What we’re about
This meetup group is for people who love the outdoors, photography and want to meet new people, looking for an easy hike, a moderate challenge, and everything in between including kayaking, camping, over night trips . We have a well diverse group of people here that are willing to share their knowledge when it comes to photography, hiking or just about anything we end up talking about. :) This group is friendly to beginners, slow hikers, advanced hikers, in between hikers, professional photographers, beginning photographers, or the photography hobbyist.
If you hike with us please wear appropriate hiking footwear. No sneakers. Feel free to ask us about how to dress and prepare for the hike you would like to attend. When you first join you will get a 30 day free trial. We then request a $7.00 yearly membership fee to cover the costs that meetup charges. Due to the cost that meetup requires please pay your membership fee online. It is in your the profile section.
Liability: You are responsible for you and are solely liable for injury that may be incurred while participating in this activity. It is your responsibility to make sure that you have the necessary gear/equipment that is needed to participate in your selected hike and that you are selecting a hike that is within your ability level.
Hikes designated as photo hikes travel at a slower pace to allow for photo opportunities. This may be frustrating to faster hikers so please consider your hiking goals prior to signing up for designated photo hikes.
If you RSVP for an event and you decide you can't make it please change your RSVP so others are not waiting!! Those who continuously sign up for hikes and are no shows may be removed from the next hike at the discretion of the group leaders. If you are no show for 3 hikes you will be removed from the group.
If you have any hiking suggestions please feel free to contact me or any of the other leaders / organizers.
Upcoming events (4)
See all- ROLLINS POND CAMPGROUNDRollins Pond Campground, Saranac Lake, NY
This campground offers one of the most scenic views in the Adirondacks. There are many different paddles and opportunities for photography.
One of the days (weather permitting) will offer a paddle up Fish Creek to Floodwood Pond and return via Fish Creek - about a five mile paddle. Sign up and reserve your camp site as soon as possible.Link to campground map https://dec.ny.gov/sites/default/files/2024-05/rollinspondmap.pdf
- Garden Exploration and Photos! July 9 not 10thInnisfree Gardens, Millbrook, NY
Tickets are $5.00 for Seniors and $10.00 for non Seniors. Purchase your ticket online closer to the meeting date as parking space is limited and event will be weather dependent. I usually don't. like posting paid events but if you have never been here you are truly missing a beautiful space.
Innisfree blends Japanese, Chinese, Modern, and ecological design principles. Its distinctive sloping, rocky landscape, which forms the literal and visual foundation for the garden, is set within a natural bowl wrapping around the 40-acre Tyrrel Lake. This bowl creates a profound sense of intimacy and privacy, which are defining characteristics of the garden.
Walter and Marion Beck began developing Innisfree as a private estate in the late 1920s. Walter, an artist, and Marion, a gardener, were particularly interested in the landscape and, in the early 1930s, began developing picturesque gardens based on Chinese and Japanese design principles. The result is a distinctly American stroll garden organized around placemaking techniques used in ancient Chinese villa gardens, described by Walter Beck as “cup gardens.”
The Becks met Lester Collins early in 1938 when Collins was an undergraduate at Harvard. That spring, this trio began their long and remarkable collaboration on Innisfree. Throughout his 55-year association with the garden, Collins sculpted the land and choreographed movement through space. He created the dreamlike sequence of vignettes that defines Innisfree.
Innisfree became a public garden in 1960 under the leadership of Collins. Until his death in 1993, he expanded on the earlier garden, using a process of iteration, revision, and a deep understanding of natural processes to create a seamless composition embracing earlier and later work on the landscape. All the while, he maintained the cup garden concepts and the spirit that he and the Becks envisioned for Innisfree. The last feature he designed, the Water Sculpture on the Upper Terrace, was completed in 1994 to his design.
On September 3, 2019, Innisfree was listed on the National Register of Historic Places—the perfect way to mark Innisfree’s 60th season as a public garden. The period of significance, 1930 to 1994, recognizes the entire design arc of this exceptional site, which met the criteria for national significance in landscape architecture and the higher bar of “exceptional significance” set for anything completed in the past 50 years. The nomination received a 2019 New York State Historic Preservation Award from the Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation.Pack a lunch and water, but more importantly bring your camera, lenses, and polarizer.Wear shoes that are comfortable for lots of walking. Photo opportunities are NOT lacking. If you are interested in car pooling please comment in the comment section. It is around a 90 minute drive.
