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Canoeing, Kayaking, Snowshoeing and Cross Country Skiing

Workshops and Programs, September – June
Join us and share the fun !

Next Meeting – September 17, 2008

7:30 Program – A Bag Lady's Dream: Kathryn Zimmerman chronicles her thru hike on the AT.

Change in Date – September's meeting will be the 17th, the 3rd Wed of the month.

Kathryn Zimmerman is your typical single mother of two grown daughters who, at the age of 57, decided to retire from Xerox, after spending 17 years working in finance, so she could hike the Appalachian Trail. Come see her pictures and hear her tale.   Read more.

6:30 Workshop – Social Hour!

Come enjoy the company of others after having a wonderful summer off. Bring your pictures and stories to share while our chapter provides light refreshments before our September meeting.   Read more.

Highlights and Announcements  

Recent Trip Reports – More reports from the paddlers and hikers.

September 4
Thursday

Evening paddle on Irondequoit Creek - Photos by Sue and Steve

     

We had two paddlers in solo canoes, four in kayaks, and an assortment of swans, out for a lovely evening on the creek. The forecast said mostly cloudy, but we had mostly sunny with temperatures in the upper 70's.
Trip leader - Steve Tryon

August 25
Monday

Daytrippers on Black Creek
Aug 25th proved to be a lovely 'autumn' day on Black Creek!!! The weather was a bit cool but perfect for a paddle. As with our other AM paddles, lots of wildlife - especially herons and turtles. Fall colors were beginning to appear, and of course, were just gorgeous!! We paddled our leisurely pace one hour up and one hour back...chatting along the way. Six participants, 2 being new paddlers to our group. We won't be paddling next week (Labour Day) but will hopefully the following week.
Trip leader - Peg Jacobs

August 1-3

Owls Head Mountain
Twelve women traveled to Lake Eaton Campground near Long Lake for a weekend of relaxing and hiking. We arrived in time to set up tents and enjoy a wonderful potluck dinner! Unfortunately the park ranger busted us after 10:00 PM for being a little too noisy. Some campers retreated to bed but others stay up another hour. All was quiet. The last camper preparing for bed, accidently activated her personal alarm device. Not wanting to wake anyone, unable to switch the devise off or pry it open, she heroically sat on it in her van until the batteries finally ran down around 2:00 AM.
The next day in spite of light rain, we enjoyed a beautiful hike up to the fire tower on Owls Head Mountain. Because of the cloud cover, there was no view. On the way down hikers had a choice of continuing the route we came, back to the cars, for a 6.4 mile round trip or an alternate route along the lake, which lead directly back to the camp site for an 8 mile hike. The longer trail was extremely muddy and the sudden torrential downpour did not help conditions.
That evening we enjoyed a fine meal at the historic Adirondack Hotel on Long Lake.
The next morning we packed up and breakfasted at the Long Lake Dinner. After visiting the beautiful Buttermilk Falls we headed back to Rochester.
Trip leaders - Judy Immesoete and Donna Dinse

==>   Local parks plan alert from Margaret Reek - August 9
Monroe County Park Master Plan for Bay Area Parks -- This plan involves the following parks: Ellison Park, Ellison Wetlands (aka Rifle Range), Tryon Park, Bay Park East, Bay Park West, Devil's Cove (water only access).
There is no information on this process at the Monroe County website, and the meetings are not well publicized. If you use and care for our parks, get involved by asking for information and providing your input. The following is from a public information session June 19, 2008. Notice the very short timeline. -- Margaret Reek

==>   Action Alerts from the Main Club
(August 12, 2008) ALERT: APA Accepting Comments till Sept. 2 on Lows Lake Floatplanes
Floatplane use on the lake was supposed to be phased out over a five-year period that ended in January, but the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) never adopted regulations to implement the phaseout. Now DEC wants to establish a permit system that would allow floatplanes on Lows Lake for up to 10 more years.
ADK is urging paddlers and others interested in protecting wilderness to write to DEC and the Adirondack Park Agency and urge them to abandon this illegal and unconstitutional policy.
==>   Additional alerts and issues.

==>   ADK Fall Outing
The Hurricane Mountain and North Woods Chapters are co-hosting the 60th ADK Fall Outing. Headquarters will be at the Whiteface Mountain - Wilmington KOA Campground.

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Genesee Valley Chapter
Adirondack Mountain Club
P.O. Box 18558
Rochester, NY 14618-0558

  

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