September 2011 Blog Posts (4)

Some really lousy weather forecasting almost foiled my weekend hiking plans.  Initially Sunday was the better day so that was the chosen hiking day.  Woke up Saturday morning to find the forecast had changed making Saturday the better day and Sunday the rainy day.  I had already made other plans for Saturday so Sunday had to be the hiking day.  Loaded up rain gear and stayed close to home just in case it became a total washout with thunderstorms as forecast.  It had been a couple of years…

I'd read that Cheesequake State Park had taken a decent hit from Irene. There were lots of down trees visible throughout, but the park staff had already done a terrific job cleaning up the trails. In fact, it looked like many had been raked clear because there was so much debris that the trail would be hard to follow otherwise.

One large section of boardwalk was…

We've created a page with reports and resources for trail damage caused by Irene:

http://www.njhiking.com/hurricane-irene-trail-damage.php

And if you have a link or article to share, post it to the Irene forum discussion:…

Yesterday I Spoke to Rangers at Stokes and Worthington for a status report:

Stokes: Cabins are fine, No Power yet, They have not ben able to inspect Trails

Worthington: No Power Yet, Many Roads closed by downed Trees and Power Lines