Saturday, May 30, 2009

Highlands Inn, 1/20-22/2006

Five of us arrived at the Highlands Inn in Fleischmanns NY on Friday night. The Inn was very cozy and serves great food.

Despite predictions of rain, four of us headed out to the Bellayre Ski Center on Saturday morning. The clouds hung over us, but we parked in the x-country ski parking lot and started hiking on the ski trails. Had there been any snow, we certainly would have skied.

From the x-country trails, we entered a hiking trail which led to a snowless (but icy) downhill trail. It was very steep, and we argued about whether to continue climbing it. As we were arguing, the rain began and ended the discussion -- we headed down. Following ski trails, we ended up at one of the lodges and caught a shuttle bus down to our cars.

From there, we drove to Margaretville for a snack. Then we headed back to the Inn to get ready for dinner.

On Sunday, we drove to Phonecia and climbed a trail to Mt. Tremper. I had to leave early, but my hiking companions made it to the top.

David Levner

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