A note about the election

Hi Everyone,

The Springwater Trails Annual meeting has been scheduled for March 24th during the Sunday hike social.  In the post below, Dean Faklis describes the process for electing the 2013 executive committee.

You will notice that the newsletter has been adjusted, allowing you to track our plans for the Annual Meeting.  The President’s Corner has been moved to page 2.

— Mark

Schribner Rd Trails – January 27, 2013 at 2:00PM

I think we can safely expect a winter hike on Sunday.  The Springwater Trails hike will be held at the Hopkins house at the corner of Schribner and Giles Roads in Springwater.  Web_0239We will walk through the fields and woods on the Hopkins property and on the neighboring farms. The hikers will head to the top of the hills and enjoy the beauty of the open fields.  Meanwhile hikers with snowshoes will head out looking for those drifts and steep slopes that show of the value of snowshoes. Maybe we can convince Dena to walk with us and demonstrate the problems you can get into without snowshoes!

Following the hike, the social will be held at the Hopkins house. Linda will provide taco fixings. Please come and be ready to hike at 2:00  Park on Scribner Rd just around the corner from the driveway and bring your snowshoes and a dish to pass and your beverage to the house.

Linda will lead the hikers.  Mark will lead the snowshoers.  We will also have a well marked trail for the Naturalists to follow as a group. It looks like Mac will need to join the Naturalists as his short legs are pretty unhappy with the snow. We all will return to the house at about 4:00 for a social and possibly an outdoor fire. Note that for most of the route, the snow is only about 2 inches deep with no base.  I do not think skis will work very well.

Please check the directions here, to avoid seasonal roads.

Schribner and Giles Roads (42.605,-77.541513) – Winter Directions

GilesRoadSignThese directions are being provided because Schribner and Giles are seasonal roads at the north west ends.  If you use your GPS, please be sure that you are coming up Schribner Rd from Tabors Corners Rd. Enter Tabors Corners. Then enter 8664 Schribner Rd.

From Springwater: Head north on Rt 15A from the light in Springwater.  Take the first right on Wheaton Hill Rd (Co Rd 16).  Turn right on Wetmore Rd at the stop sign at the top of the hill.  At the end of Wetmore, bear right on Tabors Corners Rd.  After 3.5 miles turn right on Scribner Rd.  The driveway is on the left one mile up Schribner Rd and about 10 feet before the intersection with Giles Rd. There is room for a few cars in the driveway, or turn around at the intersection and park on the the road.

From Wayland: From Rt 15, head east on Rt 21 toward North Cohocton for 3 miles. Turn left on Tabors Corners Rd (Steuben Co Rd 37).  After 2 miles, turn left on Schribner Rd (the second left).  The driveway is the 2nd driveway on the left one mile up Schribner Rd and about 10 feet before the intersection with Giles Rd. Turn around at the intersection and park on the west side of the intersection.

From Honeoye: From Rt 20A, head south on Ontario Co Rd 37.  At Canadice, continue straight ahead on Canadice Hill Rd as Co Rd 37 turns right. When Ross Rd bears to the right, stay on Canadice Hill Rd straight  ahead past Harriet Hollister Spencer Park. At the Springwater Town Line Rd, continue straight ahead on Wetmore Rd. Stay on Wetmore up over the hill to the end (total distance from 20A to the end of Wetmore Rd is 10.7 miles). Bear right on Tabors Corners Rd.  Turn right on at 3.5 miles on Scribner Rd.  The driveway is the 2nd driveway on the left one mile up Schribner Rd and about 10 feet before the intersection with Giles Rd. Turn around at the intersection and park on the west side of the intersection.

From the East Lake Rd in Honeoye or From Naples: Rather than traveling north to reach 20A or Co Rd 37, hikers from east of Honeoye Lake may go south to Ontario Co Rd 36 and follow Co Rd 36 to Naples. Turn right on Rt 21 south.  Turn right to stay on Rt 21 for 4.5 miles to N Cohocton.  Turn right to stay on Rt 21 towards Wayland.  After 3.8 miles turn right on Tabors Corners Rd (Steuben Co Rd 37).  After 2 miles, turn left on Schribner Rd (the second left).  The driveway is the 2nd driveway on the left one mile up Schribner Rd and about 10 feet before the intersection with Giles Rd. Turn around at the intersection and park on the west side of the intersection.

Finally, for hikers who enjoy maps, it isn’t clear whether Tabors Corners has one or two s’s and if only one where it goes.  Google Maps calls the road Tabors Corners Rd in Steuben Co and Tabors Corner Rd in Livingston Co.  Bing maps calls it Tabor Corners Rd. everywhere.  The Springwater town assessor’s rolls contains all three spellings.

You also may see Schribner Rd spelled without the h.  At one time the h was missing on the road sign at the Strutt St end, but that has been corrected.  The 1872 county atlas shows P. Scribner living just north of the intersection with Giles Rd. (Of course it is J Guile who lived on Giles Rd)