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December 6, 2025

TSR Holiday Party, Hike & Business Meeting.

June 7, 2025

Rain Date June 14, 2025

Summer Picnic

Advance on-line registration is required.

TSR members only – no guests.

Please join us on Saturday June 7, 2025 at 11:30 for our annual club hiking and picnic at Lewis Morris Park, Sunrise Lake Area, Picnic Shelter C. This is a wonderful opportunity to get to know your fellow club members. There will be several hikes of varying difficulty in the morning before lunch. The BBQ and buffet lunch are available starting at 11:30. We will still be grilling at noon, but this year we are acknowledging that our hungry hikers like to eat as soon as they are back from their hikes. The Shelter is large with picnic tables and a covered overhead, with facilities close by.

NEW: Potluck Picnic. Following the success of the Holiday Parties’ potlucks, we are reviving the potluck tradition for the Summer Picnic. Bring your favorite savory dish or dessert. Pack it in a cooler in your trunk if you are hiking. TSR will provide barbecued hamburgers, hot dogs and rolls (vegetarian alternatives), plus appropriate accompaniments, lettuce, onion and tomatoes for burgers and ketchup etc. Water is provided for your bottle.

Swap Table

A swap table will be set up by Gail Waimon for hiking equipment and clothing in good condition, so please start collecting what you’d like to pass on to fellow hikers.

Knife Sharpening and Equipment Repair

TSR member Phil Ross has once again generously offered his time and talent before the picnic to sharpen and repair equipment… micro spikes with loose chains, hiking pole adjustments, sharpening kitchen and pocketknives, scissors, shears and small gardening tools. Label your items with your name and phone number and drop them off at Phil’s table before your hike, or by 10:30am. Bring up to two items to be fixed or sharpened.

This TSR picnic is open to Members Only. Friends and family can attend for a modest fee of $15 – which gets them full club membership, i.e. 364 more days of activities including hiking, paddling, biking and a Holiday party! Give TSR memberships now to friends and family you’d like to bring to the picnic. Sign them up and pay at: https://www.tristateramblers.org/join.

Picnic Directions:

Please note: The Sunrise Lake area opens to the public for swimming at 11am. Please keep this in mind when planning your arrival time for parking.

LEWIS MORRIS PARK, Morristown, NJ (coordinates: N40° 47.50', W74° 31.94')

I-287 to Exit 30-B (Bernardsville). At light turn right onto US 202 north. Go about 1.7 miles to light and turn left onto Tempe Wick Road. Pass Jockey Hollow entrance and go another mile on Tempe Wick Road. Turn right onto Corey Lane. Go 1.4 miles and turn right onto NJ 24/CR 510 (Mendham Road.). Go 1.7 miles to park entrance.

ALTERNATIVE: I-287 south to Exit 35 (Morristown, Madison Avenue). Turn right at traffic light and bear right at next traffic light onto South Street. Continue to Morristown Green. Go around the Green to North Park Place and turn right onto Washington Street, which becomes NJ 24/CR 510 west (Mendham Road). Go 2.8 miles to park entrance on the left.

Sunrise Lake area parking: Go about 0.6 miles and turn right onto Sunrise Lake Road. Go about 0.4 mi. and turn left into the parking lot. Park in the second area on the right. The path down to the Sunrise Lake Area, Picnic Shelter C is at the far end of the parking lot.

Volunteers are needed to help set up for the picnic and to clean up afterwards. Contact Social Committee Co-Chairs

Brooke Tippens brooke.tippens@gmail.com 973 902 5650

Jenny Monteleone jennymonte82@gmail.com 732 245 7284

December 7, 2024

TSR Holiday Party, Hike & Business Meeting.

Advance on-line registration is required.

TSR members only – no guests.

Where: New Location Ballroom, Verona Community Center, 880 Bloomfield Ave, Verona, NJ 07044. Directions below.

Plentiful parking is available to the side of and behind the building. The side door of the ballroom is open, with a large cloakroom for coats and bags.

Registration information for the party/meeting and hikes has been sent via email.

The annual meeting with election of officers for 2025 begins at noon.

Food: A potluck lunch will follow the meeting. What to bring: a serving dish of your favorite savory dish or dessert, ready to eat. If you want to take the serving dish home, label the dish on the bottom. Provide a stand-alone tent card describing the dish. Add special notes like vegetarian or contains peanuts. We provide utensils. Hot tea and coffee provided. Please bring your own cold drink.

Food can be dropped off after 9:30. The new venue has a large kitchen and fridges to store food.

THE ANNUAL MEETING AND PARTY WILL TAKE PLACE RAIN OR SHINE. In the event of a forced cancellation due to extreme weather, notification will be posted through GoogleGroups email.

Hikes: Three hikes are scheduled prior to the party for those who want to work up an appetite. NOTE the meeting location for each hike is NOT at the party venue. Advance registration is required.

2.5-mile Holiday Party Hike - Verona Park, Verona, NJ
Leader: Gordon Thomas, Cell 609-977-0267, TSRpresident3@gmail.com
Start: 10:00 AM. Flat hike around Verona Lake.

Directions: Meet at Verona Park Lake Boathouse. Park on Porcello Lane near Boathouse.

4-mile Holiday Party Hike - Eagle Rock Reservation, West Orange, NJ
Leader: Ron Pate, Cell 973-965-7578, ronpate31@verizon.net
Start: 9:30 AM. 4 mile hike, moderate pace. Great views of NYC. Boots/poles recommended. Bring: water. Please note early start time.

Directions: Meet by the 9/11 memorial.

5-mile Holiday Party Hike - South Mountain Reservation, West Orange, NJ
Leaders: Kathe Serbin, cell 973-715-0491, katheserbin@yahoo.com, and Jennifer Zerres, cell 862-217-9552, jzerres@gmail.com
Start: 9:00 AM. 5 mile hike with 500 feet elevation. The ground has rocks and roots and there is a water crossing. We will start on the Interpretive trail, stop by Turtle Back Rock, continue on Orange trail, Lenape and Bullseye trails. We will be taking the stairs to the top of Hemlock Falls. Portable facilities available. Boots/poles recommended. Bring: water. Please note early start time.

Directions: See TSR Directions #9, Turtle Back Rock.

5-mile Holiday Party Hike - South Mountain Reservation, West Orange, NJ
Leader: Sheree Bennett, 973-857-0543, cell 973-932-9466 for day of event only, no texts please, shereestarrett@yahoo.com
Start: This will be a 5 ish mile hike with approximately 800 feet of elevation gain. We will average 30 minute miles on level ground and upto 45 minutes per mile when climbing. Portable facilities available. Boots/poles recommended. Bring: water. Please note early start time.

Directions: See TSR Directions #8, Tulip Springs.

Swap Table: We will have our traditional swap table. Bring lightly used hiking attire, equipment, books, maps – anything another member could use. Note: If your items are still on the table when you leave, please take them back with you.

Equipment repair/knife sharpening services: TSR member Phil Ross has once again generously offered his time and talent before the party to sharpen and repair equipment… micro spikes with loose chains, hiking pole adjustments, sharpening kitchen and pocketknives, scissors, shears and small gardening tools. Label your items with your name and phone number and drop them off at Phil’s table in the Community Center before your hike, or by 10:30am. Bring up to two items to be fixed or sharpened.

Directions:

From the South.

From I-280

Take Exit 7 to Verona. Merge onto Pleasant Valley Way north. After 2 miles, turn left onto Morningside Rd. After 0.3 miles turn right onto Forest Ave. After 0.3 miles turn left onto Harrison St. After 0.1 miles continue straight onto Chestnut Rd. After 0.1 miles, at the T junction, turn left onto Bloomfield Ave. After 0.2 miles, arrive at the Community Center on your right. To park, turn right onto Linn Dr, immediately before the Community Center, take the first left into the parking lot. Plentiful parking is available beside and behind the Community Center. The side door to the Ballroom will be open. No need to walk back to the front of the building.

From the North

From I-287.

Take Exit 41A to US-46 for I-80 East, toward 46/NY City. Drive 2.4 miles. Take I-80 East ramp toward Paterson/NYC. Drive 0.4 miles. Take Exit 47B for US-46 toward The Caldwells/Montclair. Merge onto US-46 East. Drive for 1.8 miles. Slight right onto NJ-159 east, Bloomfield Ave. Drive 3.7 miles, and arrive at the Community Center. Drive past the entrance, and take the next left onto Linn Drive, and take the first left into the parking lot. Plentiful parking is available beside and behind the Community Center. The side door to the Ballroom will be open. No need to walk back to the front of the building.

Please help! We need volunteers to setup, serve, and cleanup. To volunteer or for questions, contact the Social Committee co-chairs:

Carol Hodge chdrn@aol.com 201 602 7864

Jenny Monteleone: Volunteer signup. jennymonte82@gmail.com 732 245 7284

With Covid and other respiratory illnesses on the rise again,

please follow recommended guidelines for your own health and that of all club members.

Just a reminder, the TSR holiday party is open to Members Only. Spouses and friends can attend for a modest fee of $15. The fee also covers 364 more days of available activity including hiking, paddling, biking and a Holiday party! Pay at https://www.tristateramblers.org/join. Why not give a TSR membership to friends and family you’d like to bring to the party and to many hikes after?