Audubon Magazine: Give Thanks and Take a Hike: 10 Great Trails for a Thanksgiving Walk
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From Audubon Magazine: "One of my favorite family Thanksgiving traditions is a walk in the woods, aside a creek, or even along a tree-lined lane. After a lavish dinner, it’s just the thing to keep me from falling into what my friend likes to call a “food coma” in front of the TV. I have fond childhood memories of footsteps crunching on crisp, frost-covered hay stalks in the fields surrounding my grandparents’ Pennsylvania farm and of mountain-top views sweeping toward the state’s Susquehanna River. One recent Thanksgiving I strolled along the banks of the Union Canal, the first canal surveyed in the United States and today the country’s oldest existing transportation tunnel. Those walks help remind me through the rest of the year why it’s so important that we, as nation, preserve the wild places that feed our souls and provide refuge for wildlife. It’s a chance to renew hope for the victories ahead, and to give thanks for how far we’ve come from the days when there were no protections for wild animals or even clean air and water."
Appalachian Trail: Sunfish Pond & Mount Mohican: Columbia, NJ-8.8 miles. Sunfish Pond is one of the most popular hiking destinations in New Jersey, with good reason. The rocky shores of this crystal clear glacial lake are postcard perfect.
Posted by WILDNEWJERSEY at 11/25/2010 11:00 AM 
Categories: Recreation
Tags: appalachian trail sunfish pond columbia nj thanksgiving hiking Susquehanna River
Categories: Recreation
Tags: appalachian trail sunfish pond columbia nj thanksgiving hiking Susquehanna River
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