DOWNEAST OUTING CLUB

Activity schedule – January, February, March 2012

Unless otherwise specified, we meet at 10 a.m. All activities are subject to last minute changes, so watch for email updates and be sure to call the contact person before heading out. If you cannot reach the contact person, call Gloria H.

January 5: Bike path at the University of Maine in Orono. A little over five miles from the campus to Perkins Street in Old Town and back. Ski, snowshoe or hike depending on conditions. We can have lunch in the Memorial Union cafeteria

January 12: Snowshoe, ski or hike in the Castine area

January 19: Cross-country skiing or snowshoeing from Jessie R’s home in Castine, followed by a potluck lunch. Jessie will supply the chili, you bring salad or bread or dessert.

January 26: Ski, snowshoe or hike somewhere on Mount Desert Island.

February 2: Four-mile loop in Bangor City Forest, with lunch afterward at Uno’s.

February 9: Ski, snowshoe or hike in the Caribou Bog, Old Town.

February 16: Eagle Lake ski/showshoe, with three levels – three miles or four miles along lake shore, or six-mile circuit.

February 23: Great Pond Mountain Conservation Trust in Orland

March 1: Quarterly meeting at noon, St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Ellsworth.

March 2: TBA.

March 8: Walden Parke, part of Bangor Land Trust, woods trail and railroad bed.

March 15: cancelled  Bucksport snowshoe or hike.      New  hike . . . Dead River trail walk

March 22. TBA,

March 29: TBA,