CAYUGA TRAILS
Newsletter of the Cayuga Trails Club
YP.1-- 15* n o , I January 1975
CALENDAR
Jan. 14 Annual Dinner and Meeting. Char Pit Rest Sunday aurant - 5p.m. Social hour, 6 p.m. Dinner
Jan. 28 WALK LOOK & LEARN HIKE, no. 156. Danby Sunday Area. Meet at Danby IGA, at 1:45 p.m.
Feb. 2-4 Special Trip to Piseco. Friday- Sunday
See also article on "Ski-Touring Club"
WALK. LOOK AND LEhM HIKE no. 136. Sunday, Jun. 28th.
This will be in Danby - Michigan Hollow and Bald Hill Poad area. Meet at the Danby I.G. A. on Route 96B at 1:45 p.m.. Bring snow shoes if it looks likely and you wish... Possibly refreshments at Chestnut Lean-to. Bring own hot drink. About miles. Leaders: Flo DeRemer and Jack Perry.
BOARD PROPOSES INCREASE IN DUES. The Executive Board, after a preliminary study by the Finance Chairman Jack Perry, is pro posing an increase in our annual dues. The Board proposes tha t individual dues be increased from $2.00 to $2.50 and family mem bership dues be increased from $3.00 to $4.00 per year. The membership will vote on this proposal at the annual meeting, Jan. 14, and if approved at that time the increase would be effectiv e for 1973. The increase would be a change in the Club's By-Laws. We might note that this would be the first time our dues have ever been increased, and the increase is suggested because of rising postal rates and increased expenses for the Newsletter.
Don’t forget to send in your reservation 1 ANNUAL DINNER. Sunday January 14, 1973 Roast Top Sirloin $4.75 Italian Baked Chicken 4.25 Delmonico Steak 5.00 Includes tax and gratuity Social Hour 5p.m. Dinner 6p.m. Please respond by January 3. 1973.
Name ______No. of dinners __
Choice ______
Telephone no. ______Am’t. Included __ mail to Mrs. Dorothy Evans, R.D. 3, Ithaca, N.Y. 14850
1 CAYUGA TRAILS January. 1973
PRESIDENT’S REQUEST ¥111 all committee„chaii:men and main officers please prepare a Brief oral report for the Annual Meeting and a more complete written report to be given to the Historian? Denny Teeter
S p e c i a l TRIl TO JPISECQ, February 2-4. The response to the Piseco trip, as on other years, has been enthusiastic. Seventeen have indicated their interest and since Irondequoit Lodge has accommodations for 20, those who waiver may still be included (vacancies will be filled on first-come, first-served basis and not solely by CTC members?. If interested, call directly: Werner Leutert, Manager, Irondequoit Club, Piseco, tel 518-548-6350, If successful, please contact Harriet Budke, tel. 257-0852, or Hilda Tanner, 272-5386. ZLl.lSttS FLT to be closed February 5. 1973. The Finger Lakes Trail teill be officially closed Monday, February 5, in keeping with the policy of closing the trail one day each year to protect the property rights of landowners.
Experiment on the FLT. Erv Markert, Trail Chairman of the f l t , has announced an interesting experiment on a five-mile stretch of trail where there will be no maintenance except to keep the paint blazes in goud condition. The purposesof the experiment include cheeking to see if hikers can K e e p a trail open by walking on it, if this practice will deter motor vehicles such, as snowmobiles and motorcycles and also horses, and if the natural regrowth helps protect the trail and helps pre vent erosion.
NEW SKI-TOURING CLUB FORMED. CTC members may be interested in a new SKi-Touring Club which recently formed. Many events are already scheduled; for example, January 7 a tour in Robinson Hollow, January 13, a workshop on eouiowent, skiing technique and waxing, and January 14 a tour on Connecticut Hill. For further information, call Bruce Fairbanks (272-1472 after 6 p.m.) or Liz Phelps (273-5146 after 6 p.m.).
REPORT ON CHRISTMAS BRUNCH. December 16. A buck and six doe$ - Jim Brann, Doris Brann, Vivian White, Florence DeRemer, Clara Straight, Helen DeGraff and Dorothy Evans. Temperature - not bad, Wind - quiet, Sky cloudy with miniature thoughts of Sun, Fire - logs a glowing, Stoves for cidiking, one high, one flat, Food - A full board and delicious. We all thought we had a fine time. Five went for"snow walk" on north side of gorge. Some saw a pileated wood p e c k e r . - P.EvanH CAYUGA TRAILS______January. 1975
REPORT ON NOVEMBER WLL #155 - Dec. 10
I t was a dark wet day (as usual) but the heavy rains of the morning ceased, the fog parted, and 22 cheerful hikers assembled above Fish Kill Creek, at the edge of the red pines, to walk the FLT down the south border of Robert E Treman Park. Spirits were high, it seemed, for the chatter of voices subdued the roar of fog-shrouded Enfield Creek falls. The woods were delightful, carpeted with leaves and pine needled and sparsely decorated with bittersweet. It was a good day for a hiKe. Peg Stout and Betty Lewis
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Karla Longree
Lois Fogeisanger (Mrs. Aldus)
Phil and Babs Mollers
HAPPY NEW YEAR 1 CAYUGA TRAILS
Newsletter of the Cayuga Trails Club
Vol. 15, no. 2______February 1975
CALENDAR
Feb. 2-4 Piseco Winter Week-end (Special Trip) Fri.-Sun Harriet Budke, Leader
Feb. 7 Nature Trail Organizational Meeting. 7:50 p.m. Wed. Doris Brann’s, 511 Ellis Hollow Creek Road
Feb. 14 Executive Board Meeting - 7:50 p.m. Wed. Hilda Tanner’s, 808 N. Cayuga Street
Feb. 18 WALK. LOOK AND LEARN HIKE #157 Sun. on the proposed CTC Nature Trail, Meet at 1:50 p.m. at Branns’, Doris Brann, leader
WALK. LOOK AND LEARN HIKE No. 157 February 18, 1:50 p.m.
Meet at 1:50 at Branns’, 511 Ellis Hollow Creek Rd. for a walk on the proposed CTC Nature Trail. Distance less than two miles, one half level easy walking; the other half on steep slopes. Foot gear appropriate for wet and/or snowy conditions. Trail uncut, clippers welcome 1 To reach Branns’, drive east from Ithaca on Mitchell St. (Rt 566 for 1st few blocks). Continue on Mitchell St. which becomes Ellis Hollow Rd. Turn left (N) on either Turkey Hill Rd., or Genung Rd.; then right (E.) after crossing creek. Branns’ is 5rd house east of Gas Pumping Station. If further in formation is needed call Doris Brann, 275-1580. Bring warm drink.
OFFICERS FOR 1975
The nominating committee presented and the membership unanimously accepted the following slate of officers for 1975:
President Betty Lewis Vice President Jo Tharpe Secretary Nan Howard Treasurer Elaine Walker New Member-at- Betty Birdsey Large (Clara Straight serves a second term)
EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING (See Calendar)
Agenda will include committee responsibilities and program planning for the year. In addition we will have a progress report on the Nature Trail and on the informative brochure. We would like new and old (last years ’) officers and committee chairmen to be present for ideas and help at this meeting. Betty Lewis CAYUGA TRAILS February. 1973
FROM THE PRESIDENT
I am sure that I speak for every member of the past executive board and echo the sentiments of the total membership as I say - Thank you, Denny Teeter and all your helpers, for the excellent leadership and programs that you provided this past year. We appreciate what you did for us. The club has many different adtivities. If you are a new mem ber, or have not been active, and you would like to contribute some time or ideas, let us know your interests. It should be possible to contribute to an activity that holds a real interest for you and thus we will all profit and enjoy the work at the same time. Activities chairmen will be listed in the next newsletter - the roster is in the making. Betty Lewis
DUES FOR 1973
Recognizing the rising cost of the newsletter, the membership has voted, at the annual meeting, to increase the dues as follows: Individual - $3.00 Family membership - $4.00 Please send check payable to Cayuga Trails Club to our treasurer: Elaine Walker 326 Dryden Rd.
STATURE TRAIL NOTES
Plans for a CTC Nature Trail are progressing nicely. The area to be used extends north and east of the Ellis Hollow Community Center. Verbal permissions have been obtained from the larger land holders and their expression of enthusiasm is encouraging. Anyone interested in helping with this project is MOST welcome. We will need trail scouters (searching for drier groun^); flaggers; botanists for technical assistance with flowers, trees, grasses, mosses, ferns, fungi, etc.; historians to research Ithaca’s turn of the centuryy typhoid epidemic (curious?);a£ti$ts for sketches in guide book and informational signs; cartographers for map making; wood workers for making signs; writers; typist; compilers, editors for guides. Something for everyone I Anyone interested please call me or come to an organizational meeting at my house, 311 Ellis Hollow Creek Rd., 3rd house E. of Pumping Station, 7:30, Wednesday, February 7th. Doris Brann - 273-1580
ANNUAL DINNER REPORT AND WORDS FROM OUTGOING PRESIDENT
Sixty-seven members and guests attended the eleventh annual CTC dinner - the usual gala event - held Sunday, January 14, at the Char-Pit Restaurant in Ithaca. A written review cannot do justice to the reports of the ’72 committee chairmen, but let it be said that the committee chairmen caught the flavor of the Club’s acti vities and certainly made the year sound like just as much fun CAYUGA TRAILS February 1975
Annual Dinner Report and Words from the Outgoing Pres. (Cont.)
as it was. But it was a year of questioning and reevaluation, too, and some frustration. Just one indication of our continuing growth and prosperity: 575 Guidebooks were sold in 1972. The most important official business of the evening was the elec tion of officers for the coming year: the slate had been pre pared by the nominating committee composed of George Barnes, Betty Lewis and Jo.Tharpe. Our thanks to the nominating com mittee, and our best wishes to the new officers I The other offi cial businesswas the Club’s approval of a dues increase (also mentioned elsewhere). Paul Kelsey, Regional Conservation Educator for the N.Y. State Dep't. of Environmental Conservation, provided our program of the evening. He showed slides taken on their two-acre country lot, show ing many features of nature that are easily accessible but which we all sometimes tend to overlook. Especially striking were a series of slides showing the stages of a butterfly and slides showing the emerging of praying mantises from the egg case. Members enjoyed his slides and comments, and we were glad to have him and his wife as our guests for the evening. The light touch of the evening came when Vivian White witn piano accompaniment by Hilda Tanner called on Clara Straight, a 1972 "Oscar" winner", to announce "Academy decisions11 f or this year. These were: For Best Stage Sets of 1972 - Betty Lewis, for Tompkins County Clean- Up Day activities. (Trails Comm. Chairman for 1972, and incoming president). For Best Director and Best Scripts * Denny Teeter (our out-going president), and For Best Producer. Production Crew. Enter tainer. Supporting Actress. Interior Decorator and Stage Manager - Dorothy Evans (our Social Committee Chairman for 1972.) One of the most pleasant aspects of the annual dinner is the oppor tunity to see friends - old and new- and to chat with some of the members we don't see often on the hikes. It seemed a special treat to see members who traveled some distance to join us. Plow fortunate we were for the good weather (must be the Outing Committee put in a good word). And it is always somewhat of a surprise to see how the ladies look in dresses, after being so accustomed to recognizing one another in hiking clothes. The fasion of the year seemed to be the long skirt. Erv Markert. FLTC President, spoke briefly on FLTC's role as "mother hen," as Laura McGuire had dubbed it. Maybe the expression will be especially apt in FLTC's coming year. We certainly thank among others who helped to rnaKe the event a successDorothy Evans, who made the dinner arrangements, and the Schuyler County Day Hospital people, who made the pipe cleaner hiker favors. And for m e , a very fond thank you to everyone who worked so hard and enjoyed the Club activities so much in 1972. And once again I am sure that many will give Betty all the help they can in the coming year. Denny Teeter Newsletter, of trie Cayuga Trails Ciub
Vol. 13. no. 3 March 1973
CALENDAR
March 4 Wild Flower Slide Show - Ellis Hollow Community Sunday Center, 7:50 p.m..
March 7 Mature Trail Committee Meeting - Brann*s. ?11 Wednes. Ellis Hollow Creek Road, 7:30 p.m..
March 11 WALK. LOOK AND LEARN HIKE #138. Caroline Area. Sunday Meet at Caroline School. Leaders, Ruth Schwartz and Eve Greenberg.
March 14 Executive Board Meeting - at Harriet Budge's, Wednea. Carriage House Apt. M-6. 190 Pleasant Grove Road (near Community Corners;
V'ftjT.K. LOOK AND LEARN KIKE Mo. 158 Sunday, March 11, 1:3C p.m.
The hike will be in the Caroline area. Two ana a half to three miles on easy terrain. If weather is suitable, bring snow shoes or skis. Meet at 1:P6 p.m. at the Caroline School, six miles east on Rte 79. Co-leaders: Ruth Schwartz, Eve Greenberg. Call Ruth Schwartz at £72-2306. WILD FLOWER SLIDE SHOW A Breath of Spring, March 4, Sunday
We will have a Wild Flower Slide Show on March 4 at 7:30, at the Ellis Hollow Community Center on Genung Road. Slides will be shown of many of the flowers that will bloom later along the Nature Trail. Anyone who has slides of wild flowers, either native or otherwise, that they would like to show, please call me so a pro gram can be worked out before the show. Doris Brann 273-1580 jNAl'Uhh 'IhiilL NhwS - Our Nature Trail tho still very much in the formative stages is beginning to taxe shape as about thirty members of CTC witnessed on February 18th WLL. Be fore the next newsletter it is hoped all permissions from land owners will be obtained. By 1974 we would like to hove a leaflet completed to be used as a guide to the Trail. Since a full growing season is necessary for such a compilation a Checklist of Spring Flowers and Ferns has be$n made to assist temporarily in identification of these plants. Comments on its usefulness and any other suggestions are wel- CAYUGA TRAILS March. 1975
Nature Trail Newa (Cont.) come. Our final guide will also include check lists of birds, grasses, mosses and fungi (we need help j); h ±so signs of animal activities such as homes, feeding, tracks. Next Nature Trail Committee meeting 7 March, 7:30 at Branns*, 311 Ellis Hollow Creek Rd., 273-1580. Doris Brann
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE - All officers and committee chairmen are urged to be present for tne Executive Committee meeting at the home of Harriet Bud^e, Carriage House Apt M-.6, 190 Pleasant Grove Ed. (telephone 257-0852), at 7:30 p.m.. Any interested members are invited. Agenda will include program planning for 197-:''.
1^73 Dues
Dues must be paid by March 15 for your name to be included in the 137'6 membership list. Dues are: *2.50 individual membership (not ^3.00 as reported in February newsletter) $4.00 Family membership Please send to the treasurer: Elaine Walker, 826 Drvderi Rd.. Ithaca. New York
SPECIAL TPIP TO IRONDEQUOIT LODGE. PISECO. K.Y.. February 2-4
Twenty-one of us made our CTC ninth annual pilgrimage to Piseco through rain, fog, ice, lightning and spring-like weather. Sa tur- day morning spring was still with us, so most of us went to Specu lator, 13 miks away, to browse and bargain hunt'in local shops. By Saturday afternoon, winter had returned sufficiently to firm up the snow some and we took off to the woods for showshoeing, cross country skiing and hiking. We returned to the Lodge for our tra ditional "Happy Hour" before dinner, this year hosted by the Geo. Barnes’ whose liquid refreshments made the hour very true to the name. Sunday morning was clear and crisp and we wound up our visit with a trek through pine woods. After lunch we departed for Ithaca, all agreeing that although the Lodge is under new manage ment, the Lodge plus the woods and Lake of Piseco still add up to a refreshing, relaxing winter weekend. Harriet Budke
WLL - Ellis Hollow Nature Trail, 18 February
On Sunday, February 18 under bright sunny SK.ies, the first scheduled walk was taicen on the proposed CTC Nature Trail. Condi tions were good for walking, snow shoeing, and sKiing. Both in the swamp and on the hill the snow coating on the evergreens was lovely against the background of a brilliant blue sky. About half the group of forty of the combined memberships of ADK-CTC climbed to the ridge trail to enjoy a southerly view across the Hollow. After a scramble down the slope they rejoined their fellow hilcers at Jim Brann»s hideaway for refreshments. Doris Brann pj&y.G£..py^ s March. 1973 ?a£ e 5
ABOUT OUR Hi^'.Bi.iiS
We are sorry to say that Mrs. Cosette White, Vivian's mother, has taKen a fail and has fractured her hip. Mrs. White is at Tompkins County Hospital. We ho^e that she will have a speedy recovery.
REPORT. ON WLL , .Sunday.. January 28th.. 1973
81 hikers undaunted by the cloudy day and the threat of showers gathered on Bald Hill Road and hiited the trail down to the creek &t Michigan Hollow fioad. We branched off to see the beaver dam and bushwacked for a while before resuming the trail. When we returned to the spur we went to Chestnut Leanto where we found Doris and Jim Brann, Bob Habel and Ed Roberts who had a fire going to greet us. It was most welcome to the hikers who were rather damp from the intermittent showers which had materialized. We enjoyed some hot chocolate, coffee, cookies and good fellowship. Gordon Wright of Pittsford from Genessee Hiking Club was a welcome gupst. Thanks, hikers, for making it a good hike in spite of showers, mud, and brambles. Florence DeRemer and Jack Perry
COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN FOR 19?3
Canoeing: Alec Prosking (367-3500) and Jim Brann (273-1580) Conservation: Mrs. Dorothy Mcllroy (272-5345) Finance: Jack Perry (272-9046) Membership: Ruth Schwartz (272-2306) Outing: Florence DeRemer (273-3911) Publications: Peg Stout (539-7361), Informative brocnure; and Betty Lewis (539-7082, 256-3151), Guide books Publicity: Hilda Tanner (272-5386) Shelters: Jim Brann (273-1580) Special Trips: Margaret and George Barnes (273-2379) Trails: Nature Trail - Doris Brann (273-1580) FLT - FLTC Representative: Laura McQuire (273-0676) Historian: Vivian White (272-8007)
INDIAN PRAYER: Great Spirit Grant that I may not criticize my neighbor until I have walked a mile in his moccasins. « V
CAYUGA TRAILS CLUB
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 13. No. 4 April 1973 CALENDAR April 4 Nature Trail Committee Meeting at Eranna, Wednesday 311 Ellis Hollow Creek Rd. 7s30 pm April 8 Walk, Look, Learn Hike #139* Wildflower hike, Sunday Cornell Plantations 1:30 pm April 11 Executive Board Meeting at home of Betty Lewis, 2075 Slaterville Road 7$30 pm SEE BOTTOM OF PAGE
WALK, LOOK. LEARN HIKE No. 139 Sunday, April 8, 1:30 pmt Meet at 1:30 pm at Rockwell Field Laboratory on Caldwell Road just off Forest Home Drive. Parking lot inside stone post-rail fence entrance. We will walk through the Cornell Plantations Wildflower Garden, a 5 acre area between Fall Creek and Bool's Backwater. Easy walking on level trails. We will see emerging colonies of hepatica, bloodroot, trout lily, wild ginger, Virginia bluebells, toad trillium. How Plantations is working on problems of loss of overstory, plant invaders, etc.. May be of value to those who wish to develop a wildflower garden. After the hike, wildf lower books may be consulted at 100 Judd Falls Road; coffee and cookies at Plantations' office. LEADERS: Audrey O'Connor, Meg Jacobi, Steve Shauger Telephone 256 3020
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING Wednesday, April 11, at 7*30 pm at home of Betty Lewis, 2075 Slaterville Rd. (about 0.2 miles past Bessemer Hill Rd., 5 miles east of Ithaca, on right)
NATURE TRAIL COMMITTEE MEETING April 4, 7s30 pm. You are invited to attend the Nature Trail Committee Meeting to be held on a Wednesday at Branns, 311 Ellis Hollow Creek Rd.. Critical review of the Guide for the North 8 Trail will be an important item of business for the evening. Also an urgent problem has arisen which makes this an extremely important meeting; a large attendance is especially requested. For those who have not walked the trail or who would like to again, meet at Branns at five-thirty. There should be an hour of daylight. We will try to leave promptly* working gals can brxhg change of clothing, if late follow white tags along east side of east field. After walk we will have dinner, go woodcocking and then dessert at seven- thirty, regular meeting time. Please call 273 1590, Doris Brann if you can join us for the Trail walk and dinner.
ALSO: Audubon Films: April 1, Sunday 3 FM "Small World" Fran W. Hall, About insects, particularly. April 18, Wednesday 8:30 PM "Another Penquin Summer" Petemgill CAYUGA TRAILS CLUB APRIL.V?.7,3 NATURE TRAIL NEWS The "North 8" Section of the CTC-Ellis Hollow Nature Trail has been com pletely tagged with white rags and is usable. The entrances axe from Ellis Hollow Creek Road just east of the woods east of the New York State Natural Gas Pumping Station on the north side of the road; and on the east edge of the field east of the Branns, 511 Ellis Hollow Creek Road. By mid-April the Guide should be available in a container at the Brann*s back door (a temporary arrangement). The emphasis of this trail is on woody plants, the other points of interest are noted. These will be expanded as the season progresses. The trail forms two loops as its name "8" implies. The larger bottom loop circles the gentle slope in back of the Kings and Branns, while the smaller top loop asoendsthe steep wooded slope to the Quarry Ridge Trail where an old quarry, surrounded by pines at the top of the ridge, is being developed into a fern garden. When there axe no leaves on the trees the views across the hollow are sufficient reason to make the climb to the top. The footing up the slope over the dried leaves and sliding stones will be improved. An hour and a half should be allowed to complete the whole trail. Doris Brann
SPECIAL TRIPS On Wednesday, March 14, 1973 at a meeting of the Executive Committee of the CTC a tentative schedule of Special Trips for the coming year was discussed. The following is suggested, depending on the availability and datest 1. COOK FOREST - June 1973 - A motel headquarters to be selected later. This is South of Bradford, Pa., about 5 hours from Ithaca. Harriet Budke is obtaining specific information. 2. SCOTT’S AT OQUAGA LAKE - Deposit, N. Y. - Two members of CTC recommend this place, hiking and swimming good. About a 1^ hour drive from Ithaca on route 17« A date at the end of July 1973 or early August to be selected. 3. ADIRONDAK LOJ - on HEART LAKE, neax Lake Placid, N. Y.. The weekend of Sept. 21-22, 1973. 4» BLOCK ISLAND, R. I., c/o Audubon Society of R. I.. 180 species of birds. We should leave Ithaca Friday, October 5» 1973 to arrive at Narragansett, R. I. in time to catch the ferry at 7 Return on Sunday, October 7th at 6:15 PM at Narragansett and can either return then to Ithaca, or stay on the way back. 5. IRONDEQUOIT LODGE, Piseco, N. Y. First or second weekend in February 1974* As dates are firmed up and specific details arranged, information will be passed on to you. Marg and George B a m s
REPORT ON THE WALK, LOOK AND LEARN HIKE, SUNDAY, MARCH 11. Twenty-eight people assembled at Hammond Hill Road in pouring rain. The hike went across Hammond Hill to Star Stanton Hill through woods covered with ground pine, wintergreen and trailing arbutus. A good time was had by all, but especially by the youngest member of the party, Susan Burnett, aged four. Special thanks are due to David Burnett and Betty Lewis for their help in keeping us all to the correct paths. Ruth Sohwartz
SLIDE SHOW A surprise turn-out at Ellis Hollow Community Center on March 4» showed just how eager people were for Spring. Over 40, including a good many guests as well as members enjoyed with murmuring enthusiasm the beautiful slides of spring flowers to be found in Ellis Hollow and flowers from other parts of our country taken by the Branns, and local flower and nature slides of Alec Proskine. It was one of the most light-hearted and enjoyable evenings we have experienced in a long while.
WE WELCOME THE FOLLOWING NEW MEMBERS Catharine Mazauskes, Dorothy Butts, Art Kopp, THE RECYCLED SPRING FLT CONFERENCE The lively pink brochure attached will give you an idea of what fun the "Recycled Spring Conference" of the FUT in nearby Cortland on May 5-6 will be. Hope lots of us will make it, especially since it won't be necessary to stay overnight, although camping will be the u s u a l pleasant possibility. Laura McGuire • V CAffUGA TRAILS CLUB______APRIL 1973______Page 5
CANOE SCHKniTT/R Please note that we have been invited to the E. P. Wheelers at Blue Mountain Lake for dinner Friday night, May 4th the weekend of the North Creek Canoe Slolom. See the following general schedule. Please call Dorothy Evans 272 7809 if you are planning to go.
CAYUGA CANOE & GOURMET CLUB Subsidiary of ADK & CAYUGA TRAILS CLUB Co-chairmen: James Brann 273 1580 & Alec Proskine 387 3500
General Rules Everyone wears a life jacket. No one under 12 admitted except by leaders per mission. We stay within sight range of each other and you follow the leader. Water conditions may be such that the leader may cancel a trip. If there is a question - check with the leader.
March 31* Canoe clinic. Tioughnioga River. Meet at 1:30PM at Caroline School. Leaders: James Brann & Alec Proskine
April 7* Canisteo(NOVICE) Leader Peter Harpending 734 9986, &Bruce Campbell Beaver Dams 936 477T. Meet atAdrian on Stuben Co. Rt. 119 at 10AM.
April 8 . Geneganslet (NOVICE) Meet 1 JM at Caroline School. Leader Hugh Travis 257 1493*
April 14. Fall Creek (NOVICE) Meet .at 1 PM at opposite John’s Gulf in Varna. Leader: James Parkes 272 1606. The race is in the morning.
April 15. OtselicRiver (NOVICE) Meet at N. Y. S. Elec. &Gas, Rt. 13 at 1 FM. Leaders Doris Brann 273 1580.
April 21 & 22. Willowemoc - Beaverkill - East Branch (INTERMEDIATE) Delaware Meet 9 AM Roscoe Diner Rt. 17. Dinner at Antrim Inn, Roscoe. Leader: Alec Proskine.
April 28 & 29. Chenango River (NOVICE) Meet 8 AM Caroline School. Leader: James Brann
May 4, 5, & 6» Hudson River White Water Derby. To Wheeler’s Friday night for dinner and camping. Leader: Dorothy Evans 272 7809. (see separate note)
May 13. Pine Creek. Ansonia, Pa. on Route 6 at 9 AM. Leader: Peter Harpending.
May 19 & 20. Delaware River. Meet at Skinner FallB Bridge at 9s30 AM. Leader: Robert Habel 272 3199. d A Y V ^ A ' T S . A t t i ? Newsletter of the Cayuga Trails Club
Vol. 13, no. 5 May 1973
CALENDAR
May 3 Scouting of Nature Jrail followed by supper at Brann»s Thurs. and short business mtg. or walk on North 8. See Nature Trail News for more info.
May 5-6 Sat,Sun. FLTC Conference £hikes. see article')
May 9 Executive Board Meeting, at Denny Teeter'sf Burdett, Wed. 7:30 p.m.
May 13 Walk Look and Learn Hike #140. Mt. Pleasant area. 1:30 p.i Sun.
May 16, Trail work parties - FLT 6 p.m. 23, 30 Wed.
June 2 Clippo Sat.
WALK, LOOK & LEARN HIKE No. 140 Sunday, May 13, 1:30 p.m.
Meet at the KAMILY BARGAIN CENTER (FBC) parking lot just off Judd Falls Road and Ellis Hollow Road (Mitchell St.;. We will drive to the Mt. Pleasant - Ringwood Road area. The walk, of about 3^ miles will be mostly in the woods on trails, old and new. Some natural features along the way are: interesting glacial formations, wild flowers, varied types of forest and possibly a disappearing brook. We expect to end the hike near the new nature trail at Jim & Doris Brann*s. A leader will be avail able for those who wish a faster hike. The rest of us will follow at a leisurely pace. Leader - Dave Burnett, 539-7977
FLTC CONFERENCE
Hope to see a lot of you over the weekend at the Annual Meeting of the FLTC in Cortland I Those who wish to come only to hikes, rembmber that there is one Saturday afternoon from 3 to 5:30 p.m. on Indian Trails, and both a short and long one Sunday a.m. around 10:00. Meet at the Holi day Inn. Also a buffet lunch Saturday and a Happy Hour and Banquet at 6 and 6:30 Saturday. Consult the pink brochure for more details. Laura McGuire CAYUGA TRAILS May 1975 P 3 g e %
EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING
Executive Board Meeting will be at Denny Teeter's home in Burdett, on Logan Road at 7:50 p.m., May 9. If you need directions, call Hilda Tanner (272-5386).
IN SYMPATHY
We extend deepest sympathy to our president, Betty Lewis, who has just lost her father.
FINGER LAKES TRAIL
As Trails Chairman I have tried to get members to be responsible for a section of trail. This means cutting and painting (only where needed) in the spring and using the grass whip on briars and weeds in late June. 20 members have agreed to do this. If there are others who have not been contacted, please call me. Equipment and paint will be kept on Lawrence Grinnell's back porch or at my place in Sage House, connected with Sa ge Hospital. There are still many miles to do. Work parties will meet at 6 p.m. on Wednesday evenings on May 9, 16, 23, and 30 at the north end of the Weston Parking Lot on Meadow St.
Clippo - Meet at the Super Duper parking lot on West Seneca St. at 9 a.m. Saturday, June 2. We would like a large turnout for this yearly event when we hope to clear all the remaining trail. Bring your own tools if you have them. Bring lunch and bug repellant. Peg Rumsey
NATURE TRAIL NEWS
The North 8 Trail is being used. If a trail guide is picked up in advance (from small plastic container at Branns' back door) the trail will be easier to follow. A group of six walked the area to be developed near Ellis Hollow Commu nity Center. It looks good but crosses some wet areas. The connecting trail to North 8 will be scouted May 3rd. Supper at Branns will be fol lowed by short business meeting or walk on North 8. Please call 273-1580 if you plan to have supper with us. Meet at 5:30 for work party at Branns', 311 Ellis Hollow Creek Rd. Anyone interested in Nature Trail is welcome. Because we can not plan a wild flower walk in Ellis Hollow a trip to another area is being scheduled: possibilities include McClean Bog, Woodwardia Bog, McGowan Woods. Claire Tallman (272-8654) and Dorothy Evans (272-7809) have volunteered to make phone calls. If interested in a morning trip or an after supper trip to some interest area, plea se let one of us know and you will be notified when date is finalized. Always plan on wet footing. And bring your check lists I There is a Nature Trail at Corning Community College that might be help ful for us to visit for ideas. Since there is laurel along this trail we could try to schedule trip during its blooming date. Doris Brann CAYUGA TRAILS May 1975 . E a & e _ 3
REPORT ON WALK. LOOK AND LEARN HIKE. Sunday April 8
Over 50 persons walked the trails in the Cornell Plantations Wildflower Garden. Air was brisk, but the sun was shining. All promised wildflowers were found in bloom or bud, plus the cutleaf toothwort. Woody plants were pointed out by Steve Shauger, graduate assistant at Plantations. Aft'er the hike, some members saw themselves at the Plantations* Fall-In of last October, when the CTC manned an information booth. Special thanks to Marvin Adleman for his aid in showing the film. Several potential new members gave their names to Ruth Schwartz, Membership Chairman. Audrey 0*Connor
CANOE REPORTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
The first outing of the Canoeing Group was on the 31st of March with 17 canoes at the Canoe Clinic, Tioughnioga River. The rest of the trips, the water has been high, until Fall Cree&, April 14, when we had some trouble. The rocks stuck out of the water. Four canoes upset. Nobody was hurt. At the Beaverkill trip the water was a iittle low, but 10 people from Elmira, Binghamton and Ithaca in five canoes enjoyed beautiful weather. The food at the Antrim Inn was excellent. Make reservations for the Hudson River trip with Dorothy Evans, 272- 7809. . Alec Proskine
MEMBERSHIP NOTES
We welcome into membership:
Von Borstel, Edwin and Emma Nygaard, Mary to your list, please, also. Please change telephone numbers as follows:
Barol, Mrs. Barbara Kopp, Art
Note: Please check your own name, address, and phone no. and re port any corrections needed. It just doesn’t seem possible, working under the pressures that exist, to ha ve any list absolutely correct, a fact we recognize and regret.
CONSERVATION NOTES
1. Resolution by Executive Bd.
To: Tompkins County Environmental Management Council The Cayuga Trails Club heartily supports the proposal that Fall Creek be designated a recreational river under the state Wild, Scenic and . CAYUGA TRAILS Page 4 May 1973-----
Conservation Notes (Cont.) 3 Recreational Rivers Act. Our members use the creek for spring canoeing, our Cayuga Trail follows it through the Cornell Plantations as far as Monkey Run. Including the creek in the Wild, Scenic and Recreational Rivers System would assure that its present character will not be changed. Hopefully, some day the Greenbelt along it suggested by Prof. MacDaniels’ Committee will be created to increase its recreational potential. Dorothy W. Mcllroy Conservation Chairman
2. Statements or questions about Bell Station mjiy be submitted to N.Y. State Electric and Gas Corp. until June 15. Here is a draft of a statement from CTC. Do you disagree, or have you any suggestions for changes? Let me know by May 15, when I will mail the statement unless there are any objections:
The Cayuga Trails Club wishes to express its concern about the proposed Beil Station. Present Knowledge about the the possible effects of a nuclear power station on Cayuga Lake is still so incomplete that little can be proved pro or con. Both favorable and unfavorable conclusions can be drawn, depending, so it seems, on whether one’s primary interest is electric power and tax money, or preserving €ayuga Lake as undamaged as possible for future generations. We urge that you consider very seriously the objections raised and not depend exclusively on the results of NUS. A company set up primarily to do environmental impact studies for power companies is, very naturally, suspect #as having an inherent bias to present the most favorable pre dictions. Have they ever advised a client not to build a station in a particular location because of adverse environmental effects? If they have, their objectivity becomes more credible. Cayuga Lake and the other large Finger Lakes are unique, and their value for a clean water supply and for recreation is enormous. If there is a valid possibility that Cayuga Lake will be adversely affected by a nuclear station, common sense dictates that such a chance should not be taken. Better to be too cautious than to be faced later with irreversible damage. Improbability in this case is not enough. We hope that considerations of this type, less amenable to proof, will have at least equal weight in your decision with the engineering advantages which are easy to calculate. Another serious aspect is the operating difficulties which keep cropping up in present nuclear sations. As a new art, for which full- scale testing of operation of botheplant and safety equipment has not been done before commercial installation, unexpected effects may appear as size is increased. The side effects of nuclear reactions on metals, etc., are not as easy to extrapolate from small models as was steam behavior in the early days of power generation. This letter is not intended to indicate that we are irrevocably opposed to the construction of Bell Station, but that we do have serious reser vations about the validity of some of the environmental and technical premises on which your decisionjmjqr be based. On the environmental issue, perhaps your consulting firm and the local environmental specialists opposed to the station could get together for a discussion of the factors and issue a joint statement clarifying their positions for the layman, indication exactly where their conclusions differ and why. Dorothy Mcllroy, Conservation Chairman Newsletter of the Cayuga Trails Club
Vol. 13, no. 6 June 1973
CALENDAR
June 2 CLIPPO (see article) Sat.
June 3 FLTC all-state hike on Connecticut Hill, all-day, or Sun. afternoon only.
June 5 Due date for reservations for Susquehannock Lodge J Tues. (see article on Special Trip) June 7 Nature Trail Meeting, at Brann’s. 6 p.m. Thurs.
June 10 WALK. LOOK AND LEARN HIKE #141. FLT Shindagin Hollow Sun. to Old 76 Road. Leader, D. Evans.
June 15 Susquehannock Lodge Special Trip to 17, Fri.-Sun.
June 13 Executive Board djsh-to-pass supper and meeting at Wed. Dorothy Evans’, 6:15 p.m.
CLIPPO - 1970
The Big Day is here I On Saturday, June 2nd, our members will turn out, with clippers, paint baskets, saws, grass cutters, mosquito lotion, sun- hats, or what have you, and fan out over the stretches of the Finger Lakes Trail, Cayuga Trails Club Section(Seneca Lake to Caroline ) which have not been cleared before then. The news goes that many of the 20 members who volunteered to cover specific sections have already done their job, and report fun and not bad conditions.
We should be able to wind it up neatly on June 2nd. The realization that many friends are working at the same time always increases one’s pleasure and pride in our trail and club.
Meet at the Super Duper parking lot on West Seneca St. at 9 a.m.. Bring your own tools if you have them. Leaders will have more available. Bring lunch and bug repellent. While no joint picnic is planned at the end of the day, friends may well wish to eat together afterwards. If you wish to work only in the p.m., meet at same place at 12:30 p.m.. If you have never worked on a Clippo, don’t miss this experience. It’s really something.... CAYUGA TRAILS Page 2 June 1975
Clippo -(Cont.)
One more thing, Many of you will be returning tools and paint at dif ferent times when you are through. Please take them to Lawrence Grinnell»s back porch at 710 Triphammer Road. Turn in on Iroquois Place, and park in the little parking space at the left, and cross the grass to his back porch.
Peg Rumsey, Trails Chairman:.
Jung,.3 An "all-state" hike of the Finger Lakes Trail Conference will be led Sunday, June 3rd on Connecticut Hill by our Laura McGuire and Peg Rum sey. This' is the first time all twelve adult clubs, six youth organi zations, and numerous individual sponsor members of FLTC have planned a substantial hi&e together apart from the annual meeting or Fall Camp-Out.
Meet at 10:00 a.m. at Alpine Jet. northeast corner intersection of Routes 13 and 224. Or join the hike at 1:00 p.m. at the Radio Tower on Connecticut Hill. Special interest: azalea multiflora in bloom, an unusual stand of big trees, and a coal mine. For us locally, a splendid opportunity to enjoy the company of FLT members from all over the state, a truly enjoyable bunch.
Laura McGuire
VALK. LOOK. LEARN HIKE #141 - June 10th
This will be a pleasant three-mile hike mostly through woods on one of the most beautiful stretches of the FLT: between Shindagin Hollow and Old 76th Road. Meet at the Caroline Central School on the Slater ville Road (Route 79) at 1:30 p.m.. May be wet underfoot, possibly buggy.
Dorothy Evans, Leader
EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING June 13 The Board will have a dish-to-pass supper Wednesday/f at 6:15 p.m. followed by its meeting, at Dorothy Evans* Home on Glenwood Heights Road. This is the first left from Rte 89 after the Cass Park area. House is first left thereafter. Beverage will be furnishedj also mea t, with cost divided.
D. Evans
GUIDEBOOK REPORT
The guidebooks are almost sold out. There will be a reprinting out by fall. Any comments or corrections should be sent to Betty Lewis by the end of June.
Betty Lewis CAYUGA TRAILS Page 5 June 1973
NATURE TRAIL NEWS
The weather has slowed progress on the nature trail to practically a standstill. A walk has been taken by the loosely defined "committee" following the Nature Trail Guide Book and constructive criticisms were made. Following approximately the same format the Guide will now be redone, making corrections and enlarging it to include the yet unlabeled King Section and the Cross Section of the North 8. This will be labeled at first opportunity. The ferns and columbine in the quarry are developing nicely - the rain isn’t all bad 1 And eight Lady Slippers have appeared by magic in the "wild flower"section of the Quarry. These are already showing their pink color. Orchids are not the only thing to take up residence; a thrush (probably robin) who abandoned its nest on a quarry shelf has rebuilt it in a nearby shrub. Three species of shad have put on their display for the year, one large- flowered gpecies blooming as late a Mother’s Day. Currently Dogwood, Hawthorne, Deerberry and Low-bushed Blueberry are flowering. And Pink Azalea is blooming west of the quarry on the Ridge Trail, all with a background of the melodious songs of Wood Thrush, Red-breasted Gros beak, Veery, and Robin. Wild flowers include Wild Geranium, Sarsaparilla Perfoliate Bellwort, May apple, Comandra and Pussytoes. I apologize to those of you who have been unable to follow the Ridge Trail. The weathered white rags have been supplemented by new ones and Frank McCartney has taken advantage of the few sunny hours and installed two signs pointing the way to the Ridge Trail, one near the shelter and one at Five Corners; and also a sign pointing to Quarry from the Ridge Trail. Very attractive signs and hopefully w e *11 have more. A family of bluebirds is living in one of Frank's beautiful bird houses, unfortunately not one on the Trail. The next Nature Trail Meeting will be held at the Branns’ on June 7th at six, bring a box lunch if desired. Weather will determine what the pro gram will be: possibly work on North 8, or scouting for Link Trail to Cascadilla Creek, A business meeting will follow or be held no matter what the weather. We need ideas for Trail markers, desperately, the rags are unsightly. Also ideas for trail registers and containers for Guides. Everyone is welcome.
Doris Brann
MCLEAN BOG WILD FLOWER WALK
On May 8th5even CTC members were rewarded for their walk between showers into McLian Bog by one the the greatest displays of wild flowers I have ever seen. The wooded slopes around Mud Pond were snow white with gi gantic White Trilliums, interspersed with about fifty other wild flowers in various stages of bloom, past-bloom, or in bud. The sphagnum bog was completely inundated but we were able to make the large loop around the pond. Several small-group evening walks into McLean are recommended to be scheduled for early May in 1974, perhaps even a week of such walks that everyone who wants can go.
Doris Brann MEMBERS’ ADDRESSES. ETC.
Change your membership lists to: Ken and Helen Maynard, Number was listed incorrectly last year and this. (Sorry ’) CAYUGA TRAILS Page 4 June 1973
REPORT ON THE WALK. LOOK AND LEARN HIKE. Sunday, 13 May A cloudy day, with the temperature in the upper forties, relative humidity in the sixties, wind velosity of about 6 MPH, greeted twenty-two members and gu$ests at the weather station of the Cornell Agronomy Farm on Mt. Pleasant. The 2\ hour walk had many stops for points of interest, including wild flowers. A special thanks to Paul Kelsey (with wife Mary) and others, for the informative comments along the way. Dave Burnett CANOEING ON THE DELAWARE RIVER May 19th five canoes met at Skinners Falls on the Delaware River. Water was four feet higher than normal. However, we made the run to Minisink Ford without any difficulties, although we saw, along the bank, clothesline after clothesline of clothes being dried as a result of overturned canoes. Saturday night ten of us had dinner at the Century House in Narrowsburg. On Sunday we went from Minisink Ford to near Mongaup where we took out out of the river because of the rain. Alec Proskine MQEEL FLT NEWS - "Recycled" Annual Meeting Weekend, Cortland. May. 5-6: Between 15 and 20 CTC-ers attended one or both hikes, Saturday and Sunday and the banquet,Saturday evening. Both hikes on FLT sections were extremely beautful. The "recycling" theme punctuated and spiced banquet speeches, awards, entertainment, adding great fun to the unusua'lly enjoyable occa sion. A particularly delightful parody of Gilbert and Sullivan wa^s given.
Laura McGuire
NOTE: Laura McGuire was elected the new president of the FLTC at the Board Meeting, after serving several terms on the Board of Mana^gers. We are proud of this great and justly deserved honor bestowed on one of our members. Ed. SUSQUEHANNOCK LODGE SPECIAL TRIP. The first group event in Pennsyl vania will start with a 6:00 p.m dinner at the Lodge, Friday, June 15th. There will be a 9:00 to 11:30 a.m. hike on Saturday, which could be reached from Ithaca that morning, since the driving idstance is only 104 miles. D i rections: Rte 13 to Elmira, Rte 14 thr. Elmira, 328 from Southport to Rte 15, then south to Tioga Jet.; 287 west to 6, w on 6 to 10 mi. beyond Gale- ton, Pa. to the Lodge. (A lt. rte is Rte 15 at Corning to Rte 6, then w ((list. 120 mi.l. Any questions about routes or pooling rides, either Fri. or Sat. can be referred to the Barns* (273-2379). Sat. lunch at Lodge, at noon, followed by hike or swim or visit to Lumber mans Museum. Dinner at Lodge. Sunday, breakfast and lunch at Lodge, acti vities as desired. Canoeing available, if you bring your own canoe. Cost: 3 meals and room per day, $14 per person. Proportionate reduction if less than 3 meals. Trail lunch incl.. Six % tax to be added. Advance deposit of $10 per person by June 5th. Please mail your reservation and deposit directly to Susquehannock Lodge, Route 6, Ulysses R.D., Pa., and inform the Barns* that you are going. Phone is Galeton, Pa., A.C.814- 435-2163. Margaret and George Barnss Please Mail to: The Barns3? — T ~ ~ ~ 777 Box 242 I am going to Susquehannock Lodge. 1050 Highland Rd., (name) Ithaca, N.Y., 14850 (phone no.) ‘ , • i n o ------,1-ajnrt
Vol. 13, no. 7 July 1973
CALENDAR July 1 WALK. LOOK AND LEARN HIKE #142 - Joint Hike with Sun. GViiti, Hector Land-Use Area. Blueberry Patch Recreation Area at 11:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. July 5 Nature Trail Work Night. 6:30 p.m. at Brann»s, Thura. Ellis Hollow Creek Rd. July 29 Special - Greek Peak area. 2:00 p.m. at Sim. Greek Peak Trevera. Sept. £1- Adirondak Lo.1 Weekend (reservations due early 23 A im s ! )
WALK. LOOK. LEARN HIKE #142 -k July 1 This will be a joint hike with the Genessee Valley Hiking Club. Meet at 11:00 a.m. at the Blueberry Patch Recreation Area in the Hector Land-Use Area (follow road signs from Reynoldsville, Rte. 227) for hike and then lunch. Meet at 1:30 p.m. at BPRA for afternoon hike. (Ithaca people wanting to share rides or directions should meet at Super-Duper parking lot, West Seneca St., at 1:00,p.»j). Picnic afterwards at BPRA (bring your own food). Leaders: Gordon Wright (GVHC) Alec Proskine, 387-3505 SPECIAL HIKE - July 29 Meet at Greek Peak Trevera at 2:00 p.m. or at New York State Electric and Gas, Rt. 13, at 1:30 p.m. We will hike in the magnificent scenic hilj-s near Greek Peak. Leader: Anita Holloway 1-753-1830
NATURE TRAIL WORK NIGHT - July 5 If you are interested in the Nature Trail, come and work (scouting, labeling plants, writing descriptions, sharing ideas, almost anything). There is still much to do. Doris Brann (273-1580) CAYUGA TRAILS July 1973 page 2
ADIRONDAK LOJ - Sept. 21-83 Reservations for the Adirondak Loj Weekend (near ilake Placid, N.Y.) will be due early in August. If you will nbt be here when the next newsletter oomes out, call Mari and George Barns for details (873-2379).
REPORTS FIRST ALL-FLTC HIKE. June 3, 1973, 10:00 at Alpine Junction They came from Rochester, Bath, Lima, Ithaca, a total of 15 to hike Connecticut Hill. Cars were shuttled to Cayutaville where the hike was toeend, the rest rode in my pickup truck direct to the Conservation Cabin. High points of the morning - visit to an old cemetery, a beautiful section of the FLT, azaleas and lady slippers in bloom, two abandoned beaver dams, lunch by a babbling spring and stories of the area. Twenty-seven afternoon hikers met us at the radio tower for the walk onold abandoned roads and trails to the site of an old saw mill and a coal mine (?). We went through a woods of big trees and down a rocky creek bed, showing effects of a recent flood, to the cars. Laura McGuire _ _ WLL HIKE. Sunday, June 10 ; About 25 people gathered at Caroline School. After placing cars we started at Shindagin Hollow walking east on our trail. Part of the group had a cool summer "sit-out” at Shindagin Lean-to while the leader went back to round up a few people who didn»t make it at the Start. It was a beautiful day with the cofcl of the woods, the loads of ferns, and a view now and again of the "bubbling brook". Itm sure we all enjoyed the walk - a lot of it was "downhill". All but the leader and one other made it across the log bridge at the end and they went through the brook I On reaching the cars we had a bit of cool lemonade to "wet all the whistles". Dorothy Evans CLIPPO ,1822 The morning crews finished the Connecticut Hill section and part of Seneca while the afternoon gang polished up the notorious Vilseyville Valley. Lest anyone underestimate the challenge of our trail, let it be noted that one of our rugged trail workers slid downhill three times while trying to scale our steepest hill . Amazing how those paint-filled peanut butter jars can roll down hill and still end up full of paint J A few bits of trail remain undone so if you feel the urge, give Peg Rumsey a call to get directions. CAYUGA TRAILS July 1973 Page 3 gUSQUSHAMNOCKJffiSKBWP
Some 19 members and guests enjoyed the cuisine and friendly spirit of the Susquehannook Lodge and the excellent hiking and scenery of the Susquehannock Trails System. A full moon rising over the hill, laurel in bloom, the Lumberman’s Museum, a fog- shrouded fire tower, friendly cedar waxwings, and an unmarked (fortunately we had wilderness-wi3e Jim B. with us) beautiful "wilderness” trail all added to the pleasures of the weekend. Thanks go to Marg and George Barns for the excellent arrange ments. MORE THANKS
To Dorothy Evans for providing good hospitality and weather for the last executive board meeting of the summer. Board members turned out in good numbers and all enjoyed an excellent picnic supper with Dorothy’s now famous steaks. Next meeting is in September. NEW MEMBER
Ve welcome Mr. Frank L. McCartney
who has already contributed much time and talent to the Nature Trail and the FLT. When you visit the Nature Trail note his signs and bluebird houses. C U V l / G A . T'.RATL-S'
Newsletter of the Cayuga Trails Club
Vol. 13, no. 8 August 1973
CALENDAR
July 29 Special Greek Peak Area Hike. Leader, Anita Sunday Holloway. Meet at N.Y. State Electric and Gas Co. at 1:30 p.m.
^ Aug. 12 Walk. Look and Learn Hike ^143. Seneca Lake Area 'yfr- Sunday with visit to old graveyard. Meet at Super Duper, W. Buffalo St. at 1:30 p.m. Leaders; Hilda Tanner, Barbara Barol
Aug. 21 Tues. Adirondak Loj Special Trip reservation due by this date.
Sept. 15-16 FLTC Fall Campout.
Oct. 5-7 Block Island Special Trip
SPECIAL GREEK PEAK HIKE - Sunday p.m. July 29th.
Meet at parking lot of N.Y. Gas and Electric Corp. at 1:30 p.m. or at the Greek Peak Traverna - Katalima on Route 90, about 3 miles from Virgil, at 2:00 p.m.. We will hiite in the woods on a beautiful stretch of the Finger Lakes Trail, as far as the group wishes. A two-hour hike is planned. Leader, Anita Holloway.
WALK. LOOK AND LEARN HIKE #143 - August 12, 1:30 p.m. (Walk, Talk, and Rub)
Downhill hike, a little over three miles on our trail overxooKing Seneca Lake, past vineyards, woods and fields and spectacular Glen Eldridge. PLUS:
Gravestone Rubbings (by kind permission of the authorities in the Presbyterian Church, Burdett) for those interested. This art ^ form will be described to us by Thos. J. Kanaley, son-in-law of our long-time trail friends, the Argetsingers of Burdett. Mr. Kanaley is a teacher in Rochester,whose article on the subject of gravestone rubbings will soon appear in print. The materials needed for oiub's visit to this old cemetery are these: newsprint as wide as possible, a stiff bristle brush - not wire, lumber crayongs black or blue, preferrabiy black, and any width tape. CAYUGA TRAILS August 1925 Page 2 (Continued) - Walk, Look and Learn Hike #145 Please bring your own materials if you can. If, however, you would prefer us to provide the material, please call Hilda Tanner, 272-5586. We will work in pairs or groups. The old stones be hind the Church in Burdett will offer us opportunity to speculate on the history in our area. This should be of interest to every one, children and adults alike. For those who wish, too, you can swim, wade in Glen Eldridge Brook or picnic. If you care to, plan to dine out at one of the fine eating places in Watkins Glen.
Meet at 1:50 p.m, at Super Duper parking lot on W. Buffalo St. or at 2:20 p.m. on Satterly Hill Road in Burdett, at the top of the hill where the FLT crosses. Hopefully we shall reach the cemetery at 4 p.m.. If the weather is wet, no rubbings, but the hike and talk as planned.
Hilda Tanner, Leader (272-5586) Barbara Barol, Co-Leader (275-8270)
ADIRONDAK. LOJ SPECIAL TRIP - Frid., Sept. 21, 1975 to Sun. Sept. 25.
Located at Lake Placid, N.Y. - Directions will be in next news letter. There will be hikes on Saturday (choice between half and full day), sightseeing and shopping spree for those who wish in Lake Blacidcand Saranac; in the p.m. a relaxed evening at the Loj; and a fond, last hike Sunday a.m..
You can go to Lake Placid one route and return a different route for additional scenery. Informal clothing only. Most of the time will be spent out of doors. Hiking trails and a nature trail are maintained on 706 acres of woodland. State maintained trails lead from the Loj property to Mt. Marcy, the MacIntyre Range, Avalanche Pass, Mt. Van Hoevenberg, and many other high peak areas. For those who wish./to bring their own equipment , there are tent and trailer sites, with table and fireplace.
Please make reservations before August 21st direct to the Loj by writing: Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Foster, Adirondak Loj, Box 867 Lake Placid, N.Y. 12946. Include an advance deposit of $5.00 per person. Notify Marge and George Barns, 275-2579, or P 0 Box 242, Ithaca, your plans and if a ride is needed or you wish to take someone. Rate at the Loj is $14.25 per person for a bunk and three meals.
COMING ATTRACTIONS re Special Trip, October
Coming - Friday, Oct. 5, 1975, to Sunday, Oct. 7th, the Audubon Soc. of Rhode Island trip to Block Island, R.I.. More Info, later. Geo. R. Barns, P.O. Box 242, Ithaca, N.Y., 275-2579, Leader. Call G. Barns for reservation particulars. FLTC NEWS
The July issue of the FLTC NEWS carries a message from its new president, Laura McGuire, contains an^interesting article on Indian trails, reports on the annual meeting at Cortland, and words to the CAYUGA TRAILS______August 1972______Page 3
(Cont. - FLTC NEWS)
delightful skit songs using Gilbert and Sullivan music presented then, and an index map showing all part of the, Finger Lakes Trail System. Also a membership application, so/cant'receive the News and support the work of the FLTC. The Fall Campout will be hosted by the Niagara Chapter of the FLTC, and will take place the 15th and 16th of September in the western part of the state. Details forthcoming.
"The most important people since people first began Are children, children, children, For the child is Father of the Man." from Father of the Man, Words and Music by Richard Rodgers for UNICEF
REPORT ON HECTOR LAND USE HIKE
Thirty-six hikers, twelve each from the Genesee Valley Hiking Dlub, the Adirondack Mountain Club and the Cayuga Trails Club covered seven miles of trails in the Hector Land Use area Sunday, July 1st, with a noon picnic and a supper cook-out both at the Blueberry Patch. The morning hike was on the Interlocken and Back bone Trails; the afternoon one on the Interlocken and Gorge Trails. Identification of the many summer flowers was the high interest point. The combined hike created much friendliness and a sense of unity between hikers from various places. The leaders were Gordon Wright of the GVHC and myself.
Alec Proskine
TO ADD TO YOUR MEMBERSHIP LIST
New Members: Baranyi, Sandor, Brentlinger, Howard and Jane,
We are happy to welcome The Brentlingers and Sandor into membership CAW <2A- that ^ s' Newsletter of the Cayuga Trails Club
Vol. 13, mo. 9 September 1973
CALENDAR
Sept. 9 WALK. LOOK AND LEARN HIKE #144. Locke Creek. Sun. p.m. Ludlowville Area, Sun., Sept. 9. Meet at 1:15 at parking lot in front of Grand Union, N. Triphammer Rd. and Rte. 13 Sept. 12 Executive Board Meeting, 7:30, 400Triphammer Rd., Wed. Jo Tharpe*!. Sept. 15 Trail work. Meet at Caroline School at 12:45 Sat. p.m. p.m. to work on Padlock Hill, between Blackman Rd. and Route 79. Outdoor supper can be cooked.
Sept. 15 & FLTC Fall CamD-out. Hosted bv Niagara Frontier 16, Sat. — Chapter, ADKj Ellicottville, New York, see Sun. special sheet with newsletter for details.
Sept. 21- Adk, Loj Special trip 23, Fri- Sun.
Sept. 29 Trail Work, Meet at downtown Super. Duper at 10 Sat. p.m. a.m. to work between Newtown Rd. and Texas Hoi.
Oct. 5-7 Block Island Special Trip Fri.-Sun.
WALK. LOOK AMD LEARN HIKE #144. Locke Creek, Sun. Sept. 9, 1:15 p.m.
With the kind permission of landowners, Mr. and Mrs. David Hardie and Mrs. Agnes Behn, we will hike from the Behns* property on Gulf Rd, to Salmon Creek Rd. where Locke Creek joins Salmon Creek. This is a particularly beautiful area of waterfalls and glens.
There is a steep scramble from hillside to creek and there are sev eral places that could be slippery. Wear your boots. We will walk in the creek, which should be rather low at that time.
Meet at 1:15 p.m. at parking lot of Grand Union, N. Triphammer Rd. & Rte. 13. We will drive to Gulf Rd. and park cars there for our hike. While people are ferrying some cars to the end spot of the hike, hikers may choose to visit a Post-Revolutionary War cemetery on the Behns1 property or may take a short walk up the creek. The distance from what was Pinchard’s Mill (now the Behns* house) to Salmon Creek Rd. is probably not more that 1§ miles.
Leader - Barbara Barol, 273-8270 CAYUG A ,TRAILS .September .,1,97 5 .Page 2
ADIRONDAK LOJ - Special Trip
Welcome to the Adirondack CTC trip, and, hopefully, to another happy weekend l
Routes: There are two main routes there. One is via the North way, reached from Rte. 20 or the Thruway, north to Rte 75. Take this west to Keene and continue until four miles east of Lake Placid. A small sign on the left, reads "Adirondak Loj". The other route is through Saranac and Lake Placid, using 12 north from Utica, then 28 etc. (very clear on all maps). A pleasant and very scenic combination is to go north on 12 from Utica, east on 565, and 8 to Speculator, (passing Piseco), sourth a short distance on 50, then east on 8, and a bit on 9 to Pottersville on the Northway. It will ta&e about 6 hours whichever way you choose. Some say using the thruways is fastest. You can return a different route. Try to use daylight, since it gets dark fast. If you need a ride or can take someone, phone Marge and George Barns, 255-2579, Mary Nygaard wants to leave after lunch Friday, and needs a ride. Phone 277-0065, or 272-7281 (the T.C. Library)
Costs: $14.25 overnight and 5 meals. For partial day, partial charge. Still time probably to make reservations by phone, 518-525-5441, followed by sending $5JD0 reservation advance deposit to Mrs. Nancy Foster, Adirondak Lctf, Box 867, Lake Placid, N.Y. 12946. If you will have a camper or your own tent or wish to rent a lean-to, please advise Mrs. Foster of your requirements in advance.
In case of cancellation up to 10 days before date of reservation, deposit will be refunded. After that, only if space is filled by another person;
Program: Saturday a.m. - Climb Algonquin Mt, 5.5 miles one way. Second highest mountain in N.Y. State. You may drop out at any time and return to the Loj. If going to the top for that splendid view, take a trail lunch and canteen. Saturday p.m. those who wish may browse and shop in Lake Placid and Saranac. Saturday evening, relaxing at the Loj. Many beautiful drives in this area. Sun. a.m. - Easy hike up Mt. -Jo, back by noon. Noon dinner at Loj.. Take along extra clothing as it could be cold and windy atop Algonquin. Also raingear, of course. Comfortable clothing only, no dress clothes.
Make your reservation now, if you haven’t already - And please give us a ring if you are going.
Marge and George Barns
BLOCK ISLAND SPECIAL BIRDING TRIP - Oct. 5-7, 1975
Arrival - All participants should meet the Block Island Ferry which leaves the public dock in Galilee, (Narragansett) Rhode CAYUGA TRAILS September 1975 Page 5
Block Island Special Trip (Continued)
Island on Friday evening at 7:00 PM, October 5th. The next ferry is not until 9:50 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 6th. You may park your car free of charge for the weekend in one of the State parking lots at Galilee or you may place it in any of several commercial lots for a dollar or two. Free parking is available also at the West erly airport if you prefer to fly from there. Plan to arrive at Galilee at least 45 minutes before the 7 PM sailing time.
We do not recommend taking your car to the Island. The cost is $21.00 round trip, not including the driver and if the weather is bad on the day scheduled to return, you may be unable to bring your car back as planned. If you still wish to take your car, be sure to make reservations with the ferry company several weeks in advance and be sure to confirm reservations to and from the Island. All of the field trips will be on foot. Cabs at reasonable rates are available on the Island. Bicycles may also be rented on the Island. ACCOMMODATIONS - #55.00 total fee covers hotel room, all meals including Friday night upon arrival, round trip ferry and field trip fee. To make reservations and accommodations write or phone: Audubon Society of Rhose Island, 40 Bowen St., Providence, R.I. 02905 - phone 401-521-1670. No single rooms available at this time. $55.00 deposit for each reservation must accompany request. Make all checks payable to Audubon Society of Rhode Island. Final payment of $20.00 will be due before Sept. 21, 1975. Information on room assignments and other details will be sent to you when your res6rva.tion is i*g c 03.v ©cL CANCELLATIONS AND REFUNDS - If reservations are cancelled before 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, September 26, 1975, all payments or deposits will be returned in full. If reservations are cancelled after 5 p.m. Wed. Sept. 26, 1975, a fee of $10.00 will be retained by the Society to cover its losses on the reservation. If cancellations are made on day of departure refund will be forfeited. Field Trips - Field trips will leave the Hotels from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. more or less continuously on both Sat. and Sun. All trips will be on foot. Details on where to bird, what to see, and when and how to go will be provided at Friday orientation sessions held at 9:50 p.m. Trips will go regardless of weather, so bring rain gear and warm clothes. DEPARTURE - Ferry will leave Block Island, Sunday, Oct. 7, 1975 at 5 p.m. and will arrive in Galilee at 6:15 p.m.. Block Island ferry service provided by: Interstate Navigation Co., Box 482, New London, Conn., Phone 205-442-7891.
The Audubon Society reports a few reservations left, so send yours today.
Directions to Block Island, R.I. - Ithaca, routes 79 and 81 to Binghamton. Route 17 to Tuxedo Park. To NY State Thruway, route 287. Cross the Hudson near south Nyack, continue on 287 to Inter state 95. Northeast on 95 to Bridgeport, tfqwljaven, New London, Westerly, Wakefield, R.I., turn south on 108 to Galilee, R.I.. Catch ferry to Block Island. CAYUGA TRAI3LS September 1975 Page 4
Block Island Special Trip - (Continued)
Be sure and be on time Friday at 7 p.m. or 45 min. before. See you there. Please let us know if you are going J
Marge and George Barns - 275-2579
EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING
Executive Board will meet Sept. 12 at Jo Tharpe*s, 400 Trip hammer Road, 7:50 p.m.
TRAIL WORK
FALL IS A GOOD TIME TO work on trail as it is cooler, and there are fewer bugs. Painting can also be done at this time. We have had some reports of "impassable trail". This is probably trail which was done in early June and not checked during the summer for weeds. So we still need volunteers to take over a mile of trail and keep it cleared all year. If anyone who already has trail wants to change next year, there are still plenty of sections left. Frank McCartney should win a prize with 4 miles.
We still have 2 sections of trail yhich probably haven*t been done for years. See Calendar for scheduled Work Party Sept. 15, and also Sept. 29, Sat.. On Sat., Sept. 29, Meet at downtown Super Duper at 10 a.m. to work between Newtown Road and Texas Hollow. Outdoor supper can be cooked. (On Sat., Sept. 15, to repeat information in calendar, meet at Caroline School at 12:45 p.m. to work on Padlock Hill, between Blackman Rd. and Route 79.) We would like to reroute some trail to avoid roads and in one case, to avoid briars. There will be more work parties in Oct. and maybe Nov..
All volunteers call me at 272-6962 Monday through Thursday after Sept. 1.
Peg Rumsey, Trail Chairman
FINGER LAKES TRAIL CONFERENCE FALL CAMP-OUT
The FLTC Fall Camp-out will be of unusual interest this year. It will be held in the western part of the state, near Allegheny State Park. Please don’t fail to read the brochure at the end of the Newsletter I IMPORTANT: The registration due-date has been changed to September 5th 1 You will have a marvelous experience if you come J Do I
Laura McGuire *
REPORT OF WALK. LOOK AND LEARN HIKE #145
A dusty caravan of cars crept up to the top of Satterly Hill in Burdett, on August 12th, to disgorge 27 hikers, including 7 children, a Girl Scout leader and others new to us, plus 2 dogs, CAYUGA TRAILS September 1975 Page 5
Report on Walk, Look and Learn Hike #145 - (Continued)
Jeff and Fred belonging to Barbara Barol. Before a pleasant downhill tumble on our Finger Lakes Trail,past vineyards over looking Seneca Lake, and through a forest containing oak trees at least 200 years old, to Glen Eldridge; we were given some glimpses into history.
We heard words from the diary of a Union soldier trudging along painfully in this very area in Sullivan’s Revolutionary War Expedition. We were also reminded of the days when nearby Logan Pond was the water supply for early railroad steam engines below at Montour Falls. We recalled the happy resolution of our own club’s controversy whether to take the trail soutli or north of Route 79 from Texas Hollow to Watkins, in favor of the Satterly Hill route.
After lemonade and cookies by the brook in Glen Eldridge, we were again involved in history, as Thomas Kanaley, a Rochester teacher and son-in-law of Mrs. Argetsinger, an old friend of the club and land owner, talked about his favorite hobby and showed us how to make that exciting art-form - gravestone rubbing^ in the cemetery behind the Burdett Presbyterian Church. Some very interesting old gravestones were chosen for the work, and every one who worked took home a rubbing. It was hard to leave, espe cially for the children. Some of the materials are still avail able. If members are interested, they should contact Hilda Tanner (272-5586).
Hilda Tanner, Leader Barbara Barol, Co-leader
CHANGES OF ADDRESS
Marge and George Barns to Elaine Walker (after Sept. 1) to:
(Phone nos. the same)
PRESERVATION OF NATURAL AREAS
There was a notice in the July 50 Ithaca Journal that the Planning Board and the Environmental Council are making an inventory of unique natural areas in Tompkins County that should be preserved. Suggestions for areas to be included are requested. If you know any area that you think the Council may not already have listed, let the Planning Dep’t. or the Council Committee know, or call me or write me a note. Deadline is Sept. 15. Forms (which are quite detailed) are available at the office of Frank Liguori, County Planner, 128 East Buffalo St.. Further information myy be obtained through Mr. Liguori or the Environmental Council Committee, Allan Treman, Chairman.
Dorothy Mcllroy Conservation Chairman tfAYU (JA T I’ATLS''
Newsletter of the Cayuga Trails Club, Inc,
Vol. 13, no. 10______October 1973
CALENDAR
Sat. Oct. 6 Trail Work Party - Conn. Hill. 12:45 p.m. Meet at Super Duper parking lot (Buffalo St.)
Sun. Oct. 7 Plantations Fall-In 2-5 p.m.
Wed. Oct. 10 Executive Board meeting. 7:30 p.m. Elaine Walker’s, 104 Bridge St.
Sun. Oct. 14 WLL Hike #145, Lick Brook. 1:50 p.m. Meet at Elmira Rd. Shopping Plaza.
Sat. Oct. 27 Trail Work Party - Conn. Hill. 12:45 p.m. Meet at Super Duper (Buffalo St.)
Sun. Oct. 28 Special Trip - FLTC Hike. Meet 11:00 a.m. at Bainbridge, N.Y., at 11:00 a.m.
Sun. Nov. 4 Slide show and supper (tentative)
WALK. LOOK AND LEARN HIKE #145. Lick Brook, Sun. Oct. 14.
meet at 1:30 p.m. at Elmira Rd. Shopping Plaza near Tompkins County Trust Co. Refreshments will be served but bring your own drink.
Leaders - Flo DeRemer 273-3911 Nan Howard 272-6556 Jack Perry 272-9046
PLANTATIONS FALL-IN. Sunday, Oct. 7, 2-5 p.m.
CTC has again been invited to participate in the Annual Plantations Fall-In. As in the past we will have an information booth and lead the popular hikes along the Cayuga Trail. We need a few volunteers for either job. Betty Lewis 539-7082 or 256-3151 CAYUGA TRAILS October 1975 £a&e.„.g
FALL TRAIL WORK PARTIES. Sat. Oct. 6 and 27.
Meet a 12:45 p.m. at Super Duper on Buffalo St.. We will work on Connecticut Hill, changing short sections of trail to off road areas.
Peg Rumsey 272-6962
SPECIAL TRIP -. FLTC Hike, Sun. Oct. 28, Bainbridge, N.Y. (meet at stoplight, junction of 7 and 206 at 11:00 a.m.).
Triple Cities Hiking Club is sponsoring the FLTC Hike near Bainbridge. It will be a medium hard hike of 8-10 miles with provision for a shorter hiite for those who wish. Bring your lunch but CTC members will meet for a restaurant dinner on the way home. Bainbridge is at the juncture of routes 206 and 7 about 60 miles east of Ithaca. Take Rt. 79 east to Whitney Point and 206 to Greene and Bainbridge. The hike will ramble over rolling hills heavily wooded with pine and hardwoods, open farm land and wonderful views.
Marge and George Barns 273-2579 Triple Cities Hike Leader - Jerry Laurance 754-6450
BLOCK ISLAND SPECIAL TRIP
Cancelled - no more room on the island J
REPORT ON WLL #144. Locke Creek, Ludlowville Area, Sun., Sept 9.
On Sunday, Sept. 9, approximately 50 hikers hiked from the for mer mill along Locke Creek at Gulf Rd. to Salmon Creek Road. It was a beautiful day - sunny and clear. We followed the creek, aided by an interpretation of its geology by Dorothy Mcllroy, along the lovely length of the gorgeous gorge. The Rezelmans were there from Bath with their friends, the Smiths. The adults and a number of children, as well as 5 dogs, walked in the creek, saw lovely wildflowers (wild lobelia, touch-me-not, fields of goldenrod, wild asters, etc.) near it and ate lemonade and cookies at a picnic spot near the joining of Locke Creek with Salmon CreeK. Many thanks to the landowners, Agnes Behn and Joan and David Hardie.
Barbara Barol
NEW MEMBER
Mrs. Mary Garfinkle, CAYUGA TRAILS October 1975 Paae 5
REPORT OF ADK LOJ WEEKEND
Twenty-two members and guests participated in the joys and tribulations of a fall Adirondack weekend. A rainy Satur day with all the nasty weather in the book saw hikers heading for the summit of Phelps Mountain fast on the heels of Alec Proskine and a "level-land" group following Dorothy Mcllroy to Avalanche Lake. For those who retreated down the mountain early, there was the added feature of dodging wind blown-down trees and branches. On the bright side were the beautiful Friday night starry sky, the perfect sunny Sunday hike up Mount Jo, and the good food, fireside, and friends in the Loj.
Marge and George Barns
RE IMPROVEMENTS OF ROUTES 15 and 96
The following comments were from a letter mailed Aug. 4 to Mr. Shub at the Syracuse DOT office by Cons. Chmn. Dorothy Mcllroy*
"For Route 96, recommended Alternative 2(a) modified is the lsast objectionable of the various possibilities. We still dis like losing the wooded hillside view from Stewart Park, espe cially with ugly Route 15 on the east hillside as an example of what can happen, and we are concerned about damage to small streams during construction.
For Route 15, we would prefer Prof. Hamilton's Alternative E. Recommended Alternative C is so close to Cayuga Inlet at the southern end that it will be almost impossible to keep bulldozers, fill, etc., from damaging the creek. Supervision will need to be constant and unusually careful.
We are pleased that provision will be made for access and safe continuity for the Finger Lakes Trail near the Enfield Creek crossing. We are also pleased that preservation of Old Hundred has been assured, and that The Station Restaurant, a building of historic and nostalgic interest to many Ithacans, will be saved.
Will provision be made for pedestrian and bicycle access to Cass Park on the new 96-89 bridges across the Flood Control Channel and Cayuga Inlet? We feel this is vital for the general public. Pedestrian crossing there would also help with the planned Cayuga Trails Club hiking trail connecting the Finger Lakes Trail at Treman Park with the Cayuga Trail along Fall Creek, with access to Cass Park and Stewart Park on the way.
After studying recommended Route 15 on Map #7, we would liKe to call your attention to "Larch Meadow" near Inlet Valley School (see accompanying map for exact location), an area used for field trips by Cornell University ornithology classes. The small pond and mareh west of Route 15A has already been damaged and probably can not be saved, but the area between Route ISA and the railroad should be preserved. This is a nesting place for green herons, CAYUGA TRAILS October 1975 £ a £ g 4
Re proposed Improvement of Rte. 13 and.Rte._96 (cont.)
Virginia rails and other marsh birds difficult to find near Ithaca since tne filling for Cass Park, and it is also a stopping place for migrating birds. Proposed Route 15 appears to go extremely close to, or possibly across the northwest corner of this swampy area. This habitat would be destroyed by drainage pattern changes, by careless running of bulldozers or other construction machinery across it, by fill or rubbish dumping. Until they saw Map *7 yes terday, personnel at the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology did not realize how close the new route would be to Larch Meadow. Would it be possible to curve the alighment slightly west at this point (still avoiding Old Hundred) to keep farther away from the marsh so that this fine bird study area will not be damaged?
One final comment on the entire Route 15-96 rebuilding: many of us disagree with the basic premise (page 5) that growth in the Ithaca area should be encouraged. Bigger does not automatically mean better; instead it usually results in added problems and a lass pleasant environment."
(The Letter was sent to Mr. David I. Shub, Regional Planning Engineer,$Tbw York State Dep’t. of Transportation.) CAYUGA TRAILS
Newsletter of the Cayuga Trails Club Vol.13 No. 11 November 1973
CALENDAR October 28 Special all-day, all-state Finger Lakes Trail Sunday Conference hike, near Bainbridge. Meet at 9:30 a.m. at Caroline Central School, or at 11:00 a.m. at stop light, where Routes 7 and 206 cross. (Remember DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME goes that morning)
November k Slide Show and Dish-To-Pass Supper. Machinist's Sunday Union Building, opposite McGuire Gardens, Elmira Road 5:30 p.m.
November 11 Walk, Look and Learn Hike, FLT in the Sugar Hill area, Sunday west of Watkins Glen. Meet at Super Duper, W. Buffalo St. at 1:15 p.m. or at beach, Seneca Lake, By Salt Co. on Route i+lU at 2 p.m. Art Kopp, Leader.
November lk Executive Board Meeting. Peg Rumsey's (Sage Infirmary) Wednesday 512 E. State St. (enter from E. Seneca) 7:30 p.m.
SPECIAL BAINBRIDGE HIKE
Arrangements have been made for us to dine at the Jericho Inn after the hike. Flease call George and Margaret Barns if you intend to eat at the Inn. 273 - 2379- Bring your own trail lunch. Meet at 9:30 a.m. at the Caroline School on Route 79 to pool rides. Other wise, see you at 11 a.m. at the cross-roads of Route 7 and 206, east of Whitney Point. Be sure to set your clock back! (See October newsletter for details)
WALK, LOOK AND LEARN #lU6
Art Kopp will lead us over 3-3^ miles of the Finger Lakes Trail in the neighborhood of tower on Sugar Hill, the highest point in Schuyler County, west of Watkins. Our walk will go through red pine plantations, and along abandoned roads through tall timber - all on state land. There's a nice spring along the trail, and a state lean-to. The hike will not be d ifficu lt. Meet at the Super-Duper on W. Buffalo St. at 1:15 p.m. since we want to reach the iialt Company parking lot at the head of Seneca Lake on Rte. 414 by 2 p.m. in order to be Out of the woods around 5 p.m. or so.
SLIDE SHOW, NOV. k
What would the fall be like without our annual slide show and dish-to-pass supper at the Machinist's Union Hall opposite the McGuire Gardens on Elmira Road? Come with food and slides . . . at 5:30, huh? This is the night we also choose the Nominating Committee, so be thinking.
EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING
We are looking forward to meeting at Peg Rumsey's, 512 E. State St. (Sage Infirmary) at 7:30 p.m. Drive down E. Seneca to enter the parking lot. Vol. 13 No. 11 2 November 1973
FALL-IN, 1973
The CTC held up its part in the Fall-In on the Cornell Plantations, Sunday October 7, with Elaine Walker in charge, and help from Betty Birdsey, Betty Lewis, Ruth Putney, Clair Tallman, and Hilda Tanner. The day was gorgeous, the crowds as varied and interested as usual, and many people took our suggestion to walk on the Cayuga Trail across the suspension bridge, with or without guidance. Several offered to help clear trail and some turned up on the next hike.
Report on Waik, Look and Learn Hike, #1^5
On Sunday, October lUth, a perfectly beautiful fall day, 1*1 people hiked the Lick Brook area from Shady Corners to Upper Buttermilk. The steep climb at the beginning of the hike was a testing ground for the enthusiasm, but there were no drop outs and the lovely views as we went along were ample rewards. There were a number of newcomers who were enticed by the newspaper and radio publicity and there were five youngsters who were good hikers and congenial companions. We used Yaple Road as a refreshment area and renewed our energies with cider and cookies before completing our hike down into the park. J A good hike, a good group. Florence DeRemer & Nan Howard, Leaders.
Welcome! new baby Teeter - Lisa Beth. Born on August 30th, all 8 lbs. and 2 ozs. of her, and 21 inches long! Dark hair and hazel eyes. Marked approval on all sides, including almost- -year-old Kirsten, and Peaches, the dog! Her first formal appearance with CTC was at the Fall-In with her father and mother, Bob and Denny Teeter.
A fine and distinguished man, John E. Perry, Sr. has passed away. His son, our Jack Perry, has devoted much of his time, ingenuity and thoughtfulness to making his father's last years as ccmfortable as possible. Professor Perry attended several of our social gatherings, the banquet at Fountainebleau that stormy night, for instance. While our loss cannot compare with Jack's, some of us will really miss him. CAYUGA TRAILS
Newsletter of the Cayuga Trails Club
Vol. 13, no. 12 December 1973
CALVIN1 DAfl December 8 Christmas Brunch at Upper Buttermilk, 9:00 a.m Saturday
December 9 Walk, Look and Learn HiKe, #147, Finger Lakes Sunday Trail, Cornell Outing Club Section, Dryden- Caroline area. 1:30 p.m.
December 12 Executive Board Meeting, at Vivian White’s, Wednesday 107 Cayuga Heights Road, 7:30 p.m.
January 13 Annual Banquet - Char-Pit Restaurant
WALK. LOOK AND LEARN HIKE #147
Meet at 1:30 p.m. at the Caroline Elementary School on Rt. 79, approx. 7 miles east of Ithaca, We will hike for 3-3.5 miles along the Cornell Outing Club section of the FLT in the Dryden-Caroline area. This is a beautiful wooded section with some upness, but more downness, and with excellent panoramic views and massive patches of clubmoss.
Leaders: Betty Lewis, 256-3151 Peg Stout, 539-7361
CHRISTMAS BRUNCH
Saturday, Dec, 8, 9:00 a.m., at Upper Buttermilk State Park (Lean-to near entrance). A campfire and hot beverages will be provided. Bring a dish of food to share and your utensils. If we haven’t frozen, w e ’ll have a short hike after the eats.
EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING
Wednesday, December 12, 7:30 p.m., at Viv White’s, 107 Cayuga Hts. Rd,
NOMINATING COMMITTEE
At the fall membership meeting-dish to pass supper the following nominating committee was elected: Clara Straight, Chairman; Harriet Budke, Ruth Putney. They will present a slate of candidates for the Annual Meeting on Jan. 13, 1974, Further nominations may be made from the floor with permission of the nominee. CAYUGA TRAILS December 1975 Pafte 2
PEPQFT ON VLL HIKE #146
On Sunday November 11, 1973, the sun shone brightly at noon. But by the time 30 of us hikers met on the beach at Seneca Lake (Vatkins Glen) at 2:00 p.m., it was cloudy and darkish. But we all pushed on to the top of Sugar Hill, the roof of Schuyler County, from where we started our hike at 2:30. We hiked the Sugar Hill section of the Finger Lakes Trail. From the top of Sugar Hill,elevation 2080’, we descended to Parke’s Hollow, ele vation 1600». Here there was a new lean-to and we all stopped to rest and count noses. All there and accounted for, we all started our climb out of the Hollow. This was the steepest part of the whole hike but I heard no compaints, and there were still 30 of us plus the two dogs. Tippy and her companion, Laura’s dog, got along famously and enjoyed each otner’s company. The woods were grey and barren. There was a chill in the air. Red noses predominated. We did a circuitous hike of about four miles and arrived at the cars at 4;50, just before darkness set in. No one had to use his flashlight. Along the trail some of the more nature-oriented hikers enjoyed the ground pines and cedars. Others remarked about the perfectly square cor nered white paint blazes that marked the trail. /And not a few complained good naturedi.y about the muddy going where the horses had punched up the trail. But a tree of wild apples offset all that as we all munched on frozen apples. Some of us enjoyed reading the headstones in a little old, old graveyard along the trail. Birds seen and/or heard along the trail were bluejays, chickadees, nut hatches, cedar waxwings and crows. All in all everyone seemed happy and good natured, and made like they enjoyed the hike. So did I and Tippy too. Art Kopp, Leader
BAINBRIDGE ALL-STATE - October 28
Statistics seem to have dissolved, but on a day that started and ended in rain at Ithaca, thus reducing our attendance, the four c&rl°ads that went for the hike, and the several others that went for the delicious dinner at the Jericho Tavern, had a splendid time. No rain there. The hike was absolutely delightful, well-led, and attended by many clubs in the state. FLT President, Laura McGuire, was most happy about our attendance and the whole affair. Hilda Tanner
SLIDE SHOW AND SUPPER
Gorgeous slides of flowers by Vivian White, some lovely ones from Dorothy Mcllroy, and others, including some non-nature ones of Finland from Hilda Tanner, graced our slide show. About 45 people attended the as-usual delicious suppper. A table and wall exhibit of objects and color-prints of Finland gave people something to do in-between times and afterwards. Nominating Coiiuuittee reported elsewhere. Thanks to Betty Lewis for ar ranging the affair.
Item: Lost - a green and white plaid tablecloth. Any information on the whereabouts would be appreciated. Betty Lewis CAYUGA TRAILS December 1975 £afte._.S.
NEW MEMBERS
We welcome the following new members and look forward to happy hours of hiking and trail working 1
Donald and Edith Ann Eddy
Henry and Bertha Lemmermann
Martin Silver
Peter and Irene Stein
A T O A . ftMUkVfig The annual banquet will be held Sunday, January 13, 1974, at the Char-Pit Restaurant, Elmira Road, across from the Ithaca Schopping Plaza. Reception will be at 6 p.m. and dinner at 7. The cost for the dinners will be: Bareli Chicken - $4.95, and Delmonico Steak - S5.95. Price includes tax and tip. Complete menu is: Tomato juice, relish tray, choice of entree, baked potato, (sour cream dressing), rolls and butter, coffee, tea or milK, and creme de menthe parfait.
Pleas*mail reservation and payment to Marge and George Barns, P 0 Box £4£, Ithaca, N.Y., before Jan. 6 . Reservation slip is at end of this newsletter. Call George at 273-2379 if you have any questions.
PISECO WINTER WEEKEND
Our usual happy weekend in the lower Adirondacks will be February 1 to 3.
Reservations and deposits are due by January 1. Read on:
Our fun opens with an 8:00 p.m. dinner Friday night. Saturday morning Florence DeRemer and Harriet Budke will lead us on a snowshoe hike. In the p.m. a shopping trip to Speculator and snowshoeing on nearby International Paper Trails, will be led by Jack Perry, "Happy Hour" at 5 p.m. at the Lodge, with George and Margaret Barns as hosts. Sunday morning another snowshoe hike led by Betty Lewis and Peg Stout. Final event: 12:00 noon dinner at Lodge. Cross country skiing is available near the Lodge and downhill skiing in Speculator, 13 miles away. Snowshoes are available for rental ( $6.00 for the weekend) at United Rentall. Please send your reservations and advance deposit of $5.00 per person to; Mr. Werner Leutert, Manager, Irondequoit Lodge, Piseco, N.Y. 12139 by January 1. Please also call Marge or George Barns (273-2379)if going, or for more information. The manager wrote last March that they hope the price will be the same this year as last, $15.00 per person per day, which includes lodging, three meals, tax and tip. CAYUGA TRAILS December 1975 Page 4
PISECO WINTER WEEKEND (Cont.)
DIRECTIONS: To Irondequoit Lodge. Driving north on Route 8, Piseco Lake is approached from its western end. Shortly before Piseco Lake cones in view, a "junction" point between the older road that goes up the north side of the lake, on which the Irondequoit Club is located, and Route 8, which goes up the south side of the la^ce, is encountered. A green road sign, indicating ^Piseco" (village) is located on the old road \ to the left at this junction. Go up the old road for several miles along the lake— passing state camping sites and cottage colonies. The Ironde quoit Lodge is located on the N.E. corner of the la.-ce— on the righthand side of the road— just before Piseco Village is reached. It is by far the largest structure on the landscape— parking just inside the property. (If you come to a sign advertising Haskells’ on a road to the left, you have gone too far. Go back to the top of the grade— on the lake side).
Alternate route: If one should miss the junction "Piseco" sign at the western end of the lake, continue north on route 8 for several miles— the laKe will be on your left side. After passing an elementary school (on the right) it will be the next marked left turn to Piseco, There is a liquor store near the turn— and just before the Town of Arietta Highway Garage (on the right). It is several miles to and thru the Village. Shortly after passing a Haskells’ sign, the Club is up a grade on your left. Parking just inside the property. (Directions courtesy of Jack Perry)
Happy Journey 1 See you in Piseco. Trip to Piseco should ta^e between 3 to 4 hours.
PISECO WINTER WEEKEND, CAYUGA TRAILS CLUB
Send to; Mr, Werner Leutert, Manager, Irondequoit Lodge, Piseco, N.Y, 12139
Names of Party
Arrive
Depart ______
Accommodations desired
Deposit enclosed ($5.00 per person)
ANNUAL BANQUET mail to Marge and George Barns, P 0 Box 242, Ithaca, N.Y, before Jar*. 6 , No. Persons ______
Total Payment ______
Choice of entree ______CAYUGA TRAILS CLUB MEMBERSHIP LIST March 23, 1973 (Ithaca, 14-850 unless otherwise noted) Andrew, Frances
Avery, Mrs. Helen
Baber, Catherine
Barol, Mrs. Barbara M.
Barnard, Mildred E.
Barns, Margaret and George
Beattie, Mrs. Eleanor M.
Bingham, Caroline G.
Birdsey, Betty J.
Blauvelt, Mrs. Helen
Bowering, Mrs. Jean
Brann, Doris and James
Briant, Alice
Broadwell, Doris and George
Budke, Harriet
Burger, Mrs. Florence
Burnett, Carol and David
Burns, Mrs. Elsie
Butts, Dorothy
Cornish, Caroline B.
Davis, Ruth and Dean
DeGraff, Mrs. Helen M.
DeRemer, Florence
Dondero, Wilma and Norman
Eiswald, Mrs. Janet
Elkins, Dr. and Mrs. Leonard
Evans, Mrs. Dorothy W.
Field, Mary
Fischer, Linda L.
Fogelsanger, Mrs. Lois -2-
Pulkerson, Kathryn and Roger
Gaskill, Gussie
Genung, Anna B.
Goldsmith, Mrs. Gladys
Goulart, Joanne
Greenberg, Dr. and Mrs. Martin
Grinnell, Lawrence ( Habel, Wilma and Robert
Harriott, Mary and Peter
Hartwig, Herbert
Higgins, Mrs. Doria
Holloway, Anita and Fred
Hokkanen, Aili
Howard, Catherine (Nan)
Johnson, Eunice E.
Kopp, Art
Koski, Enzio
La Bombard, Frances (Mrs.)
Laird, Gertrude L.
Laubengayer, Elsa
Lazar, Mrs. Elaine & family
Lazo, Elizabeth and William
Longr4e, Karla
Lewis, Betty
Mair, Gambe
Malcolm, Mr. and Mrs. Norman
Maynard, Helen and Kenneth
Mazauskas, Catherine
McGuire, Laura and Ken
Mcllroy, Mrs. Dorothy
McLellan, Elizabeth and George -3-
Mollere, Barbara and Phillip
Mondy, Nell
Moraff, Dr. Howard and family
Nims, Peggy and Charles
O ’Connor, Mrs. Audrey
Ogden, Ruth P.
Ostrowski, Helen
Parkes, Yvonne and James
Penney, Helen and George
Perry, John Jr.
Proskine, Louise and Alec
Purchase, Mary E
Putney, Mrs. Ruth
Rezelman, Jean and John
Royce, Mrs. Milton
Rumsey, Marguerite
Sandsted, Gwen and Roger
Schwartz, Ruth and Charles
Schwartz, Ruth
Secor, H. Mabel
Stearns, Mrs. Catherine H.
Stout, Evelyn E
Stout, Mrs. Margaret and family
Straight, Clara
Sullivan, Patricia Tallman, Claire Tanner, Mrs. Hilda
Teeter, Denise and Robert
Teetor, Mrs. Gertrud
Tenenbaum, Morris
Tharpe, Josephine -4*-
Thomas, Constance
Travis, Dorothy and Hugh
Walker, Elaine
Washburn, Mrs. Elizabeth
Wheeler, Mrs. Edna
Wheeler, Eleanor and E.P. II
White, Vivian
Young, Dr. Reginald J