Syracuse Nature Trail

Well, to wrap up our Labor Day weekend with one more day of family fun, we decided to make it to one more nature trail that we heard about in the Syracuse vicinity. When we started getting closer to the trail, we could not believe the amount of traffic on the roads and the number of [...]

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Mt. Arab Fire Tower

This year we tried a new mountain climb in the Rollins Pond area. We chose Mt. Arab. We had heard that it was worth the climb as The Friends of Mt. Arab have made a great effort to restore the fire tower and cabin atop the mountain.

Once we got to the top, it certainly was [...]

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Snowshoeing at the Audubon Center: 1/18/09

Stephanie spotted and planned a wonderful outing for the family this past Sunday. We went snowshoeing at the Montezuma Audubon Center in Savannah, NY. The program was called stories in the Snow and included a brief presentation by a staff person about tracking wildlife, and a guided tour around the area by snowshoe.

Just having had several inches [...]

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Reflecting On Our Trip To The Adirondacks

After our return from the Mountains a few weeks ago, Steve found a book at the library that was inspired by the trip to the Adirondacks. The book was called “Forest Under My Fingernails: Reflections and Encounters on The Long Trail.” by Walt McLaughlin.
As Steve was reading he found the authors reflections to be a wonderful [...]

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7/21 Otter Hollow

On Monday we took a walk through the Otter Hollow, a trail that originated from Rollins Pond.

It had rained much of the day Sunday, and we were really excited to get out from underneath the shelter of our screen tent.
As we started looking around, we noticed that there were mushrooms growing everywhere.

How many mushrooms can [...]

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7/23 Coney Mountain

On Wednesday we hit the trails again. This time we raised the elevation a little bit. We decided to tackle Coney mountain.

Here’s the gang hitting the trail head.
We encountered some interesting trees along the way.

Here is one that has it’s roots growing over and around a glacial erratic.

We can’t imagine how this tree behind Nathan grew a [...]

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7/24 The Wild Center

On Thursday, the forecast was calling for showers again. So we took the opportunity to visit The Wild Center in Tupper Lake. We had visited there last year and the kids were eager to return again this year. It was a great rainy day activity as much of the experience is inside.

Here Nathan and Sean peer [...]

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7/25 Breakfast on Panther Mountain

Friday morning the weather forecast was for the best day of our week. So we got up at the break of dawn, or 7-ish, and headed for Panther Mountain.

“Lead the way Nathan.”

Here Sean and Nathan stand next to another glacial erratic that looks almost as if someone wedged that little rock underneath it so it [...]

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