What an amazing day!  We had a great turnout and a beautiful day of hiking at Poke-O-Moonshine in what was to be a "tracking" hike to see signs of wildlife.  It had snowed the night before so the tracks we saw were just depressions in the snow with no detail indicating what the animal was except for size. 

Hike leaders David Thomas Train and Elizabeth Lee provided commentary and interpretation as we hiked up the old jeep trail to a new beaver pond.  The old beaver dam had washed out a few years ago and the DEC built a nice bridge over the now free-flowing brook.  Then the beavers came back, built a series of new dams downstream from the bridge which raised the water level higher than the bridge.  Oops!

On the beautiful Saturday morning, we hiked up to the dam and had lunch.  Then some continued on to the summit, some explored the beaver flow (series of ponds and beaver dams), and others left early to return to their more home-bound lives. 

In summary, it was such a beautiful winter morning that we all were energized by the sun, the snow, the cold-warmth, and the best of what winter has to offer.