I have to brag that in order to get there early, we got up at 5 am. And I'll tell you the end of the story too. We did not get rained on when we were hiking. But we did drive "home" in some serious rain.
Of course, this is all along the Erie Canal, and it's history is entwined with the trail and the villages along the way.
One of the most fun railroad and bridge "artifacts" is this swing bridge that allowed railroad access to Goose Island, across Tonawanda Creek. It still sits in the river in a perpetualy "open" position.
Believe it or not, it was hand operated. I liked that the mechanism is so visible. There were several of these used on the Miami-Erie Canal, but none are still standing. I only saw interpretive signs.
Our trail all day was paved urban route. But it was attractive. You can see the river beyond the trees.
There were even gardens to be seen along the way.
Early in the day, we turned to follow the Niagara River. If you squint into the distance, you can see the blue arc of the south Grand Island Bridge.
Soon we were even closer.
Yup, we walked across it.
A couple more miles and we finished for the day before 10:30 in the morning.
Miles hiked so far in 2024: 321.1. Finger Lakes Trail miles hiked in 2024: 52.9
Conservation Trail, Western NY., Main St, Tonawanda to Oakfield Ave. 7.8 miles
In the afternoon I had time to finish getting the book file uploaded and accepted. Now I'm waiting for the e-proof, but if it looks good, then I'll be ordering books. We played Quiddler again in the evening.
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2 comments:
Lulu: "Wow, I bet whoever used to operate that bridge had some serious upper body strength!"
Lulu- actually, they were so well balanced they (supposedly) weren't hard to turn
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