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O.K. gang, here is the rough plan of action: Start on Friday morning after Thanksgiving near Bear Swamp Hill, hook around through the Plains, and down to the Oswego River. Follow the Oswego to Oswego lake, hook around Little Hawkin Road to sand road and through The Oswego River Natural Area...

So here we are again with the rain still falling. Last weekend I did a ten miler around Bear Sweamp Hill and Penn St. Forest with the rain echoing off my raingear, it was fun......but please let it end this weekend.

Philly has been getting a really light bit so far today. I hope it picks up, I am ready for some rainy trail miles this weekend. Nobody comes out during the rain and I like the trails to myself on occasion. Me+GoLite Poncho+Gaiters=:mrgreen:

Right back at ya! Its funny working so close to the Pines and with NPS, but not finding much of any woodsy folks here. Mostly all of them give me incredulous looks when I tell them I'm bp'ing for a weekend, or (shudder) alone. It's always the same thing; "the woods are dangerous alone, what...

Should have been more clear, yeah, thats exactly what I meant. Sometimes I just make up my own terms, goofy me.

Went to high school in Buena, and have been there a few times. Never fed them by hand though. Do you know of the beaver fields in Lower Alloway Township?

It was a pleasure meeting and speaking with you the other day, you are a Piney after my own heart.:mrgreen: Joe

Excellent Map!

I am sure you all could represent youselves quite well. :mrgreen: Honestly, I move at a pretty quick place (3+ miles per hr.), but thats only on terrain I know well. The beginning stretch of this will be some bushwacking so the pace will be a lot slower. Everybody has to hike there own hike...

Looking for those riding on the shoe leather express Jersey Jim:mrgreen: . If you, or others, would like to join for pieces thats quite alright with me, the more the merrier. Mostly all of this hike will take place on footpaths and off trail environs. I have even debated maybe kayaking half of...

Can't tell you how excited I am about this trip Bob. My November is packed with stuff. After this trip I'm doing the West Rim Trail (PA Grand Canyon) the last weekend of the month. My hiker bro's have seen the Batona, but not much else. Not the I mind green highway hiking, I actually love...

I have tentatively been working on doing a hike the 2nd weekend (Fri-Sun) of November. It will utilize a long stretch of the Batona Trail, but also see Hampton Furnace, Bear Swamp Hill, C.R.R., well you get the idea. Basic idea is to start in Penn State Forest at or around Bear Swamp Hill, work...

I would suggest The friendship Bogs, Union Clay Works, or maybe the white trail out of Batsto. All are nice and all offer there own little pieces of the Pines. High Point is great with its views and the AT, but much of the north end of our state loses ground with refineries and way to much...

That sounds like a new game; SPOT THE PINEY!!! "AH' Think Thas' Herr over yonder, the one in her stockin' feet!":mrgreen: For a prize you could win a jar of sugar sand and a cedar walking stick. I myself am an easy enough target to spot around here, you can't miss my long brown pony tail...

Chiggers and ticks are what make the Pines so very tough to explore during the warm seasons. If I venture out into the heat of summer I swear by deet. I know its a chemical compound, but it sure keeps every variety of bug off of you. It is also okayed by food and drug, so you know its at...

Check out some canoe and kayak outfitters, most of them rent canoes and kayaks for overnighters at reasonable prices. If you want a nice length hike I would suggest taking the blue/white (parrallel to the Batona) out of Batsto up to Lower Forge Campsite. With this trail you do most of the 7/8...

A Piney Lover working with me in Independence Park? Who would've thunk it.:mrgreen: I work in CRM as a museum tech, in fact I was just in the LHC about an hour ago. Nice to see a fellow a Pines explorer with me in the Park, stop by 2nd Bank sometime and say hey! Joe

No skydiving for me thanks, I have done some white water class III's there though. That's dangerous enough for me.

West Virginia blows me away every time I go down there. They have some really great sights. New River Gorge and The Dolly Sods Wilderness are both just amazing.

Sorry bout' the typoes gang, I tried to fly through this on my break.:guinness: