Write-up: Mary Pat Connors
Leader: Mary Pat Connors
Co-Leader: Madonna Fellows

The weather forecast was iffy, but seven Tramps took the chance on going the distance to Forked Lake. We put in at Whitney Point, toward the western end of Forked Lake, in order to be closer to the outlet to Brandreth Lake.

We agreed to explore Brandreth Lake outlet as far as we could without going over a beaver dam. We saw several beaver lodges, but were able to paddle a good way before turning around.

The lake was very pretty and peaceful with only a few kayaking and a few fishing. The south shore has only campsites, and the north shore is privately owned by the Whitney family.

We paddled toward Little Forked Lake which is privately owned, to check out the cable marking private property, but the clouds that had been following us, were getting darker, so we headed back.

We were able to disembark and load kayaks without a drop. As we drove down N. Point Rd., you could see that it had rained there but not at our end. Someone was watching over us. We did hit torrential rains driving down Rt. 28, but missed the floods that were occurring in Utica, due to our lengthy stop at Kratzy’s for food and beverage.