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Inside...  the Most Fun Family End-To-Enders' Story!  Spring Weekend Program  Catskills County Hike Series  Spring Wildflower Rapture SPRING 2017 Finger Lakes Trail NEWS Spring 2017 Inside... The Most Fun Family End-to-Enders' Story! Spring Weekend Program Catskills County Hike Series Spring Wildflower Rapture SPRING 2017 Mission Statement The mission of the Finger Lakes Trail Conference is to build, protect, enhance, and promote a continuous footpath across New York State. Forever! FINGER LAKES TRAIL NEWS Volume 56 Number 1 DEPARTMENTS 29 Bug Bites Finger Lakes Trail Service Center 6111 Visitor Center Road 41 FLT Named Hike Events Mt. Morris, NY 14510 42 Name that Map! Answers to the Fall Quiz (585) 658-9320 43 Calendar Editor Irene Szabo 6939 Creek Road, COLUMNS Mt. Morris, NY 14510. 3 President’s Message Phone (585) 658-4321 8 Executive Director Report [email protected] 11 End-to-End Update Graphic Design 12 A Walk on the Wordy Side Jennifer Hopper 14 A Naturalist’s View Proofreader 16 Trail Topics, reports from the trail management directors Jo Taylor End-to-End Update Jacqui Wensich CONTENTS 4 End-to-Enders - The Gravinos Walking through Time 5 News Release Irene Szabo, Tim Wilbur 6 "Marathon" Hike; July 1, 2012 A Naturalist's View 13 Celebrating the Founders of the FTC Randy Weidner 19 TCHC ASP Weekend A Walk on the Wordy Side 22 Rob's Trail Marla Perkins 23 The -100A Hiking Challenge FLT Archives 24 Hike 100 Challenge Returns for 2017 Georgeanne Vyverberg 26 2017 Cross-County Hike Series Finger Lakes Trail News is the official pub- 28 Help Wanted lication of the Finger Lakes Trail Confer- 30 2016 Hoxie Gorge Lean-to Alley Cat ence, Inc., and is published four times a year 31 Remembering Dorothy Beye by the Finger Lakes Trail, 6111 Visitor Cen- ter Road, Mt. Morris, NY 14510. Comments 32 Invitation to the Annual Meeting and original contributions are welcome and 33 Proposed Bylaw Changes may be submitted to the editor. 34 FLTC 2017 Spring Weekend Send address changes to : 42 Memorial Hiking Dog Shelter Finger Lakes Trail Service Center Copyright © 2017 by Finger Lakes Trail Conference, Inc. COVER: Last August an Alley Cat crew built this handsome post-and-beam shelter in Hoxie Gorge State Forest, east of Interstate 81 on Map M20. Perfect site! Photo by Mike TenKate THIS PAGE: From the observation platform within Huckleberry Bog on Map B3, northwest of Hammondsport, in early June we can see blooming iris, arum lily, mounds of sphagnum moss, high bush blueberry, and ferns. However, back in February when we were working on this issue, the Howard Beye hike walked through several inches of wet snow there. Picture by Jacqui Wensich President’s Message Pat Monahan All of us have our personal memories for As we continue to move forward, we are winter as we have grown older. Growing lacking some critical skillsets on the Board. up in Bath in Steuben County, it gave Therefore it is difficult to make the kind of me great joy to leave the snow and sub progress needed to grow the FLT rather zero temperatures behind in anticipation than remain static as an organization. We of warmer days to greet all of my spring need assistance with outdoor activities. Now in 2017, either I am or the climate is more mellow than ever • marketing, before. Regardless, spring is coming and I • membership, am glad to start another year with the FLT. • information technology, and • crews and construction. As promised in my Winter message to you, I will report in more detail about the Board You may be just the person for the whole retreat held in November 2016. Here is a job or perhaps the one to take on a specific task with a deadline and clear objectives summary of the weekend activities. Laurie Ondrejka to complete. If you or someone you know • Affirmed the job description of a full time executive may have a question about how to help us, director. (The Board hired Quinn Wright.) please contact us at (585) 658-9320 or DebbieH@fingerlakestrail. • Established a 2017 budget that requires new revenue org. sources in order to fund a full time executive director For more details on the jobs we need filled, please see Quinn’s position. article “Help Wanted” on page 28. • Affirmed that this is a working board with the expectation that each Board member either lead or participate on “Go take a hike!!” various committees. • Reviewed a current opportunity to protect the trail in Tompkins County. • Started to review our strategic plan for membership and marketing. We will continue to study these areas in the coming year. Searchable Archive of the Finger Lakes Trail News A valuable and little-known resource is available to will find links to PDF copies of past issues of theNews you on the FLTC website. Want to find that old article all the way back to 2004. You can search and download about measuring wheels or all the articles that mention these issues. you? In the Members>Library area on the website you www.FingerLakesTrail.org Finger Lakes Trail News Spring 2017 3 End-to-Enders - The Gravinos (#414 Ethan, #415 Christian, #416 Sarah) Sarah Gravino Some people make excuses; others make memories. This is not an end-to-end article about hills, sweat, rain, a bear, or pack of coyotes. This is for all of you young parents patiently waiting for the kids to grow up so you can “have fun again.” Did you know kids are fun? They’re hilarious actually. If you both put down your phones, turn off the television and spend some time together you might just learn a little more about the humans they are trying to become and the Finger Lakes Trail is the perfect place for magic like that to happen. Bet you can think of so many reasons why you and your 5 year old can’t go backpacking or even hiking. They’re too young. Says who? We started when my boys were 7 and 9. Did we start off with 18 mile days? Nope. Seven miles to the first lean-to in Allegany State Park was pushing it, but they made it. For the next year or two we never pushed more than 12 miles between camps or cars but on the FLT that works fine. Sarah Gravino 8-20-11 Ethan, Christian, Jade, Mr. Hook and Jadin. I’ve never done anything like that before. Well, guess what? Landowners on M2, Mr. and Mrs. Hook gave us popsicles. The Neither have your kids. You’ll learn together. And even if you kids still talk about this five years later. screw up it’s the adventure that makes it fun. Remember the time we walked 3 miles in the wrong direction on our 20 mile day? Or As time went on the boys grew stronger and our gear improved. when our boots froze overnight? Be prepared for the unexpected; it’s a great life lesson. Spend a winter learning how to throw a It will be boring. What are the kids supposed to do? Walking bear bag, how to pack a backpack and how to use a compass. The quietly is not something that happens until adulthood so be internet is wonderful… sometimes. prepared. This is the master list I wish someone had handed me five years ago. I don’t have any equipment. • Alphabet listing game. What do you • I’m thinking of a number. actually need? • Count small toads. Our first year • Count red efts. the boys wore • Play “Would you rather…?” crocs and I had • Play with road tar. old sneakers with • Pick up road junk; kids love road junk. a hole so large • Make berry or mud face paint. I had to tape 2 • Make jam; in your mouth is less messy. toes together • Ask “What would you like to have right now?” to prevent my • Sing. And if you’re my kid you’d sing the same song for little toe from two weeks straight. sticking out. The • Pretend you are a giant. kids used school • Limbo under maple lines. backpacks and • Have a belly button sing along. Get weird. It’s okay. Vincent Gravino Vincent fleece blankets. • Yahtzee- dice are lightweight. • 7-17-14 Christian, Sarah, Ethan and Simmi Our budget Have a conversation. Weird, I know. But talk to your was so low we kids. There’s a lot going on in those little heads. ate rice, mac and cheese and instant oatmeal. So what do you It took us five years of hiking through nettle and briars, up and actually need? down mountains, in snow and blistering heat but those are not the • Good light weight tent, and remember, kids are small. things the boys talk about when I ask about our adventures. They • A way to purify water remember hitting grandma in the head with an apple, belly button • A way to cook (light weight stove and pot) songs and the best ice cream they’ve ever had. Life is short and • Patience kids grow fast. Enjoy it. Stop making excuses and start making memories. 4 Spring 2017 Finger Lakes Trail News www.FingerLakesTrail.org Thank you Finger Lakes Trail for giving us an excuse to make time for each other, for giving my boys a reason to be proud (580 miles before the age of 13 is pretty cool) and the perfect place to make memories. If you want to read more about our adventures check out our blog at http://shortstrides.blogspot. com/ and while I’m a bit sad we’re done and I promised them no backpacking this year, I have a feeling it’s in their blood and the branch trails are next.
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