[BSW] Next month's meeting + a VNPS trip to Ferry Hill + Trip to Eidolon

[Kathy Bilton]

Next Month's BSW meeting:  Paul Peterson will be speaking about ferns. 
(Just kidding, grasses, of course.)  Tuesday, February 6.
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VNPS - Piedmont Chapter field trip to Ferry Hill
Sunday, January 14 at 1pm - Meet at parking area just beyond the mansion.

Bring: Wear sturdy shoes and bring lunch or snacks and water.  Most of the
walk traverses rolling, fairly open forest along trails, though some steep
grades will occasionally be encountered.

Directions: In Maryland from the Capital Beltway (495), take 270 west
towards Frederick.  At Frederick, take I-70 west a short ways to Alt. 40
west (Exit 49).  Take Alt. 40 west to Boonsboro.  Turn left onto
Shepherdstown Pike (Rt. 34) in Boonsboro and proceed to entrance on right at
Ferry Hill just before bridge over Potomac River.  Proceed up driveway to
parking area beyond mansion. 

>From Virginia, take Rt. 9 west to Hillsboro.  Just past Hillsboro, turn
right onto Rt. 671 and proceed to Loudoun Heights at Rt. 340.  Turn left
onto Rt. 340 and proceed a short ways past Harpers Ferry and Bolivar to
right turn onto Rt. 230 (Shepherdstown Grade Road).  Proceed north on Rt.
230 to Shepherdstown and to junction of Rt. 45.  Turn right onto Rt. 45 and
proceed a short ways, crossing the Potomac River bridge, and turning left
almost immediately on the Maryland side into the entrance drive to Ferry
Hill.  Proceed up driveway to parking area beyond mansion.  (Rt. 45 is a
West Virginia route which becomes Rt. 34 in Maryland.)   

This Google Map shows the Ferry Hill Plantation House (Visitor Center):
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.4379113,-77.7972092,250m/data=!3m1!1e3

*In the event of heavy-steady snow, sleet, or pouring rain, or icy,
dangerous conditions of roads, the field trip will be cancelled.  The rain
or snow date will be TBA in February 2018.  In the event of a rain date for
the walk, the description and route will follow as planned.

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For anyone interested in coming out to the Ferry Hill trip and wants to 
spend the night in the area, there's going to be a good concert on 
Saturday evening in Shepherdstown, a part of the Upper Potomac Piper's 
Weekend.  8PM at Reynolds Hall, on the college campus right off German 
Street.

http://upperpotomacmusic.info/squeezethebag/schedule.html

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Thursday, February 1 - 10 AM Walk out near Berkeley Springs, WV
http://potomacaudubon.org/admin/website/system-pages/?pageId=1858687

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Counting lemurs: 
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-norfolk-42610996/banham-zoo-lemurs-mob-bbc-news-reporter