Itinerary

Springwater Fieldtrip K18

Sunday, February 18, 2018

Participants: Bill Menke and Dallas Abbott

 

This is a fieldtrip of opportunity. Dallas and I are in Saratoga Springs NY mainly for a different purpose.

7:30 AM, Coffee at the Community Court Motel (248 Broadway, Saratoga Springs NY).

8:00 AM, Breakfast (egg sandwich) to go from Stewart’s Shop (8 Circular St, Saratoga Springs NY).

9:30 AM: Congress Park, Saratoga Springs, New York

Spring 1, Site 32a, Columbia Spring, in a small spring house. It is longer a real spring and is now on city water.

Spring 2, Site 33, Congress Spring, in a large spring house.

Spring 3, Site 34, Deer Park Spring. The small, ornate spring house that we visited last July has been removed and the spring is not flowing

Spring 4, Site 85, Fish Pond Spring, the inflow of a circular fish pond.

Spring 5, Site 35, Long Pond Spring, a plastic pipe extending out from the ground at the end of a long pond.

Spring 6, Site 36, several plastic pipes extending out into the War Memorial pond.

 

9:45 AM: Spring 7, Site 37, Hathorn Spring, in a spring house at corner of Spring Street and Putnam Street, Saratoga Springs, NY.

12 Noon: Lunch (sandwich and coffee) to go from Stewart’s Shop (521 Broadway, Saratoga Springs NY).

1:00 PM: High Rock Park, Saratoga Springs, NY

Spring 8, Site 39, High Rock Spring, with a tufa cone, in a spring house, as well as a nearby fountain.

Spring 9, Site 40, Cliff Spring, at the base of the cliff. It is not flowing.

 

Spring 10, Sites 41a,b with 41a closest to the road, Victorian Fountain Springs, two fountains in a spring house in High Rock Park, Saratoga Springs, New York.

 

1:15 PM Spring 11, Site 38, Old Red Spring, in a spring house at the corner of Excelsior Avenue and High Rock Avenue, Saratoga Springs, NY

3:45PM Spring 12, Site 9, Warm Spring (or Lebanon Spring), Spring Hill Road (at Pool Hill Road), New Lebanon, New York.

5:00 PM, Dinner (fried chicken) at the Roy Roger’s Restaurant in the New Baltimore Service Area, NYS Thruway.

7:30 PM, Arrive home, Tappan NY.