out a mile and back then the other direction a couple of miles | Photos |
| PA-01 | 4/5/2008 | Cool (mid 50s), Clear, Towards Rt 666 & Back | Photos |
| PA-01 | 7/4/2008 | Ruth & Lyn and I hiked. Lyn forgot her glasses at a bench and we had to go back. | Photos |
| PA-01 | 7/5/2008 | Ruth and Lyn and I hiked among the oil wells. We were trying to get to where we left off yesterday but couldn't drive since the area was baricaded to cars. We were using the GPS to try to get to the trail-head but we didn't know what road it was on and the roads didn't have names or numbers. Also there were many roads including dead-end roads. IKt was mostly road-walk on a very hot day. At one point we were forced to "bush wack" since none of the roads that we tried seemed to get us any closer to our destination. We finally found the NCT trail head but ended up only walking a short distance on the actual NCT trail. | Photos |
| PA-01 | 7/6/2008 | This was a short hike on Sunday Morninfg which closed a gap between Ruth and I had finished on a previous date and where Ruth and Lyn and I started our July 4 hike. | Photos |
| PA-01 | 8/30/2008 | Ruth and I, long drive with 1 hour detour; giant rocks; supper at Cougar Bobs; camped at Kellettville Campground | Photos |
| PA-01 | 8/31/2008 | Ruth and I, long hike with lots of big hills up and down; lot's of chest high brample bushes, thickets etc | Photos |
| PA-01/02 | 3/31/2007 | Ruth and I- stayed at Clarion Lodge | Photos |
| PA-02 | 8/10/2006 | NCT Conference Hike | Photos |
| PA-02 | 8/11/2006 | NCT Conference All day hike | Photos |
| PA-02 | 8/12/2006 | NCT Conference all day hike. The perfect hike! (10 out of 10). Beautiful day. Temperature about 65 at start of hike and about 75 when we finished. Hiked along the Clarion River. Various terrains and vegetation. Saddle shop at mid hike where we bought soda pop and ice cream bars. | Photos |
| PA-02 | 9/8/2006 | Ruth & I. Cool day (60-70). No rain. Beautiful hike. | Photos |
| PA-02 | 9/9/2006 | Ruth & I. Cool day. Returned by Camp Trail | Photos |
| PA-02 | 9/10/2006 | Ruth & I. Short easy hike. Very humid. | Photos |
| PA-02 | 3/25/2007 | Road hike starting in downtown Clarion, PA | Photos |
| PA-02 | 4/1/2007 | Rt 68 at 332 to just across River | Photos |
| PA-02 | 9/25/2009 | After driving about 5 hours from Canandaigua we arrived at the ? campground and secured a site. Ruth and I planned on continuing our previous hike from the Western side of the Rt 322 bridge where we had previously left off. We were dismayed to discover that the trail had been re-routed and most or all of the road walk that we had done in Clarion was no longer part of the trail. Around 4:00 pm, we eventually discover trail blazes on Manor View road (which exits from the Western side of Rt 322). We went up the hill and parked on Manor View road. We followed the trail for about 5 miles. We eventually came near Myers Road where we exited to the road and set a waypoint (NCT061). We hiked back the way we had came and spent the night at a campground. | Photos |
| PA-02 | 9/26/2009 | On Saturday, we continued the hike that we had started on Saturday. It was a humid and cool day (55 deg F). On the rail-to-trail part of the trail (near Shippenville) we saw numerous (10+) turkey vultures taking off. They had been in the process of devouring a dead bear just off the trail. We stopped in Shippenville for a Dove ice cream bar. Rain threatened but didn't really hit until we got back to the Van. We spent another night at the Cook Forst Locust Lodge campground (across the street from Macbeths cabins). Shortly after we returned to the Van, it began raining heavily and contunied to do so through the night and the next day. We slept nearly 10.5 hours since there wasn't much else to do. | Photos |
| PA-03 | 5/24/2007 | Ruth and I. Beautiful day-- about 80 degrees. | Photos |
| PA-03 | 5/25/2007 | Ruth and I. Beautiful day-- about 80 degrees. We turned around at the PA NCT Headquarters. | Photos |
| PA-03 | 5/26/2007 | Intermediate + Hike – HELLS Hollow Hike (6-8 miles)
(leader Mike Fallon)
“Hell of a Hike” in McConnells Mill State Park. Up and down, up and down, and many views along the creek But, it is unbelievably beautiful. It is part of the North Country Trail. Follows Hells Run Gorge and then along Slippery Rock Creek. Several falls along the way. Outstanding scenery! This is a must if you haven’t done it. Rained. | Photos |
| PA-03 | 5/22/2008 | Ruth and I stayed at the NCT Cabin (Davis Hollow Outdoor Center) in Moraine State Park but slept in the Van. | Photos |
| PA-03 | 5/23/2008 | We stayed at the Breakneck campground at the Butler Outdoor Club Extravaganza. | Photos |
| PA-03 | 5/24/2008 | We hiked with the Butler Ourdoor Club hikers. We stayed at the Breakneck campground at the Butler Outdoor Club Extravaganza. | Photos |
| PA-03 | 5/25/2008 | Hiked along the Slippery Creek River (?) in McConnells Mill park. We stayed at the Breakneck campground at the Butler Outdoor Club Extravaganza. | Photos |
| QCMT | 5/1/2005 | Cool day. Partially overcast | Photos |
| Troy | 7/1/2000 | Huffman Prarie (Wright Brother's monument) to AF Museum | Photos |
| Troy | 3/28/2007 | Buckeye trail - Eastwood park to AF museum entrance | Photos |
| Troy | 3/29/2007 | Eastwood park to Deed's point | Photos |
| Troy | 7/21/2008 | Hot. Ruth and I started near Tailorsville dam went South and back. | Photos |
| Troy | 7/22/2008 | Long hike. Missed a turn on the outbound trek and walked through urban section of Dayton. Turned around at Riverscape in Downtown Dayton. Timberlane Bridge was closed but we crossed anyway. | Photos |
| Troy | 7/24/2008 | Paved all the way. Long and Hot. Ruth and I. Stopped at McDonalds for lemonade and fries | Photos |
| Yellow Springs | 8/2/2004 | Hiked entirely on paved surface | Photos |
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