We left Cherry Grove Campground at 9:45AM EDT and stopped for fuel just down the road at a Sunoco Station where we purchased diesel fuel for $2.42/gallon. We headed East on SR-370 and stopped at a Dunkin’ Donuts 15 miles down the road to pickup coffee, breakfast sandwiches, and some delicious donut holes. We continued East on SR-370 and then took I-690 through Syracuse and picked up I-81 South. Once again, to avoid tolls, we skipped I-90 and took US-20 on into Albany. Today we drove 188 miles and arrived at approximately 2:00PM EDT.
Hiking at Barberville Falls – 9/16/2020
Today we went hiking at the Barberville Falls Preserve in Poestenkill, NY with Beth’s sister Lori. There are three hiking trails in the preserve and two were accessible from the parking lot along Blue Factory Rd. The Falls Trail is a short, but very steep hike down to the bottom of the falls, so we took it first in order to get the hard climb on the return from the falls out of the way. The falls were beautiful.
Barberville Falls Trail – Poestenkill, NY
We then took the Ridge Trail out through the surrounding woods. There were a lot of hills to climb and descend, so the short 1.3 mile trail still provided a challenge. At roughly half way through the hike we stopped and ate lunch. Overall it was a great hike on a beautiful day.