May-july 2011 No. 1103 chepontuc — “Hard place to cross,” Iroquois reference to Glens Falls hepontuc ootnotes C T h e N e w s l e tt e r o f T h e G l e N s f a l l s - s aF r a T o G a C h a p T e r o f T h e a d i r o N d a C k M o u nt a i N C l u b Longest Day of the Year Event It’s so nice outside in June, that we’re trying something new this year with an Outdoor Evening Program! We have orga- nized four or more evening outings to take advantage of the extended daylight on Tuesday, June 21st. You may have to leave work a bit early to John Schneider meet up with the Monument Valley, Utah. group, but hopeful- ly you can join us Program on one of the trips. A true Western adventure! The plan is for the ‘loNGesT day of The trips to end around year eveNT’ Last year Schneider and his wife, Canyon, hikes into the Canyon from the 7 and all meet up Eileen, purchased a motor North Rim, and takes a wheN: eveNiNG, juNe 21 in Shepard Park in raiN daTe: juNe 22 home in Yuma, Arizona, day hike on the more than Lake George around and took two weeks to 800-mile long Arizona 7:30. Bring your whaT: various opTioNs bring it home to Saratoga Program Trail. On a half-day tour own picnic din- Springs. Their cross-coun- he visits Monument ner or grab a slice try trip took them to the ‘The GraNd CaNyoN, Valley. of pizza in the village. It will be a great Grand Canyon, Arizona MoNuMeNT valley, aNd oTher Come ride the chance to get out, be active, and then catch (both South and North GreaT wesTerN plaCes’ Durango-Silverton up with people you may not have seen Rim); Monument Valley, wheN: 7 p.M., May 25 Narrow Gauge Railroad in awhile or meet fellow ADKers. If you Utah; Durango, Colorado; as it snakes and climbs can’t make it to one of the outings, just Great Sand Dune National whaT: preseNTaTioN wiTh its way along the Animus meet us at the park for the eating and chat- Park, Colorado; and Tall johN sChNeider River for 45 miles ting portion of the evening! Grass Prairie National where: saraToGa spriNGs between Durango and the You will need to sign up for the outings. Preserve, Kansas. publiC library former mining town of Please contact the trip leader as soon as Come join Schneider as Silverton, Colorado. Join you can. More trips may be added if need- he takes you on two sce- along on a visit to Great ed. See the Outings Schedule inside. nic rides of more than 50 miles along Sand Dunes National Park, a park in a the South and North Rim of the Grand setting that does not seem real. Bike along the Warren County Bike Trail — Steve Mackey, smackey33@veri- zon.net, 793-6484 Birding in the Lake George area — Sign on to our online version! Laurie LaFond, [email protected], 955-8301 opt out to Get into Awesome into a raffle to win prizes such Prizes! When you sign up to as an AdK fleece, Planet earth Hike up French Mountain — Gary receive chepontuc Footnotes dVd, signed copy of Views From Rodd, [email protected], 792- online not only will you help save on high, or a ticket to our 4937 a tree and our chapter money, Annual dinner! do iT noW: Paddle on the west side of Lake but also you will be entered www.adk-gfs.org George — Maureen Coutant, mojim@ roadrunner.com 745-7834 hepontuc ootnotes Lots going on C PublishedF Bimonthly Glens Falls-Saratoga Chapter adiroNdaCk MountaiN Club P.O. Box 2314 Glens Falls, NY 12801 • www.adk-gfs.org this spring ExecuTive Committee Officers: Chair Maureen Coutant By Maureen coutanT 22 Pinion Pine Lane., Queensbury, NY 12804 Phone: 745-7834 • e-mail: [email protected] First Vice Chair Tricia Lockwood e’ve had a many folks that they 91 Bardin road, hudson Falls, NY 12839 couple of like to have the paper in Phone: 275-6054 • e-mail: [email protected] great pro- hand. You can still have Second Vice Chair Laura Fiske 16 Barber St., Ballston Spa, NY 12020 Wgrams, which I hope it, but this way you get Phone: 884-0345 • e-mail: [email protected] you were able to to choose which pieces Secretary John Caffry attend. In February, of paper you really want 25 Wing St., Glens Falls, NY 12801 Mary Brown gave us to have “in hand.” Phone: 798-0624 • e-mail: [email protected] a first-hand behind- Back to our programs, Treasurer John Schneider 6 nonchalant dr., Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 the-scenes look at a I apologize for all of the Phone: 584-8527 • e-mail: [email protected] scientist support crew recent date and loca- Directors in Antarctica. Then, chapter chAir tion changes. None of Jonathan Lane the Mackey’s gave us a these errors were due [email protected] Laura Fiske spectacular multimedia in any part to our fine [email protected] presentation of their fall volunteer newsletter edi- Linda Ranado 2010 bike trip across Report tor. They were simply [email protected] America in March. the result of miscom- Past Chapter Chair Heidi teRiele Karkowski I can’t tell you how munications between all 25 Black Point road, Ticonderoga, NY 12883 many wonderful com- Join us for the of the parties involved Phone: 585-7206 • e-mail: [email protected] Committee Chairs: ments I’ve heard about in pulling these events “outings” program Annual Dinner Heidi teRiele Karkowski both shows. We have together, including me. 25 Black Point road, Ticonderoga, NY 12883 another great show this New people in new Phone: 585-7206 • e-mail: [email protected] in June! month, on Wednesday, jobs and little missing Conservation Jacki Bave May 25, at Saratoga details can have a big 14 round Table rd., Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 Springs Library. John impact! On the upside, Phone: 587-3754 • e-mail: [email protected] Education Linda Ranado Schneider will give a slide show on a it did reinforce the value of getting 18 Pine ridge road, hadley, NY 12835 trip he took last year to the American on our Chapter Email alert list! Our e-mail: [email protected] Southwest. The black and white copy webmaster maintains this list and Hospitality Gretchen Steen of his photo in the newsletter doesn’t sends out e-mails when the newslet- 2217 county route 46, Fort edward, NY 12828 do it justice. Check out our website ter is posted online, as a reminder Phone: 638-6139 • e-mail: [email protected] www.adk-gfs.org to see it in color and of upcoming programs, and to alert Membership Pat Desbiens 16A rovanten Park, Ballston Lake, NY 12019 click on the May-July newsletter tab you to program changes. See the Phone: 899-9688 • e-mail: [email protected] on the right hand side under “Quick box elsewhere in the newsletter to Newsletter/Editor Jill Gruben Links.” find out how to get on the list. Don’t Phone: 309-4198 • e-mail: [email protected] While you’re at our website, you’ll worry; we’ll try not to overload your Outings Alison Darbee and Madeline Kowalik-Bova see how easy it is to view the news- mailbox. You can also “opt-out” of e-mail: [email protected] letter. In fact, starting with this issue, the newsletter when you sign up for Programs e-mail: [email protected] the online version may have some the e-mail alerts. Publicity e-mail: [email protected] added content that we couldn’t fit Finally, I’d like to note that in June Trails Tom Ellis into the printed newsletter. Plus, you we’re trying something new and 2217 county route 46, Fort edward, NY 12828 can print out pages you’d like to post doing “outings” for a program! We Phone: 638-6139 • e-mail: [email protected] Website George Sammons on your refrigerator as reminders or hope we’ll have nice weather and 105 Farr Lane, Queensbury, NY 12804 print out the whole newsletter for you will join us for an outing of your Phone: 743-9692 • e-mail: [email protected] that matter. Our bimonthly newslet- choice followed by food and good Wilderness Jim Schneider ter is our greatest expenditure, at conversation at Shepard Park in Lake 30 elizabeth Lane, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 almost 50% of our budget. We hope George during the evening of June Phone: 581-9367 • e-mail: [email protected] that some of you will decide to opt 21. It should be fun and it’s always Young Members Group Jonathan Lane 547 Middle Line road, Ballston Spa, NY 12020 out of having a newsletter mailed to good to try new things. It’s also good Phone: 744-4594 • e-mail: [email protected] you when you see how easy and con- to try old things again. That’s what venient it is to view it online. While we’ll be doing in December. We’ll be we’re exploring a number of ways to showing photos from you — if you reduce this cost, this is a way you can submit some! See more info on the help right away.