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YA Book Club POSTPONED! Due to unforeseen circumstances, we have had to cancel this Saturday's YA book club meeting. We will reschedule and post it here and on our social media as soon as we can.
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For recreational cyclists everywhere, the Finger Lakes region is a must-visit hot spot. Not only are the lakes themselves a sight to see--closely grouped, deep, cool streams meandering through the hills--but waterfalls, gorges, wineries, museums, cities, and farms are all found along these cycling trails, as well.
25 Bike Rides in the Finger Lakes provides clear and detailed mile-by-mile directions for each trail, labeled maps with cues, and notes on the history and culture of the area. 25 Bike Rides in the Finger Lakes (with 5 bonus rides!) is a complete tour of both the wildlife and cultural life of the Finger Lakes region, offering something for every type of cyclist.
The beautiful views, rugged peaks, lush forests, and rushing waterfalls spanning the 6 million acres of the Adirondack Park are every hikers dream. 50 Hikes in the Adirondack Mountains provides hikers of all experience levels and ability with carefully outlined, detailed tips and suggestions for 50 different hikes in the region.
The hikes range in length, difficulty, and type, and feature various highlights, such as mysterious caves, uninhabited lakes, fire towers offering breathtaking views, and marshy, dense wetlands. Within the section dedicated to each hike, tips and tricks for getting to the trail, places to rest along the way, and areas to stop for incomparable views are all noted. With 50 Hikes in the Adirondack Mountains, readers won't miss a thing on their next trek through the mountain trails.
A series of beginner-to-novice birding books, All About Backyard Birds is based on the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's number one birding website allaboutbirds.org, which has had more than 14 million unique users to date.
All About Backyard Birds delivers best-in-class content and proven user-friendly formats. Each regional version--eastern/central North America and western North America--provides 120 of the most popular species and is filled with beautiful illustrations by Pedro Fernandes. With charts, maps, and other bird identification tools, All About Backyard Birds offers beginner birders the ideal way to start birding. All About Backyard Birds also includes a tutorial for MERLIN(R), an interactive GPS-based bird identification multimedia app (available in iTunes and Android stores and already used by more than 1 million birders), plus a FREE Bird QR book companion app. The app empowers users with a tap-to-listen birdsong function and gives more information about special topics throughout the book. As with all Cornell Lab Publishing Group books, a portion of the net proceeds from the sale of All About Backyard Birds goes directly to the Cornell Lab to support projects, including children's educational and community programs.
Eccentric Finger Lakes is an armchair travel guide of sorts to the odd, the offbeat, the hidden and mysterious, and the just plain unexpected in New York's Finger Lakes region. The author explores often overlooked stories and treasures, bizarre legends and best-kept secrets. The book is filled with curious characters -- religious zealots, mediums, daredevils, explorers, suffragettes, inventors, benefactors, artists and writers, winemakers and chefs, bootleggers, and scoundrels - a ready-to-explore trail of knowledge about Finger Lakes history and culture you won't want to miss. Whether you follow it straight through, or pick out individual stories as the mood strikes, you're in for captivating reading.
Excursions range from half-day walks for families to overnight circuits for campers or backpackers and many of them are suitable for ski-touring or snowshoeing. For each, you will find: easy-to-follow directions to the trailhead; walking distances; vertical rise; landmarks; estimated hiking time; and a topographical trail map.
Upstate New York's Finger Lakes region is one of the most serene and beautiful vacation spots in America. From the region's breathtaking glacial lakes and spectacular gorges to its quaint villages and world-class wineries, this area has charms aplenty, and this trusted guide will help you explore all it has to offer. Katharine Delavan Dyson spent more than a year driving around each lake, stopping for countless interviews with residents and businesspeople. This full-color guide contains more than 100 photos, detailed maps, and info on attractions, events, shopping, history, recreation, and more. Take a cruise on the Erie Canal, bring the family to local farms and farmers' markets, play a few holes on the area's many golf courses, or hike the miles and miles of majestic trails. Broken down lake by lake and featuring sections on gateway cities, transportation, important phone numbers, and services, Explorer's Guide Finger Lakes will help you get the most out of your trip.
The Finger Lakes Region is arguably one of New York's many shining gems. Wineries, Vineyards, State Parks, lakes (of course), and WATERFALLS all mesh together to create a remarkable experience throughout the region.In this guide, we'll take you to some of the more notable, as well as lesser-known, but easy-to-get-to waterfalls from around the Greater Finger Lakes Region. From Pratts Falls to Cascadilla Gorge to Barnes Creek Gully and many of the State Parks, you're sure to find a favorite. Join us as we venture through the region, chasing the waterfalls of the Finger Lakes!Better yet, is the ability to earn a patch for visiting a certain amount of waterfalls included in the guide!
The Finger Lakes of New York State offer plenty of pleasures, and this up-to-the-moment travel guide will help you get right to them. For nearly three decades, Michael Turback championed the region's food and wine at Turback's of Ithaca, an establishment Wine Enthusiast Magazine named "one of America's wine-friendliest restaurants." As the consummate insider, Turback examines what's new, what's enduring, and what's surprising in this idiosyncratic, anecdotal guide, sure to inspire and enrich your visits to wineries, as well as microbreweries, and along scenic and historic trails. He tells you exactly where to go and why you should go there. With logistical, thoughtfully-planned itineraries, he shows how to make the most of a one-day jaunt or a weekend excursion to the region, including where to eat and where to stay, removing the intimidation factor that often surrounds the region's geographic scale. Plan a driving tour through the Finger Lakes - and be sure to bring along this ready reference.
The lakes and tributaries of New York State's famed Finger Lakes are home to some of the finest freshwater fishing in the Northeast, with salmon, trout, bass, muskellunge, walleye and many other species targeted by anglers from shore, in stream, and in boats using conventional and fly tackle. If it can be caught in freshwater, the Finger Lakes nearly has it all. Fishing the Finger Lakes gives an insider's look at the where, when, and how of fishing these fabled waters, from a seasoned angler who has fished this area intensively. Fishing the Finger Lakes covers all eleven of the Finger Lakes, plus their major tributary rivers and streams, along with significant smaller lakes and ponds of the region. The book details where to fish for selected species, gives seasonal tips on when the fishing is best, and covers tackle and technique anglers can employ for maximum success. Every angler in the region, beginner to advanced, will find this book indispensable.
The Finger Lakes and Central New York are not known for rugged mountains and their panoramic vistas which are so commonly sought in the Adirondacks to the north. They hardly could be - the area was scoured clean by glaciers millennia ago. But don't let that fool you, the region is full of natural wonders of its own. Instead of mountains and ridges, the region is known for rolling drumlins, an abundance of scenic gorges, quiet woodlands, beautiful waterfalls and picturesque lakes. Trails included in Five-Star Trails: Finger Lakes and Central New York by Tim Starmer feature a broad mixture of these landscapes and were carefully selected to give the most varied but also rewarding experience when picking a trail. Each trail has been thoroughly researched, recently hiked and includes a detailed description, trail profiles and map. At a glance ratings in important categories such as Scenery, Trail Condition, Difficulty, Solitude and appropriateness for children let you quickly select a trail that fits your tastes and ability. Other useful information such as fees, restrictions for dogs on the trail as well as advice on when to visit offers you the best information so you can plan your trip with ease.