Yet unexplored

For those who enjoy the remote . . . . nearby in New York and Michigan ... Kaaterskill . . . Cathead Bay . . . . Sleeping Bear . . . . weather
-- posted by Barbara

• Cathead Bay ~ on L. Michigan: This beach and two islands - north and south Manitou Islands is near the Sleeping Bear dunes on the eastern shore of L. Michigan just west of Traverse City, near Northport. Campgrounds: LeeLanau State Park.
  


• Mashomack Preserve, Shelter Island: 2,000 acres in the southeastern part of the island run by the Nature Conservancy - about as remote as you can get on Long Island. There are 11 miles of hiking trails that run through the oak woodlands, marshes, ponds, and creeks . . . . osprey, ibis, foxes, harbor seals, and terrapins.


• Kaaterskill in the Hudson River Valley: . . . Hudson Highlands State Park near Cold Spring has trails, Bear Mountain and Harriman state parks, some following a section of the Appalachian Trail. Catskill Region: some of the most scenic hiking in NYS ~ three dozen peaks above 3,500 ft.; - 6,000-acre Mohonk Preserve, part of the Shawangunk Mountains - 60 miles of trails; Minnewaska State Park Preserve - 12,000 acres - 30 miles of footpaths and carriageways.


• Adirondacks: A very pure place in the world . . . including Black Mountain, an 8.5-mile round-trip with a 1,100-foot vertical rise; Bald Mountain, east of Old Forge, steep shorter; Cascade Lake, just north of Eagle Bay - easy 5-mile walk to the lake that takes you past a waterfall. NY's highest peak - Mount Marcy [5,344 ft.] - take the Range Trail - fewer people and better views along the way; asier hike - High Falls Gorge along the Ausable River and past waterfalls.


• Letchworth State Park: 400-foot-deep gorge cut by the Genesee River; the seven-mile Gorge Trail.
  


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• -- posted by Barbara

just because . . . . panda and taffy

-- posted by Barbara

This blog is dedicated to the preservation of the Great Lakes by the people who live around them

We need to be on guard to protect the homes of everything that lives around the lakes . . . . swans, cormorants, terns, geese, heron, ducks of all kinds...songbirds...otter, fisher, skunk, possum, bear, coyote, porcupine, muskrat, groundhog, deer, chipmunk, rabbit ... marsh insect swarms...fish, turtle, snake... it's all about the habitat and how we chose to preserve, walk nearby or make way for developers to destroy. It's not too late, friends. How well do you know your Great Lakes Natural Science? Does the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation care about 'the Great Lakes'? -- posted by Barbara

Notes on the Lake

The west spit is a curved, sandy stretch of land from Manitou Beach to the mouth of Braddock Bay. It's in North Greece, New York on L. Ontario about 12 miles northwest of the Rochester/Irondequoit Bay/Genesee River area. Over the last century, hotels, dance halls and other structures have been built, burned down and just taken down due to neglect and the tangle of weeds that have overtaken them. Now, the spit stays uninhabited except for the animals, birds, trees and a single trail, mostly used by fisherpeople, birders and photographers.




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