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#6534 and #6535 – Newcomb Weekend #10 – July 16 & 17, 2016

#6534 and #6535 – Newcomb Weekend #10 – July 16 & 17, 2016

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Write-up: Meg Higgerson #6534 Down the Hudson Leader: Meg Higgerson Co-Leader: Bill Higgerson #6535 Stoney Pond to Irishtown Leader: Meg Higgerson Co-Leader: Grace McNasser Learning the number of attendees would exceed thirty and with low lake and stream water conditions, the Higgersons puzzled over a location that would be new and exciting, could accommodate numerous cars and avoid shuttles. After meeting at our camp on Goodnow Flow, the flotilla of 31 boats proceeded another 5 miles on the dirt Chain…

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#6533 – Shanty Brook – JULY 10, 2016

#6533 – Shanty Brook – JULY 10, 2016

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Write-up: Roger Felske Leader: Roger Felske Co-Leader: Mary Pat Connors The Shanty Brook hike is always intriguing with its many twists and turns, usually centered around wading across the East Branch of the Sacandaga River to reach the trailhead to Mud Ponds. This year was no exception. On the previous Thursday, while doing the pre-hike with Doug Waz, the river was extremely low and the trail very dry, also very faint and overgrown in the upper reaches near the Mud…

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#6531 – Crane Mountain – July 4, 2016

#6531 – Crane Mountain – July 4, 2016

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Write-up: Meg Higgerson Leader: Meg Higgerson Co-Leader: Joan Egan Crane Mountain: The longest shortest hike ever!! It was the 4th of July when seven early risers left home no later than 8:30am to drive to Mapledale and then on to Speculator and to Bakers Mills where they met their leader. From there the 8 of us wound through the countryside, past the entrance to the advertised “World’s Largest Pile of Goat Manure.” We finally arrived at Crane Mountain around 11…

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#6530 – South Inlet Raquette Lake – July 3, 2016

#6530 – South Inlet Raquette Lake – July 3, 2016

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Write-up: Pam Carrier Leader: Pam Carrier Co-Leader: Joan Egan A sunny, breezy day had 19 tramps enthused about a trip to the promise of waterfalls just two miles up the inlet. We meandered our way through the winding paths and even some obnoxious water chestnuts until we found the clear direction to our destination. We enjoyed our lunches next to the cascading waters before approximately half of us wandered down the well-marked and sometimes very muddy trail to the original…

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#6528 – Raquette Lake, Marion River – June 26, 2016

#6528 – Raquette Lake, Marion River – June 26, 2016

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Write-up: Roger Felske Leader: Roger Felske Co-Leader: Mary Pat Connors This kayak outing was a literal “Bon Voyage” for one of our reigning princesses, Karen Bernard. Meg Higgerson began the day by presenting to Karen: a royal blue princess cape, T&T princess tiara and princess wand/bug catcher. Thus began the fun of the day. Seventeen tramps left Barneveld for Raquette Lake Village and the start of our kayak. The day was warm with a fairly strong westerly wind. Our plan…

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#6525 – Otselic River Paddle – June 18, 2016

#6525 – Otselic River Paddle – June 18, 2016

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Write Up: Tom O’Hara Leader: Peter Geiskopf Co-Leader: Mike Hardiman It was a BEAUTIFUL warm sunny day to kayak in the Southern Tier. 15 members kayaked and had an enjoyable day. We put in by the Cincinnatus NY Fire Hall. The “few” rifts in the water were actually “a bunch” of rifts, due to the low amount of rain levels this month. The second half of the trip was a leisurely paddle in deeper water, where we saw ducks, geese,…

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#6524 – Fish Creek – June 12, 2016

#6524 – Fish Creek – June 12, 2016

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Write-up: Kathy Countryman Leader: Kathy Countryman Co-Leader: Francis Roy Seven intrepid Tramps braved a dark, damp and very windy day to paddle Fish Creek. Despite the leaders’ initial misgivings regarding the wisdom of kayaking in such unsavory conditions, we had quite a nice time. The wind died down, the thunderstorms didn’t materialize, and everyone got warmed up and dried out at Harpoon Eddie’s afterwards.

#6517 & #6518 – Wolfe Island, Wellesley Island – May 29 & 30, 2016

#6517 & #6518 – Wolfe Island, Wellesley Island – May 29 & 30, 2016

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Write-up: Bobbie Scarpino Leader: Bobbie Scarpino Co-leaders: Jerry Stewart and Carolyn Eastman A colorful group of 22 Tramps with bicycles boarded the ferry in Cape Vincent to cross the St. Lawrence River to Wolfe Island. After passing through customs with ease, (Even Dick was allowed through!) we biked the seven relatively flat miles on the main road across the island to Marysville. We encountered no more than two cars on this entire route as we rode by endless fields and…

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#6516 – Murphy, Middle and Bennett Lakes – May 28, 2016

#6516 – Murphy, Middle and Bennett Lakes – May 28, 2016

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Write-up: Deb Roberts Leader: Deb Roberts Co-Leader: Meg Higgerson UNBELIEVEABLE!!!! It’s springtime in the north country and you know what that means….bug spray or nets!! The weather was hot as 15 hikers tramped through the woods, BUT the black flies were few and far between!!!! It was great! We traversed 8 plus miles in a little over 4 hours, passing by 3 lakes, and 2 groups of mountain-bikers. camp-sites, a lean-to, and remnants of an iron oxide mine. Although a few people…

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#6508 – Sargent Pond – April 30, 2016

#6508 – Sargent Pond – April 30, 2016

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Leader: Meg Higgerson Co-Leader: Grace McNasser Write-up: Meg Higgerson Whatever possessed them? Was it the moderate spring temperatures? The blue bird sky? Or the delicious odor of Grace’s biscotti and cookies that wafted over the Mohawk Valley the day before? Why did thirty-seven  Tramps come out for a hike that was 2 hours away and rated as “Difficult”? After the surprise at the size of the group that met in Mapledale at 9:00, we regrouped at “Bills Bathroom” in Eagle…

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