Susquehanna Chapter ADK

Meet at Glimmerglass Opera parking lot at 10:00 a.m. We will drive on up Rt.80 to VanHornesville Gorge to view cave and flowers. We then return to Opera grounds for picnic lunch and then you are free to wander around the Goodyear Sanctuary. Oneonta group meet at Price Chopper at 9:15 a.m. to carpool. For info. call Mary Dunkle at 547-2162

Wed. May 20, Monthly meeting Elm Park United Methodist Church, 401 Chestnut St., Oneonta. 6 pm potluck dinner followed by 7 pm program. Dr. Francis Nolan will present a program about his experiences"Hiking the Adirondack High Peaks".

You are invited to enjoy the Canoe Races from Jean and Joe Seroka's Riverside Park. Come early, come Sunday and Monday, stay late.

Date: Sunday, May 24, 2009

Time: 2:00 PM for Pot Luck picnic. Bring your own place setting and drink. And, of course, a dish to share.

The hike for May 26 will be at the Betty and Wilbur Davis State Park. The Oneonta group will meet at the Price Chopper parking lot at 9:30 a.m. or you can meet at the Park at 10 a.m. Bring water and lunch and wear appropriate footwear. Call trip leader, Fran Darrah at 286-3301

Directions: Hike leaves from the Upper Riddell State Park entrance at 9:30. If you are coming from Oneonta, traveling east on I-88, take exit 17. The park entrance is at the terminus of exit 17 on Hwy 28. If you are coming from Cooperstown, traveling south on Hwy 28, go under I-88 to the Upper Park entrance. Because there are long and short trip options, car pooling at Price Chopper is not encouraged.

The hike for Tuesday, June 9th, 2009, will be at The Hick State Forest, also known as The Roseboom Nordic Ski Trails.

In Oneonta, we will gather at Price Chopper, leaving at 9:30 AM. We will travel to Milford, then on to Route 166 to Roseboom. Let us know if you want to meet up along the way. We will be away next week, but will return home on Sunday, June 7th.

Ernest and Heide Mahlke will lead a hike in the Northlake/Southlake area, to perhaps duplicate last year's wonderful laurel sitings, when no one had a camera. We will meet at 9 a.m., Saturday, June 13th at the far end of the Hannaford lot (facing the river). Contact the Mahlkes at 432-2583

The Tuesday hike for June 16th, will meet at 9:30 a.m. at Pine Lake, the Hartwick College Camp, for an app. 2 hour hike with some ups and downs. We'll stay around the lake area, and not go to Mud Lake, since we only got our feet wet there, recently. We'll have lunch in the pavillion. For more info call Ernest or Heide Mahlke at 432-2583.

The Susquehanna Chapter Picnic/Meeting will be at the first pavillion at Gilbert Lake on Wednesday, June 17 from 5-8 p.m. We will eat at 6 p.m. (The pavillion is the closed stone structure at the end of the lake up the road and across from the large parking lot.) Bring your table service and a dish to pass.