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  1. piker56

    Oswego River????

    Virgos, If your first trip was the Batsto, yes the Oswego is much faster. Follow all of the above advice, plus the dry clothing. Sorry to repeat, but having canoed both, the speed of Oswego can catch you off guard. The section above Martha pond is about the prettiest spot in the pines (IMO). Enjoy!
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    To Side, or not to Side

    Did they put a vapor barrier (I think that's what they called it) under the siding? I had aluminum siding removed and replaced with vinyl 2 years ago and I don't notice it being drafty or noisey. Of course the aluminum was like living in a radiator, it was so noisey.
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    Are these snakes in pines?

    My wife found one under a blueberry bush while we were picking a couple years ago, it just about made her faint when it hissed and puffed up. Then it rolled over and we could pick it up. When we tried to turn it over it kept going belly up again.
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    Parker Preserve Access Article

    I had off on Friday and spent the day exploring in Parker Preserve. They have cleaned up the area a lot, it was pretty trashed years ago. Some old brick ruins that I remembered were still there. There certainly are some nice woods to explore there.
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    xbox & playstation

    games I'm glad my son is older and a little past video games now. We go out and shoot pool, where I can actually have a remote chance at winning. Typical for over 50 I guess, but I'm pretty clueless at video games.
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    A clearing in the woods

    My oldest brother, who has since passed awy (1997) used to crop dust some of those "abandoned" blueberry fields around Parkdale. They looked deserted, but evidently someone was still harvesting them and paid to have them dusted. This would have been in the 60's, I think.
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    Child is attacked by Coyote in Middletown

    Coyote attack http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070410/NEWS01/70410002 The Courier Post's article.
  8. piker56

    Fishing below Friendship?

    Went fishing Friday at Batsto Lake, no fish there either.
  9. piker56

    Again Visiting The Hanover Stones

    I took my canoe out on Friday and stayed in the boat. No ticks out on the water:) I'll start hiking again in November after tick and chigger season is over.
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