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Parking For the Club!  Five Lots Click

Fee for a hike is only if one Carpools.

Sept.1 JPJ Labor Day - Monday - Enjoy the day relaxing, eating, hiking, or just good old fashion conversation with your fellow hikers and friends. The covered - dish luncheon will be at 1:00 P.M. The hike will be impromptu so come with some of your ideas of where you like to hike in that area. 

SEPT. 7 - SHORT HIKE: Wildwood Lake Sanctuary in Harrisburg...see the wonders of nature found in the city. Over 150 species of birds call Wildwood home. We’ll follow a 4-mile looping trail with views of lake, wetlands, woods, meadow and remnants of PA Canal. A few moderate hills and combination of blacktop, gravel, wood chip, boardwalk and soil trails. Some sections may be muddy, depending on recent weather. Meet to carpool at 9:00 am at Masonic Drive location off of I-83 exit 10, North End meeting place next to Rutter's Store. Carpool $4.00. Hike leader: Donna Brander 717-417-2898. Stop for lunch after hike will be an option.

SEPT. 7 - LONG HIKE: 10 to 12 miles in State Game Lands 145 near Mt Gretna and the Governor Dick Fire Tower. We will hike on the Horse Shoe trail and 2 loop trails in the Game Lands. Bring good hiking boots and lunch. Be prepared for conditions, bring plenty of water. An ice cream stop will be planned. Meet at 8:30 AM in the Boscov's East Parking at the Galleria Mall, near the Road House Restaurant. Hike fee is $6.00. Hike leader Skip Newcomer (717) 285-0146.

SEPT. 14 - MEDIUM HIKE: (MDT_SERIES) 7 mile hike from Apollo Park to JPJ Cabin. We missed out with this scenic part of the trail because of having hiked it quite often, but we decided to do it to celebrate the recently acquired land and new Parking Lot. There will be a hot dog roast at the cabin after the hike. Meet at Vo-Tec (York County High School of Technology) at 1:00 P.M. the JPJ Cabin at 1:30 P.M. please call Jim or Joyce if you are planning to hike and or attend the roast so we have a count. (717) 252- 3784 or .

SEPT. 21 - SHORT HIKE: The 4 mile hike will be at Kelly's Run in the Holtwood Preserve, with an approximate one-mile return to the cars. There are two or three stream crossings and an occasional rock climbing. Meet at Vo-Tec (York County High School of Technology) just off Rt.74, at 12:00 noon. The drive will take approx. 40 minutes. Bring hydration, ambulatory assisting devices and sustenance if desired. The carpool donation will be$3.50. Questions call Bill Anderson (717) 993.2828 Leave a message. No one is home during the day.

SEPT. 21 - LONG HIKE: (MDT-SERIES) Those of us who have been hiking the trail have been enjoying the variety it has to offer. The next hike will be on map#8 & 9 leaving Elk Neck State Forest and continue to Hazelwood Dr, around a 9 mile hike. Carpool Donation will be $6.00. Be sure to wear good hiking boots for we cover all kinds of terrain, water and your lunch. Meet at Vo-Tec (York County High School of Technology), just off of Rt. 74 at 8:00 A.M. Stopping for dinner will be an option. Hike Leaders Jim & Joyce Hooper 717-252-3784 or . 

SEPT. 26-28 KTA WEEKEND: Annual Meeting, Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry, Pa. Go on the web site for registration and information. www.kta-hike.org (Registration deadline Sept. 8th)

SEPT. 28 - MEDIUM HIKE: We will do at least 6 miles (more if folks are up to it) in the Boyd Big Tree Preserve Conservation Area. Some steep slopes. Bring lunch, water, hiking-boots. Meet at 8:30 AM at North End meeting place next to Rutter's Store off I-83, former exit 10 (N. George Street). Carpool donation $4.75. Hike leader: Deborah Slawson at or (717)5-2561. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS: 

Only two months remain before our annual Turkey Dinner and Hike. Volunteers are needed to cook three Turkeys plus all the fixings and we can't forget dessert. We want our dinner to be a memorable one so please step forward and do your part. Please contact Allen Britton or phone me at 741-0624. Thanks for your help.

VOLUNTEERS needed for the offices of Secretary, Director at Large and Activity Committee Members.

Hike Leaders needed for: Oct. 5 long, Oct. 12, short/long, Oct 19, medium. Please contact: Joan Fitzpatrick (717) 840-1101 or .

ANNUAL MEETING: Friday, Oct. 3, at Shank's Mare. Covered dish at 6:30 P.M., meeting starts promptly at 7:00 P.M. For more information or directions contact Tim Schmidt. (717) 235-5940.

Oct 17-19-Susquehannock Trail Weekend: This will be the last set of hikes on the Susquehannock Trail. We will drive up on Friday, stay at a bed and breakfast in Coudersport, hike both Saturday and Sunday and then return home. Limited rooms left. Contact Jim Hooper (717) 252-3784 to sign up or for information.

JUNE BOARD MEETING: At the July 28, 2008 meeting the YHC Board passed a resolution raising the carpool contribution from $.07 to $.10 per mile. This will be effective starting October 1, 2008.

We welcome two new members who have completed their 30 miles: 

Kristen Matje, Marietta, Pa, 17547

Henry Loudermilk, Glen Rock, PA, 17327-1103. 

WELCOME TO THE YHC & WE WISH YOU GOOD HIKING.

The following person has fulfilled her requirements for membership and will be invited to join the club if there are no objections* within ten days. Lori Cooper-Ott, York, PA 17404.

Phyllis Morley would like to remind all hike leaders to forward the sign-up sheet to her so that all the new hikers will get the correct credit for the 30 miles for membership. If you are a guest and feel you have met your 30 miles, but have not been mentioned in the newsletter please contact Phyllis Morley at (717) 764-6822. 

Every Thursday a group meets to do trail work. Contact Jim Hooper for location and time (717)-252-3784.

Any hike leader who has maps (topo, hand drawn, or otherwise) of past hikes they have led are asked to send a copy to Tim Schmidt, president 

    Tim has volunteered to maintain a catalog of hikes to be shared with future hike leaders who are looking for suggestions of where to hike. Thanks!

Reminder, anyone wishing to receive their newsletter by e-mail instead of by postal mail (we have saved postage costs keeping dues down), please forward your e-mail address to Bernie Frick to sign up.

BE COOL! - Sport a York Hiking Club license plate on your car.  Cost $5.  Contact Tim S. at (717) 235-5940.   and ask for details.  

Please volunteer to lead a hike or two for this year's schedule.

* "If there are no objections within 10 days" refers to things like almost getting a hike kicked out of a park.

A sheet is handed out to all New hikers at the parking lots before the hikes.

Our new place for meetings/events  is inside the York Township Recreation Building, directions as follows:

  From I-83 exit 16, take Queen St (PA-74) south for about 1 mile.  At Campbell Music, turn left onto Oak St.  Drive about a tenth of a mile and stop at the stop sign; do not turn right.  Drive straight ahead past the township building to the small building in the middle of the field.

Parking lot maps

200 W. Market St. MAP!

Vo-Tec (York County High School of Technology)

North End meeting place next to Rutter's Store

Adams Electric

Boscov's East Parking