Posted in Hiking, tagged blog, blogs, hike, Hiking on July 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Here’s a cool site that posts basic info on Hiking Blogs from all over the US & the world. If you’re heading somewhere to go hiking, maybe there’s a blog about hiking in that area. You can also vote for your favorite hiking related blog as well. Maybe even vote for New York Outdoors!
Posted in Finger Lakes, Hiking, Uncategorized, tagged Emerson Klees, guidebook, new york, ny, staycation, wine, wineries, winery on July 22, 2008 | No Comments »
Our good friend and fellow author, Emerson Klees has released the third edition of “Wineries of the Finger Lakes Region: The Heart of New York State.” Read all about it in the Wellsville Daily Reporter article posted below. How about combining hiking in the Finger Lakes region with a stop at a few wineries? Sounds [...]
Posted in Gear, Gifts, Hiking, Humor, tagged aquis adventure towel, backpacking towel, lightload towel, towel on July 21, 2008 | No Comments »
I recently received the press release that’s listed below - and it made me chuckle. A towel as a survival tool? A towel that saves lives? That’s pushing it a bit. I have tried these towels and I agree they are handy to have in the glove compartment of your car or in your [...]
Posted in Backpacking, Finger Lakes Trail, Hiking, tagged Bristol Hills Trail, Conservation Trail, GPS, Interloken Trail, Letchworth Trail, new york, ny, Onondaga Trail on July 19, 2008 | No Comments »
Trailhead coordinates for 466 FLT trailheads are now available on the FLTC website. Both the main trail and branch trails (Conservation Trail, Letchworth Trail, Bristol Hills Trail, Interloken Trail, and Onondaga Trail) are included. These coordinates must be manually typed into your field GPS unit or recent automotive GPS unit (such as Garmin Nuvi models). [...]
Posted in Activity, Hiking, tagged carving, hiking stick, wood carving. woodspirit on July 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Bob L. reported the following on a wood carving site:
Got the book (How to Carve a Woodspirit in a Hiking Stick), gathered some tools–1/4″ gouge, 1/8″ gouge, 1/4″ v tool, a kevlar glove, and a knife. Picked up a 4′ long glue-lamed stick of pine 1×2’s, rounded it off to about a 1 1/2″ somewhat [...]
Posted in Finger Lakes Trail, Hiking, tagged chenango county, ed sidote, Finger Lakes Trail, flt, hike, Hiking, new michigan state forest, new york, ny on July 17, 2008 | No Comments »
The Finger Lakes Trail Conference invites you to experience the Finger Lakes Trail on the Ed Sidote Hike, Saturday July 26th, beginning at the FLT parking lot at Fred Stewart and Center Roads in North Pharsalia. 90-year-old Ed Sidote is a long time, and still active participant in FLT activities. For many years he has [...]
Posted in Finger Lakes Trail, Hiking, tagged dog, skunk, odor, skunk off on July 16, 2008 | No Comments »
Java Joe recounted a tale of how his dog recently got sprayed by a skunk along the Finger Lakes Trail. Then he passed along this recipe (from John AX Morris) for a skunk odor cure which he said was fantastic - ahhh, the voice of experience!
-1 quart hydrogen peroxide
-1/4 cup baking soda
-1 tablespoon dish detergent.
Sponge [...]
Posted in Canoeing, Finger Lakes, Hiking, Kayaking, Paddling, Southern Tier, tagged Bath, Chemung River, Corning, elmira, geocache, geocaching, GPS, Hammondsport, new york, ny, sojourn, Susquehanna River on July 16, 2008 | No Comments »
Head to Corning, Elmira, Bath, or Hammondsport with your GPS for the Sojourn Geocache Trail, offering a series of caches along the shores and within the Chemung and Susquehanna River. Get a Sojourn Passport ahead of time, then stamp the passport each time you find a cache. Once you have successfully collected 12 or [...]
Posted in Hiking, Running, Trail Building, Uncategorized, tagged Westchester Greenway, Mamaroneck, Scarsdale, New Rochelle, Eastchester, Sound Shore Runners Club, Colonial Greenway on July 15, 2008 | No Comments »
It began two decades ago as the Westchester Greenway, a 6-mile loop trail connecting several area parks in four municipalities: the Town of Mamaroneck, Village of Mamaroneck, Scarsdale and New Rochelle. Unfortunately, over time, the connections were lost due to dumping of debris and a loss of legal access on private lands.
In 2004, local officials [...]
Posted in Hiking, Western NY, tagged Lewiston, new york, Niagara County, Niagara Gorge Trails System, ny on July 15, 2008 | No Comments »
By Tim Schmitt, Niagara Gazette, link to original article
I’m sure there’s irony in the fact that two places synonymous with congestion — the Queenston-Lewiston Bridge and the Tuesday in the Park stage at Artpark — are linked by one of the most surprisingly peaceful and picturesque trails in Niagara County.
Under the direction of one of [...]
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