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Friday, August 2, 2024

Canalway Trail Again

 This morning I met up with Diane for a little walk on the Canalway Trail near where we were a couple of weeks ago. This piece of the canal system connected Seneca and Cayuga Lakes.
canalway trail


This is a structurally interesting location with the canal and a road and railroad over it, and the trail threading its way underneath the bridges.
train under bridges


Here's an attempt to be artsy- looking down through layers to the water,
study in rectangles


We saw a red admiral- kind of beat up.
red admiral butterfly


I'm always thinking the black willows look like giant bonsai. I guess that's a contradiction in terms.
black willow


I'm back at Irene's tonight, and hope to be home tomorrow by this time. I get to see what her other lilies are. They are Henry's Lily, with very recurved petals.
Henry's Lily


Interestingly, they vary from pale to dark orange, and have these weird bumps on the petals.
Henry's Lily


I'm starting to get generally tired. I think going home will be good.

Miles hiked so far in 2024: 357.6.

See Canalway Trail Part 1
See Irene's Lilies

3 comments:

Ann said...

Traveling can be fun but it's always nice to go back home

Sharkbytes said...

Ann- made it!

The Oceanside Animals said...

Charlee: "Is that a bridge? It looks like a bridge. Dennis taught us to be very suspicious of bridges."
Java Bean: "Ayyy, did he say why?"
Chaplin: "I don't know, something about trolls living underneath them."
Lulu: "Pffft. These days, trolls live on the Internet."