Next Hikes: March on Musikfest and Phillipsburg/Easton Evening!

Hey all!
Once again this week there will be two hikes, a night hike on Wednesday and day hike on Sunday. This Sunday is a rather big deal, as it is the eight annual MARCH ON MUSIKFEST! Both will be described ahead, starting with the Wednesday evening trip:

This hike will be yet another weeknight excursion, this time again covering some of the new Warren Highlands Trail which I constructed.
We will be meeting at 4:00 pm at Union Square Phillipsburg. There is a large parking area north of Northampton Street on the NJ side of the free bridge, adjacent to Jimmy's Doggie Stand. We will meet here.
We will then shuttle as few cars as possible to nearby Hillcrest vicinity, only a five minute drive away. We'll begin hiking the Warren Highlands Trail up over Marble Hill. There are some lmited views and then the abandoned Fulmer iron mine. We'll then head down to the base of the hill where we can take a dip in the Delaware. We'll move on and visit a giant pipe, and pass the historic pump house.
We will then cross the bridge along Rt 22, which has great views of "Little Water Gap" in the Hog Narrows, and Getters Island. We'll continue in through Easton up to Lafayette College with more views, then down to the Palmer Bikeway along the Bushkill Creek. With only one short piece of road walk, trails will lead us along Bushkill Creek with opportunities to jump in, through Upper and Lower Hackett Park, and then to Taco Bell for another break. We'll continue on the trail to another brief road walk and follow Lehigh Canal back to 611, and have a short walk from there across the free bridge to the cars.
This is a really awesome route for a night hike which we have done before. It offers diversity in terrain, and is very easy for sections with less light.

Sunday March on Musikfest:

Every year since 2005, Metrotrails has hosted the "March on Musikfest", a hike that focuses on the open spaces that surround Bethlehem PA! It's amazing that after eight years with more than one Bethlehem area hike each year that there is still more to see!
This year, the trip will cover new ground once again, but also revisit a few classic spots and parks we haven't finished the entire trail system on yet.
We will meet at 9 am at Martin Tower, located on 8th Street in Bethlehem PA. To get there from Rt 22, take the exit for Schoenersville Road south. Continue down Schoenersville to a fork in the road where 8th Street goes right. Turn here and continue. Martin Tower is the only real skyscraper in Bethlehem, and it has a large parking lot used for Musikfest stuff.
We will shuttle as few cars as possible from here south to Emmaus PA where we'll start our hike in the South Mountain Park.
Here is a map of the South Mountain Preserve near the beginning:
http://www.outdoors.org/pdf/upload/highlands-hike5-south-mountain-preserve.pdf
We had hiked the park on one past hike but still have not done all of the trails. I hope to finish the bulk of them on this hike, and we'll exit by way of a power line. We then pass through another park property, followed by ball fields, a cemetery, and another smaller park. We will eventually make our way to the east section of the Salisbury Walking Purchase Park, which we covered to some extent last year. This year we will attempt to cover some of the trails we missed on the west and north side.
We'll then wander on into Bethlehem and gallivant around Musikfest as we do. The route will be almost entirely different than past Musikfest hikes, amazingly, though it will be closely parallel with other routes we have taken. It's amazing to see so much new stuff is still available in a small area. It's always a great time every year. Hope you can join us!
Hike will be fifteen miles to musikfes.
For more info, contact M'ke at (908) 343-8374 or e mail sneezehorse@hotmail.com