Cross a makeshift bridge and then walk about a mile until you reach a “T” intersection.  Here you turn right onto the Black Owl Loop.  This portion of trail is shared by “George’s One-Way Blue Loop”, with its blue painted rectangular blazes, the Paumanok Path, with its white blazes, and the Black Owl Loop marked with plastic black owls.  The trail becomes a bit muddy as you approach Sears Pond, but if you watch your footing it is easily passable.  Where you see a sign for Sears Pond continue following the multi-blazed trail, and stay on this trail until you reach the left turn that takes you past House Pond.  At this turn the George’s Trail continues straight across the woods road.  This woods road will take you across Route 24 and Red Creek Road and then through the gate to Hubbard County Park.  Here you travel up a dirt driveway towards Black Duck Lodge; you leave the Paumanok Path here, and you continue past several private structures. 

At this point in the loop the trail becomes hard to follow.  Where the driveway veers to the right, head straight and you will find where the Black Owl Loop continues.  Here some of the black blazes are blue and red blazes take you north towards Ghost Woods Beach.  Follow the blue / black blazes.  After you cross over a bridge turn right by a tree with one blue and two black blazes.  Once again cross over Route 24, here the blazes are far apart, but the trail is well defined.   Follow this trail for about a mile until you reach the Paumanok Path.  Be careful not to continue back around the Black Owl Loop; keep an eye out to your left for where the white rectangular blazes lead you west.