Float the Lehigh River from Treichlers Bridge to the dam in Northampton for a cool and relaxing passage through the rural countryside.

Your lunch and dry clothes will be waiting in Northampton where we will leave a few cars to shuttle drivers back to the starting point. Bring lunch, water, a change of clothes,sun protection and an inflated truck tube. Trucks and vans will be appreciated to help haul the tubes. NO PETS!

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Meeting place: Whitehall Mall between Sears and MacArthur Rd. Contact Gene 610-432-5652

Section 5 - Plowville (PA 10) to Old Adamstown Pike near Adamstown

We will just about finish our trek across Berks County today. It may be hot, but we can think cool thoughts as we pass two Christmas tree farms and follow a stream for more than a mile and a half.

Details
Round trip road miles distance: 120 miles
Hike / bike / on-water distance: 11.9 miles
Meeting place: Days Inn Parking Lot at PA 309 and US 22
Leader: Barbara Wiemann 610-262-6977 blwiemann@gmail.com
Co-leader: Virginia Musser 717-626-0069

Monthly meeting of the Allentown Hiking Club.

This will be a business meeting with a break for refreshments followed by a program.

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Meeting place: St Timothy's Lutheran Church 140 South Ott St, Allentown, Pa.

If you've heard the trip reports from the on-going series of Horse-Shoe Trail hikes, the highlight is a stop for ice cream.

We'll reduce the mileage(but not our waistline) with a short walk through Bethlehem designed to pass the maximum number of ice cream parlors. So leave the dishes in the sink and skip desert. We'll wind our way to the neighborhood of Liberty High School. NO PETS!

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Meeting place: Bethlehem Public Library. Contact Gene 610-432-5652

Breakfast at Kempton Gun Club. Hike at Hartman's Hollow Road.

Kempton Gun Club is off Pine Rd along Rte 143 between Lenhartsville and Kempton. We will carpool to the hike about 10 miles away. This hike will consist of two parts. The easy part is about 5 miles on Hartman's Hollow Rd along the Little Schuylkill Creek. The second part is about 4 miles in Hartman's Hollow and is moderately difficult. Cool place to hike on a hot summer day. This will be conjunction with the Blue Mtn Eagle Climbing Club. Warm Hand Ron Kieffer

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Meeting place: Kempton Gun Club
Leader: Ron Kieffer 610-217-4637

7:07 PM at C.J. Hummel's on Rte 143 in Lenhartsville and vanpool to the Lehigh Valley Amateur Astronomical Society's South Mountain planetarium and observatory monthly star party.

The planetarium is along East Rock Rd just off I-78's Summit Lawn exit. This is the group that has the observatories on Pulpit Rock which we will be going on Aug 22nd. This is an excellent activity for younger and older people. Warm Hand Ron Kieffer.

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Meeting place: C.J. Hummel's
Leader: Ron Kieffer 610-217-4637

Various trails in the Hamburg area

Ride several trails around Kernsville Dam. These include a nature trail, the Bartram section of the Schuylkill River Trail, Hamburg Riverwalk and others. Ride includes paved and dirt roads, rail trail woods paths. One challenging hill. Bring lunch and water and helmets are recommended. This ride is not suitable for road bikes.

Details
Round trip road miles distance: 60 miles
Hike / bike / on-water distance: 20-30 miles
Meeting place: Please contact the event leader

7:07 PM at C.J. Hummel's on Rte 143 in Lenhartsville for a night hike to Pulpit Rock or ride w/members of LVASS to look through their telescopes.

The last time we saw the northern lights. The decent is very steep and gravelly, be sure to wear snug fitting shoes even if they are sneakers; also good socks. If cloudy skies cancel, we'll go to the LiarsLair Bed and Brunch to play games. you can also can spend the night. Bring a tent or a camper if you have one. Warm Hand Ron Kieffer.

Details
Meeting place: C.J. Hummel's
Leader: Ron Kieffer 610-217-4637

Hike from Osprey house starting on the Woodpecker Trail.

We will continue on a section of the AT, Blue Trail, Charcoal Trail, Prairie Grass Trail. We will then return to Osprey House on the LNE Trail. Please bring lunch and water. No Pets.

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Hike / bike / on-water distance: 8+- miles
Hike rating: C
Meeting place: Meet at Osprey House.

We will hike AT from Bake Oven Rd to Ft Franklin Road.

Bring lunch, water and footwear for climbing over some of our northeast PA rocks. We have the opportunity to climb up Bear Rocks for an outstanding view and will hop over Knife Edge on the AHC section of the AT. We will car pool and shuttle, no dogs please.

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Round trip road miles distance: 10 miles
Hike / bike / on-water distance: 7 miles
Hike rating: C+
Meeting place: Please contact the event leader

A short hike up and down a scenic gorge will give us plenty of time for the main event; a relaxing soak in a "cool" pool.

Be prepared to experience a full-body ice cream headache! There are also sunny rocks to bask on later. Wear a swimsuit or something you don't mind getting wet. Bring lunch, liquids, sunscreen and a change of clothes. NO PETS!

Details
Meeting place: Day's Inn at Routes 309 & 22. Contact Gene 610-432-5652

This will be a business/scheduling meeting with a break for refreshments.

We will be scheduling hikes for October, November, December 2009.

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Meeting place: St Timothy's Lutheran Church, 140 South Ott St, Allentown, Pa.