Crevasse Moraine Trails

 Pam was scheduled to lead the Valley Wanderers on the Reed Lakes Trail today. Julia and I were the only ones who signed up. Most likely because the weather report was horrid with heavy rain and high winds for not only all day, but all week. It was raining when we all woke up so instead of that difficult trail we all met for coffee at the local coffee house. Then we decided to go on the Crevasse Moraine Trails later if the weather wasn't too awful. It did rain a little, but we found it wasn't too bad, so we hiked about 6 miles on the trails. We were quite dismayed to find that the usual very informative trail signs had all been removed and replaced by signs with only a map and very little information. The old signs showed the current trail and had distance information to the next intersections and directions to the various trailheads. This area is extremely confusing, and the signs were essential to keep from getting lost. The new ones only showed the map and an arrow showing your current location. But all mileage and trail name information was no longer shown. Julia and Pam are both more familiar with these trails than I am, but I did have the AllTrails GPS app on my phone. Between the 3 of us, we did manage to figure out where we were. Julia was quite upset and called the Borough Trail Committee to file a complaint. I guess they think the new signs are an improvement, but I found them nearly impossible to read. The old signs were part of a project by Dot Helm, a woman who was very dedicated to this area. She passed away a year ago and we feel that destroying all the work she had done, was an insult to her legacy. I know she would have been quite upset if she were still with us and had seen this change. It was certainly a surprise to all of us. Our dogs were very happy just to be running free though. Julia had her 2 big dogs, Trigger and Pumba and Pam brought Dahla. Bella loved running with the big dogs. She acts like she is just as big and tough as they are! We didn't get too muddy, had a nice workout and enjoyed the fresh air.