CNYHikes

           Last summer, I detailed a great hike in an area named Pharsalia Wildlife Management Area, tucked away in a corner of rural Chenango County.  Essentially in the heart of Central New York's rolling, glacially-carved, bucolic countryside, Chenango County also happens to be the home of a magnificent 70-mile or so stretch of the Finger Lakes Trail (FLT) , passing through 32 state forests.  Most of this I have yet to explore, so this region is somewhat of a hiking "frontier" for me, having only reached the deep gorge-like banks of Canasawacta Creek in the summer of 2019 in my furthest east venture on the FLT .      So now that summer is closing and fall is close at hand, the weather is cooling and drying a bit (although it has been a remarkably rain-free, hot summer).  I decided to tackle a part of the trail that I've only seen once - in early winter a few years back - and recall it being rugged with more than a few hills to hike.  I was looking for a moderate ch