Hike in Aiken Wilderness Report

Five adventurers had an excellent hike in the Aiken Wilderness on Sunday August 25. As we trekked through this trail-less area we saw bear sign including scratching on beech trees and much scat, lots of moose scat, many game trails, and some beautiful beaver meadows.

Next Young Adventurer's Hike

November 8, 2013. Equinox Preserve Family Night Hike.     

Over 70% of the animals living on the Equinox Preserve are nocturnal, hunting for food and shelter after the sun has gone down.  How are these animals able to survive?  What special adaptations allow them to hunt, travel and survive at night?

Leave your flashlights behind and join Equinox Preserve Steward Rick LaDue and the Green Mountain Club’s Young Adventurers Club for this family-friendly foray into the nocturnal world of Mt Equinox.  Learn about special adaptations of deer, owls, shrews, flying squirrels and a number of other creatures.  Most importantly, experience all the ways humans are also adapted to survive at night.  All activities are kid-friendly and appropriate for ages 3-9.

We will meet at 7 pm at the Red Gate parking lot on West Union St in Manchester for this exciting, non-scary adventure.  Participants must preregister with either Rick at 366-1400 (rick@equinoxpreservationtrust.org) or Jason of GMC’s Young Adventurers Club at 681-6342 (jpergament@burrburton.org).

Fall activities on calendar

Nine of us met on Wednesday 8/21 at Bob Whitney's for a pot luck picnic/campfire and fall planning meeting.
Three hikes and a work hike are now on the activities calendar, as well as the date for the next pot luck and winter planning meeting.
We have also set the dates for our three day trip to the Wheeler Pond Camps in the northeast kingdom for a great snowshoe and camping trip - save the dates of March 4-5-6 (right after Town Meeting Day).