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• TM THE TRAIL MARKER • Published by the New York Chapter, Inc. of the Adirondack Mountain Club, Inc. Peter Stuyvesant Post Office Station P. O. Box 2276, New York, NY 10009-9998 Camp Nawakwa on Lake Sebago, 845-351-4135 www.adkny.org Chapter Chair’s Message We Still Want to Hear from You! Dear Nawakwans, What does Nawakwa mean to you? What do you like best Spring has just sprung and camp activities will soon be upon about being at camp? What further improvements would us. Work weekend has been scheduled for Saturday May 14 you like to see happen, and what would make you spend with some additional work on Sunday, May 15. Whether you more time at one of the Hudson Valley’s most desirable are a long time helper, rookie or applicant, we need ‘all hands locations? on deck’ to ready the camp for the season. So don’t be shy! TAKE THE SURVEY! Click on this link or go to: Register with our hosts and let them know which meals http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/63328MD you’ll be staying for. It’s fast, private and secure. Make your voice heard!! If you can’t make the work weekend and would like to help, we plan on re-roofing one of the cabins the following weekend, May 21/22. If you’ve got some skills in this area, 2011 Locker Renewals and great! If not, we need laborers to wheel away old shingles to Locker Availability the dumpster, pick up nails, haul old plywood and so forth. Many Nawakwa members find it convenient to rent a locker at Camp to store such items as sleeping bag, tent, The Main Club has asked if we could donate a gift basket for air mattress, toiletries, towels, spare shoes, change of the Black Fly Affair on Saturday, May 21. We are seeking clothing, hiking gear, camp chair, and other necessities a volunteer to help raise funds for the basket, and MAYBE of camp life. The lockers are fairly spacious, and at $35 a attend the Affair (or not?). See Ingrid’s message for details. year, they’re probably the cheapest real estate you’ll ever rent. A 50-year member, Graham Bright of Vermont, has made a If you rented a locker in 2010, you will receive a locker VERY munificent donation to the Chapter! We can’t thank renewal notice during the coming month with instructions him enough for his generosity. Maybe we can interest other for mailing your $35 renewal fee. members to use Graham as a model?! Members can make If you don’t have a locker currently but would like to enjoy donations at any time of the year, not just in the holiday the benefits of having one, you should notify Jerry Flower season. Since receiving this donation, the Main Club in at [email protected] or drop a note to ADKNY Lake George has agreed to accept TAX EXEMPT donations Membership, 802 W. 190th Street #1F, New York, NY for our Chapter and then direct those donations back to us. 10040 with a check for $35. There is a lot more to talk about, so read on in the TM, web site, or come and spend time with friends at the camp. Welcome! Happy hiking! New Applicants John Kozma January Ed O’Donnell, Chair. Tim Reed March Camp Nawakwa on Lake Sebago from Diamond Mountain on the first day of Spring, 2011 photo by Servetti The Trail Marker 1 April–May 2011 Hikes: April–May 2011 Sunday, April 17 • Annual Palm Sunday Hike to St. (visit www.adkny.org for updates) John’s Church in the Wilderness The New York Chapter’s annual Palm Sunday hike to St. Volunteers Wanted! John’s Church has been a tradition since the 1930’s. The We are always seeking volunteers to lead hikes. 6-7 mile hike will be mostly on trails with ups and downs Familiarity with trails and hiking experience is all that is at a moderate pace, so good hiking boots should be worn. required. If you are interested, please Bring lunch (hopefully a nice warm lunch break near Breakneck Pond), water, snacks, extra clothing including contact the Hikes Chairperson, Glen Nison, at rain gear (the weather in mid -April can be cold and wet) [email protected] and a sense of adventure. This is not a stroll, it is a hike April and May Hikes – please check schedules of various and will be qualifying. The actual hike will start at the public transportation options as fares camp road near Seven Lakes Drive at about 10am, but and schedules may have changed. the cars (except for one or two) will be left at the Church Saturday, April 2 • Stonetown’s Other Half earlier. Meet 9:30 AM at Stonetown Recreation Area ball fields ALL PARTICIPANTS MUST REGISTER WITH parking off Mary Roth Drive in West Milford. From here GLEN NISON (718-625-2182 or [email protected]) we shuttle to Lake Riconda Drive to begin the hike with a by Thursday night, April 14. challenging uphill on White Trail to Harrison Mountain. We descend south on Red Stonetown Circular Trail, Please leave your name, number of people in your car and possibly lunching at Tory Rocks or near Signal Rock, your phone number and whether you need directions to hiking through meadows back to the ball fields parking. the church (it’s off of Lake Welch Drive). Unless Glen gets Register with leader by 4/1. Rain cancels. TC map 115. back to you plan on getting to the church by 9:30am on Leader: Despina Metaxatos [email protected] Sunday morning. All the drivers will meet at the church (pref) or 201-952 -4151 (NCA 9 PM) and only one or two cars will return (with the drivers of all the other cars) to the camp road where those one Saturday, April 9 • Mt. Taurus or two cars will be left. If the weather is warm enough A long uphill, but rewarded with spectacular views of the all passengers should be dropped off at the entrance to Hudson Valley. Around 6 miles at a moderate pace. Call the Camp Nawakwa Road and the car and driver should or preferably email me beforehand to make sure that the continue to the church to meet the other cars there. Either hike is on, and if you need or can offer a ride from NYC. the leader or a designee will organize the “stuffing of the Take the 9:51 MetroNorth Hudson Line train from GCT one or two cars” and drive back to the Camp Nawakwa arriving in Cold Spring at 11:05. Or, take the 9:40 local road. at the Marble Hill station (one block from the 225th St. stop of the #1 subway) changing at Croton-Harmon for the The hike ends at the church and the drivers of the cars express. Please sit in the 1st or 2nd open car of the train, left at the ADK camp road will get a ride back to get their and please use the restrooms on the train. Out around 4, car either before the service if time allows or after the but plan to hang around for a while afterwards for some barn reception ends. The half-hour service starts at 3PM refreshment at the Depot Cafe. Sorry, no children, no pets, and is followed by a nice buffet at the barn across the no smoking. Qualifying. road from the Church. Everything usually wraps up by Leader: Bob Susser 212 666-4371; [email protected]. about 5 or so depending on the weather. Many different hiking cubs meet for this event. Leader may be at camp Sunday, April 10 • Rockland Lake To Haverstraw on Saturday night. Heavy rain may cancel or shorten the Meet 9:30 AM at Landing Hill Road parking off Rockland hike -we go in snow! Glen will try to arrange a pick up Lake Road at Rockland Lake State Park. We hike north at the Sloatsburg Bus stop (8:30am Shortline Bus from on Long Path to White Trail, lunch before heading back Port Authority arriving in Sloatsburg at 9:12am) but can’t south on the bike path. Register with leader by 4/9. guarantee that it will work out since it depends on other Rain cancels. TC map 110.PM) Leader: Despina Metaxatos drivers. Why not spend the weekend at Nawakwa if there [email protected] (pref) or 201 952 4151 (NCA 9 PM) is a caretaker or host (check out website or Trail Marker before the hike) Check out the church’s website at www. Saturday, April 16 • Fahnestock stjohnsinthewilderness.org for history and to locate on Various trails through woods and high-level meadows google map. It’s on Johnsontown Road and Lake Welch with alpine-like vistas. Around 8 miles at a moderate Parkway (or Route 106) depending on which way you are pace. Out around 5. Call or preferably email me coming in. beforehand to make sure that the hike is on and if you need or can offer a ride from NYC. Take the 9:51 Sunday, April 24 • Ridgewood Circular MetroNorth Hudson Line train from GCT arriving in Join us for an easy hike up to the ridge and enjoy a nice Cold Spring at 11:05. Or, take the 9:40 local at the Marble view. We’ll pass three lovely ponds and walk through the Hill station (one block from the 225th St. stop of the #1 formal gardens of Skyland Manor House.