8:30am – noon ish

Winnakee Nature Preserve, Hyde Park, NY
4204 Albany Post Rd (Rte 9)
Hyde Park, NY

Sorry for the location change. This spot is just up the road a bit. With all the rain we've had and more coming, we should have a really nice walk!

It's on the North side of Rte 9. There is plenty of parking BEHIND the restaurant.

There are Deer Ticks in this area… It is recommended to wear light colored clothing to help detect them, and to spray yourself with some repellent. Aside from tick spray, don't forget water, a basket for supplies and mushrooms, a knife, your mushroom book, a friend or two…

Hyde Park, Culinary Institute of America Main Parking Lot -
Plan to arrive at 8:30 to stretch out, sign in and apply tick spray. This area has lots of ticks!
Introductory Info For Beginners 8:40am & Walk Starts Promptly At 9:00am

It is pretty overgrown in this wood… So, if you have a cell phone please bring it. We all had cell phone coverage so we should be fine if we all swap cell numbers prior to heading into the woods. I will bring a sign in/sign out clipboard for the parking. If you arrive late please sign in so when we all leave we know we did not leave anybody behind.

THIS IS A MEMBERS ONLY EVENT… It is open to existing members and those who fill out club application on the spot that day.

This is the first walk of the year so there will be about a 20 minute introduction for new mushroomers. If you are new to mushrooming please plan to arrive by 8:30 to take advantage of the presentation. Everyone should be suited, sprayed and ready to walk promptly a 9:00am.

The are Deer Ticks in this area… It is recommended to wear light colored clothing to help detect them, and to spray yourself with some repellent.

Directions: http://www.ciachef.edu/visitors/hp/directions/ We will meet in the northern most part of the main parking which is in front of the school along Route 9.

Here is a google maps link with approximate coordinates and satellite imagery…

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&source=hp&q=cia+hyde+park+ny+address&aql&oq&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl

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If for any reason there are any last minute cancellations or changes to either event, I will post them on the facebook billboard.

Reminder: Remember to bring any samples of mushrooms you may have to show others, and also remember to invite 5 non-members to every club function so we can grow the group.

Reminder: It is the club policy that only club members may attend the morel walks. Please alert anyone you invite that they should print out a membership form from the website, fill it out, and bring it along with $15 annual membership fee and they can become a member on the spot if they wish to participate. If for some reason, they cannot aquire the form on their own we will have them available at the walk. Anyone interested in signing up on the spot should show up a little EARLY to have time to take care of business and avoid delaying the start for everyone else.

Request: We would like to know which walks are most important to you and why. Please let us know ASAP as we are planning events for the upcoming season! Also let us know if you can be our guide on a new walk.

Request: Keiko would like to publish and we would all like to read your favorite mushroom stories. If you have a good mushroom/mushrooming story to share, please type it up and send it to Keiko for an upcoming newsletter…

Recipes: Reminder to keep your eyes open for good submissions to the club recipe book…See more

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Please join us for a walk (rain or shine):

Saturday, September 18 · 8:30am – 12:00pm

Locust Grove, Poughkeepsie, NY

This walk is an MHMA favorite often times with beautiful tasty mushrooms, and sometimes if conditions are right in large quantities. The Morse Estate, where the walk is held, is a nature preserve. Our annual walk is the ONLY time at which anyone is permitted to pick mushrooms there. Please do not abuse our relationship with the generous administrators of the estate by picking mushrooms any other day of the year.

We will meet outside of the visitor’s center.

Directions To Morse Estate, Locust Grove, Poughkeepsie, NY:
 

–From The Thruway: Take Exit 18 off the Thruway (New Paltz). Turn right after toll plaza onto Route 299 East. Go 5 miles.  Turn right at the end of Route 299 onto Route 9W South. Go 2.5 miles. Turn right onto the ramp for the Mid-Hudson Bridge. Turn right immediately after the bridge onto Route 9 South. Go 2 miles. Turn right at second traffic light (Locust Grove parking lot).
 

– From Interstate 84 – Take Exit 13 (Route 9 – Poughkeepsie). Take Route 9 North. Go 11 miles. Turn left at Beechwood Ave. traffic light (Locust Grove parking lot).
 

–From the Taconic State Parkway southbound – Take the exit for Route 44 (Poughkeepsie). Turn right onto Route 44 West. Go 8.5 miles. Bear right onto Routes 44/55 West. Go 2.5 miles. Turn right just before the Mid-Hudson Bridge onto Route 9 South (Wappingers Falls). On the exit ramp, bear left to go south on Route 9. Go 2 miles. Turn right at second traffic light (Locust Grove parking lot).

Helpful things to bring/remember: water, snacks, good shoes or boots for tramping around in the woods, a small knife and basket for carrying mushrooms, camera, mushroom field id guide and notebook. Ticks have been prolific this year so tuck pants in socks, spray if you want.

Check out the club’s facebook page: HERE
 

Directions have been posted:

http://www.midhudsonmyco.org/walks-events/august-mhma-mushroom-events/

Directions

 For directions from your house,I checked a bunch of map programs and they should all have the address of Ferncliff Forest. Otherwise, follow be…low. These directions are from either the Kingston bridge or Northern Dutchess Hospital
Directions from Kingston Rhinecliff Bridge:
1. Start out going EAST on NY-199/KINGSTON-RHINECLIFF BRIDGE toward RIVER RD/CR-103. Continue to follow NY-199. 1.4 mi
2. Turn RIGHT onto RIVER RD/CR-103. 0.7 mi
3. Turn SLIGHT LEFT onto MT RUTSEN RD. 1.1 mi
Arrive at 66 MOUNT RUTSEN RD.
 
Directions fromRte 9 North just south of Northern Dutchess Hospital. If you pass the Hospital going north, you've gone a block too far. (Montgomery St is just South of the Hospital)
1. Start out going NORTH on US-9/SPRING BROOK AVE toward MONTGOMERY ST.
2. Turn LEFT onto MONTGOMERY ST. 0.5 mi
3. MONTGOMERY ST becomes OLD POST RD. 0.1 mi Map | Avoid
4. Turn SLIGHT LEFT onto MT RUTSEN RD. 0.6 mi Map | Avoid
Arrive at 66 MOUNT RUTSEN RD.

Colgate Lake may be penciled in also – stay tuned.