Ponds of the Five Ponds

It was not an original idea but one I stole from William M. Harlow, a professor at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. The ESF alumni newsletter was publishing journal excerpts from his summer stay at the Cranberry Biological Station from the early 1920's. He and a companion committed to visiting many of the ponds in the region during their summer study. Tales of their adventures were interesting to me because I was familiar with some of their destinations. I do not know how many ponds Mr. Harlow visited but I adopted the idea and set the goal of making it to each of the 94 named ponds within the boundaries of the Five Ponds Wilderness, to that I have added 21 unnamed ponds bringing my list to 115. I started making trips into the Five Ponds in the summer of 1971. Last week my goal was fulfilled with adventures to the last four ponds on my list.

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