Finger Lakes trail pictures with free camping and lean-to's. Take your horse with you. Also, there are handicapped accessible trails available. 

 You can go to the top of this fire tower.

 The flush toilets.

 Outdoor sink and water fountain.

Map of Six Nation Trails.

Fire tower.

Picnic area.

Camping area.

Horse Stalls.

Horse Stalls, you can also tie them up at your campsite.

The trail.

Outhouse near the lean-to's.

One of the lean-to's.

Inside the lean-to.

Lean-to.

One of the horse trails.

Here is the location, see map below:

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Now go check out the DEC page for Sugar Hill State Forest.

I came across this picture

It was on photobucket and I thought it was hilarious. (Click on picture to go see where it came from)

Works for Me Wednesday- Banana Boats

Making banana boats are great fun when you're camping, or even in your own oven at home. You carefully peel the innerside strip of the banana down, leaving one end attached to the banana. Hollow out a little bit of the banana and add back in whatever you like, such as:

Chocolate bar pieces
Marshmallows
Peanut butter

Then wrap it back up, wrap the whole thing in foil, and put in the campfire or hot oven for five minutes or so. Take out, let cool a bit and enjoy! Here is a great website that has instructions and photos. It's called "Instructables." Check it out!


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Finger Lakes National Forest - WFMW

This is where we camped on Memorial Day weekend. It was free! It seems like a very underused area. If you want to get away and go camping try going on Federal or State Forest land for free. Be sure to check out the regulations for your particular area.

We went to Finger Lakes National Forest in Schuyler County and camped. It is NY state's only national forest. There are 16,118 acres on a high ridge in between Cayuga and Seneca Lakes. There is even a place for horses and their owners to camp here. There are miles and miles of dirt roads and trails. The Finger Lakes Trail goes through it. It was great. There are a few minor inconveniences, like no bathroom or showers, but we solved that by going to nearby Taughannock Falls State Park and grabbing a shower. If the air and water were warmer, we would have jumped in the pond like a few other brave souls did.

The only money we spent was for gas and the food we brought with us. It was a great feeling returning home and not feeling broke!













There are forest tent caterpillars active right now.






This was the parking lot for where we camped. We walked in a half mile. The first 2 days we were the only ones camping overnight in this area. By Sunday, the lot was full. It was still nowhere near the amount of campers we saw at Taughannock Falls State Park, which resembled a huge parking lot rather than a camping area.














This was our "bathroom."




She got lucky and found a friend fishing who let her throw the fish back in the water!



Brrr.











The birds were amazing. Birds I have never heard before and so loud and so many, wow it was indescribable. A birder's paradise at dawn! Do you know what kind of bird this is?



Heading towards Seneca Lake.











Some horseback trailriders.



Taughannock Falls.



Horseshoe tracks.




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