It’s finally time to get back out on the Susquehanna River. Endless Mountains Heritage Region is planning a three-day paddling trip called the Heritage Sojourn from Friday to Sunday, May 9 to 11. Participants can opt for the full three-day adventure or catch up with the sojourners for shorter legs of the trip and engaging evening programs.
Endless Mountain Heritage Region (EMHR) and a number of environmental organizations and agencies will sponsor a first-of-the season paddling sojourn from Friday to Sunday, May 9 to 11. The professionally-guided 40-mile Heritage Sojourn will take paddlers from Sayre to Sugar Run, with participants camping at Larnard Hornbrook Park in Sheshequin Township on Friday evening and at Historic French Azilum on Saturday night. Special presentations and activities, open to the public, are planned at both sites to celebrate the unique partnership between the preservation of heritage in the Endless Mountains and an the appreciation of its natural resources.
In addition to EMHR, key sponsors of the annual event include the Chesapeake National Historic Trail, Pennsylvania Organization for Watersheds and Rivers, The PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, National Recreation Trail, and Endless Mountain Outfitters (EMO).
According to EMHR Greenway Coordinator and sojourn planner David Buck, a contingent of students and professors from Bucknell University who are producing a documentary on French Azilum will be on the trip. They will give a presentation on Saturday evening. The public is invited to join the sojourners for evening programs.
The Great PA Migratory Bird Count happens to be on May 10, as well. Sojourners will participate by logging the birds that they see while paddling from Sheshequin to Asylum Township.
Interested readers may join the sojourn for one day or all three. Registration information is available online at http://www.EMO444.com. Deadline for registration is Friday, May 2.
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