Good Morning Woodstock - It's Spring and Time to Go Hiking!

The snow is melting not nearly as quickly as it came, but now that ski season is on its way out spring flowers are ready to pop out!

We have some fun things coming up in the spring. It may be a little too soon to jump into the Esopus and travel down on tubes with Town Tinker Tubing http://www.towntinker.com/but the hiking trails have started to shed their slippery sheath so a good winding may be in order.

You can try one of my favorite hikes up http://www.catskillcenter.org/towers/overlook.html to the Woodstock Overlook Mountain Fire Tower, and the views are to die for. And if you aren't afraid of heights climbing the tower is a real treat. Make sure you get to the end of the trail and not just to the Overlook Mountain House ruins. You'll find a rock ledge with carvings from nearly 100 years ago...ancient graffiti!

If you've got the energy, going it several miles further will put you at your own private lake (okay not 100% private, but what do you want?), Echo Lake.

There are also easier trails in Wilson State Park off of Wittenberg Road and at the end of Mink Hollow Road (off of Rt 212 in the Lake Hill part of Woodstock) as well as in Mount Tremper where Woodstock meet Phoenicia. The last hike has more narrow trails but amazing views nonetheless!

Enjoy!
Cree
The Machree Group, LLC
http://www.TheMachreeGroup.com