Write-up: Deb Roberts
Leader: Deb Roberts
Co-Leader: Meg Higgerson

What’s boots ‘n’ bar hopping you ask?
Well, it’s what you get when you mix Deb and Meg together as leader and co-leader……. and combine with a few cute little hikes, each too short for its own Tramp outing.
We found 4 hikes along Rt 28, each with something special not seen before. That’s the boot hopping. Then you add Meg’s great imagination to bring the ‘bar’ to the trail.

Thirty-one people joined in merriment as we hiked the Cathedral Pines Trail, followed by the bar (instead of a cookie, a pumpkin bar); the canoe carry between 8th Lake and Raquette Lake, followed by another trip to the bar (a banana nut bar this time); the Trail to Death Brook Falls with a stop for lunch, another bar (candy bar); and lastly a hike up Rocky Mountain, followed by a stop at Kratzy’s. With great anticipation, this was the “bar” some of the hikers had been expecting!!

Total mileage was somewhere around 3.8 which most likely did not work off the calories from the bars, but everyone enjoyed the day. The weather held out…no rain, and the black flies were fairly mild. I didn’t even wear my netting, and bug spray staved them off well.