Get Outdoors!
Backpacker Checklist
Outing Policies - Includes info on
Liability Waiver
Outing Ratings - What does easy,
moderate and strenuous mean?
July
- July 18th – 19th - Day Hiking/Bat Viewing/Star Gazing/
Caving at Selman Living Lab Near Freedom, OK,
Outing Description and Itinerary: The Selman Living
Laboratory (SLL) consist of 334 acres, two large caves
(one a major hibernaculum for the Cave Myotis), 230 +
wildflower species, 20 species of prairie fish in Salty
Creek, an astronomy observatory, bunkhouses for
overnight student groups and researchers, and more. This
will be a rare opportunity for people to visit this
research property hosted by Dr. Caire, former Dean of
the College of Math and Science at UCO and director of
the SLL. The Outing does not officially start till
Saturday morning but many of us may want to car pool to
the lab on Friday night. On Saturday, the Oklahoma
Master Naturalists will join our group. Saturday’s
activities may include a plant walk, a short trip though
a section of the hibernating cave, an evening of
watching the SPECTACULAR stream of Mexican Free-tail
mother and baby bats emerge from the maternity cave for
feeding. Saturday night Dr. Steve Maier, Associate
Professor of Physics at NW –OSU, will open the
observatory for star gazing through the lab’s telescope.
Sunday morning, after our traditional BIG breakfast,
we’ll work on any projects around the lab. Alabaster
Caverns, The Sod House Museum, The Little Sierra State
Park, Freedom OK, and many other places are nearby to
visit on the way home.
Led by Adrianne Holmes. 405-715-0811 hm,
adrianneholmes@sbcglobal.net
Full Selman info
in this pdf
August
-
Saturday, August 8 –
Sunday, August 16, 2009. Backpack the Latir Peak
Wilderness, full
Latir Peak
Wilderness info this pdf.
- August 8th, Saturday.
Winery Tour and Lunch. Drumright and Stroud are drawing
their share of Sierrans! Following up on the successful
Drumright winery event last spring and the berry picking
in Stroud in the summer, we will be returning to the
area for a day of touring multiple wineries and having
lunch to go along with the tasting. More details coming.
Contact is Jim and Sue Posey,
jipose@brightok.net.
- August 29th –30th,
Friday & Saturday. Turtle Rock Retreat and
Sustainability Center. Pat McFerron and Ann Hoerth,
the sisters who run the Center, are welcoming us to come
and be of service on their farm and in turn, to eat and
play and explore nature with them for a day, or
overnight, if you wish. Please check out
their
website and set this day or weekend aside to give
back as well as to be enriched by time away from daily
life. Contact Lynn Malley,
lynn.malley@gmail.com.
Home (405) 372-1860.
September
- September TBA: Map and Compass
Training & Elk Bugling Tour, Wichita Mountains, OK. If you are
interested in taking this course, please Adrianne Holmes,
adrianneholmes@sbcglobal.net
Home 405-715-0811 or Rick Wicker,
rickowick39@yahoo.com.
- September 25-27, Friday –
Sunday. Greenburg Kansas Service, Greenburg, KS This is a
community service trip to help them recover from the tornado
that wiped out their town a few years ago. Led by Rick Wicker
rickowick39@yahoo.com
October
- October 5-8 23 mile Backpack –
4 days on trail. This hike is a combination of the hike #12 and
hike #14 found in “Hiking Grand Staircase Escalante & the Glen
Canyon Region” by Ron Adkison. From the text: “This premium 3 to
4 day trip surveys what is arguably the most attractive segment
of the 52 mile long Grand Gulch, one of the top backcountry
destinations in the Glen Canyon Region. … The natural beauty of
Grand Gulch makes it the jewel in the crown of Cedar Mesa
Canyons, yet there is even more to Grand Gulch that makes is
such an outstanding backcountry destination. The Gulch is an
outdoor museum of the Anasazi culture that is unsurpassed on the
Colorado Plateau in the number and variety of accessible sties.”
Leader:
david@keyevado.com
- complete
Grand Gluch Info
in this pdf (note: signup
closes September 19th)
- October 24- 25th, Saturday &
Sunday. Birds and Burgers, Stillwater, OK. Enjoy the day
birding on Les & Pat Imboden’s ranch and then feast on delicious
burgers. Contact Les Imboden,
lesnpat@yahoo.com.
Home 405-533-1532.
November
- November 7th & 8th, Saturday &
Sunday. Family Camping at Cedar Lake, OK. Lets enjoy the fall
colors at Cedar Lake with a family car camping outing. This will
be an EASY outing --perfect for Sierra Cubs. The official
beginning will be at noon on Saturday at Group Camp Site # 1. We
will caravan to the Beech Creek trail about 15 miles from the
camp site to enjoy an easy 2.5 - 4 mile leisurely hike before
returning for an evening of family camping fun. The official end
of the trip will be about 10 AM Sunday as we break camp. Many of
us will travel Friday to the camp site and all are welcome to
camp together Friday night before the official trip/hike begins
on Sat. Also, it is customary when having a Sierra outing in SE
OK, to stop at Pete's in Krebs for a group Italian meal in route
home. A complete outing supplement to follow. Contact Richard Coker.
richard5823@sbcglobal.net.
Cell 405-625-7087.
December
- December 4th – 6th. Wilderness
Survival Techniques Training. Near Newcastle, OK. This is
a tentative date. For more information contact Adrianne Holmes,
adrianneholmes@sbcglobal.net. Home 405-715-0811.
The Outings Committee meets the second Sunday of the month, at
various members’ homes. Contact Doug Hill: 405-476-7222 or
Isawwood925@aol.com
for details.