Jan 12th Little River Trail, Belfast

A cool and clear winter day was waiting for 20+ DOC'ers on the Little River trail. Skip P. lead the hike and he invited Cloe C., president of the Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition to join us on the hike and highlight points of interest on this trail.

Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition.

Mission: The Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition is a group of organizations and individuals working to support conservation and stewardship of natural, scenic, historic, and public access resources of the Belfast Bay Watershed through research, community-building, and education.
Website belfastbaywatershed.org

January 19: Cross-country skiing or snowshoeing in Castine

January 19: Cross-country skiing or snowshoeing from Jessie R’s home in Castine, Jessie supplied chili and desert. Still no snow so it turned out to be a walk.  As you can see it was a good day for chili.

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,

September 15 Amherst Community Forest

Fog - Thunder/Lighting & Heavy Rain was the forecast for this hike lead by Christina D. & Susan W. Let it be know that on this day the weather man was correct!

Fortunately the rain did not start until we were on the way back to the parking area. Despite the weather 22 DOC'ers explored a new hiking location for the DOC and had a good time. We will be back!

August 18th Mount Waldo

Dave A. lead 27 DOC members up Mount Waldo on a bright sunny day. Mount Waldo is a favorite venue for the DOC offering great views of all types and this year also offering blue berries by the handful. This hike differed from previous Waldo hikes because we came down the mountain through the woods and granite quarry.

July 24th Summer Camping Trip, Campobello Island, NB

The camping committee out did them selves this year with a great trip to Campobello Island in NB. 27 campers and motel softies enjoyed 3 days of hiking, good restaurants, fishing, yard games like croquet, and someores by the campfire with spooky stories. It did rain one night but what do you expect when camping ? Happy hour also seemed to draw a large crowd.

July 14th Schoodic Mountain

Judy H. and Cora H. were hike leaders on this day for a day of great weather and good views from the top of Schoodic Mt. A huge group of DOCers took advantage of the day . . . some even went swimming in Donnell Pond.

July 7th Perpendicular Trail up Mansell Mountain

Jane & Gordon R. were the hike leaders for this hike up the Perpendicular Trail on Mansell Mt.
it was a very steep climb but with convenient stone steps and a good view of Long Pond below. Those preferring a flatter walk took the Long Pond Trail. You might note in one of the pictures the obvious sign that Blueberries were ripe.

June 30th Flotilla event on Patten Pond Part 1

Linda and Henry B. hosted this DOC outing at their house on Patten Pond to celebrate a early 4th of July, combined with a scheduled DOC outing. Starting with a canoe/kayak paddle, lunch on the lake, a short hike and then a BBQ.

June 30th Flotilla event on Patten Pond Part 2

June 30th Flotilla event on Patten Pond continued