Annual Gourmet Hike to Innisfree Gardens
Sunday, July 12 – 10:00AM
Annual Gourmet Hike to Innisfree Gardens
“Stroll Around the Lake, Discover the Gardens…
Then Let the Feast Begin”
Innisfree is a 150-acre public garden in which the ancient art of Chinese landscape design has been reinterpreted to create, without recourse to imitation, a unique American garden. At Innisfree, the visitor strolls from one three-dimensional picture to another. Streams, waterfalls, terraces retaining walls, rocks and plants are used not only to define areas but to also establish tension or motion. The 40-acre lake is glacial, most of the plant material is native, and the rocks have come from the immediate forest. There are picnic tables on a little hill overlooking the idyllic lake and property. We return to the cars before our gourmet repast so you
do not have to carry anything other than your water.
Bring a “gourmet” lunch item to share with 2-3 people.
$10 per person entry fee. (Seniors: $5) Drive time 45 minutes.
Comfortable boots or sturdy sneakers a must. Rain cancels.
Bring water.
C “Easy” – Hike Length: 1.5 miles – Hike Time (incl Lunch) 3-4 hours
Hike Leader: Peter Meskin, Contact: 914-715-4068
DIRECTIONS
Simply follow GPS directions to Innisfree Garden’s
and meet in the parking lot.
Gates open at 10:00AM
Additional Details
Contact Name - Peter Meskin
Contact Email - CaptPeterM@gmail.com
Contact Phone - 914-715-4068
Organizer
Peter enjoys sharing his love of the forest trails with Club Fit members. His friends have always known where to look for him: “Outdoors!” First as a Cub Scout and a Boy Scout and then as a trained hike leader for the Appalachian Mountain Club. Peter has hiked and camped throughout the United States, parts of Canada, Europe and the United Kingdom.
Capt. Peter is also a professional sailing instructor, having taught for the New York Sailing School on City Island, The Appalachian Mountain Club, and for the Croton Sailing School and Ferry Sloops right here on the Hudson River.
After attaining his Masters License as a US Coast Guard Sailing Captain, Peter ran a charterboat business, “Caribbean Dream Charters,” out of Tortola in the British Virgin Islands taking guests out for week long, live aboard cruises. Each cruise was a week in paradise.
Peter Meskin and Andrew Stein started the Club Fit Hiking Club over 20 years ago and are both very proud to still be leading the hikes.