Adrianna used to work with me at the Finger Lakes State Parks. She tells me that she still has room on this magical trip for a few more people, and she might be able to negotiate the price. Please pass this along to anyone you think might be interested. Thanks, Tony
----- Original Message ----- From: Place Odyssey To: [email protected] Sent: 4/24/2009 10:03:53 AM Subject: Place Odyssey 2009 The Finger Lakes are working their magic again. Next Saturday (May 2) a great group of people devoted to this place will embark from Ithaca by foot on a 3 day/2 night journey through the local wilds to pay homage to this place and get to know it on a deeper level using all of their senses. This trip was inspired by the Yosemite National Park High Sierra Camp loop trips where hikers, guided by a Park Service ranger naturalist, complete a 55 mile loop in the high Sierra Nevada mountains over 7 days, staying each night in camps where everything is prepared for them, meaning that they can walk unencumbered to fully enjoy the experience of walking through some amazing landscape. Place Odyssey 2009 is an experiment in the same vein led by a Yosemite ranger naturalist and loop trip leader who is also a native of the Finger Lakes. This year we will even have a guest trip assistant who has lived and worked in the most remote of the High Sierra Camps for 3 seasons! This will be a roughly 30 mile walk over 3 days...not easy, but very rewarding. We will stop for afternoon tea and snacks and for special activities such as a place-related poetry workshop with an award winning local poet, local chocolate tastings and to smell the wildflowers. Can we notice a difference between the taste of wines from different Finger Lakes? What stories can we read in the landscape? The first night will be spent rustic camping in the forest (everything provided and set-up for us) and the second night will be spent in a wonderful bed and breakfast on a lesser-known lake of the area. More details about this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity are available at the following link: http://www.place-odyssey.com/POTrips-NY2009%5BFLandFTtrip%5D.htm But time is limited as well as space for this particular chance to engage in this place we call the Finger Lakes and challenge yourself in a very rewarding way. IF YOU ARE AT ALL INTERESTED, PLEASE CALL OR E-MAIL IMMEDIATELY and we might be able to get you into this group waiting to embark on a great adventure. Happy Trails, Adrianna (607) 279-7509 [email protected] www.place-odyssey.com P.S. Please don't let the cost deter you. It is expensive to put a trip like this together, but the money supports local farmers and other place-conscious businesses. If you seem like a good fit for the group but cannot afford the full price, we may be able to work something out. There is also an option for just joining us for the weekend, if you absolutely can't take the Monday off of work. _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins Questions about the list? ask [email protected] free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
