I am safely at Cazenovia, bunking with friend Irene. Just sharing some of the beauty found on the trip here.
![gibbous moon](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnJkTTvlFwoyWI2J96VH7ywQkmIcRVqVp6IY972Wj0aVcEM5H2sNAV9kUvti7EDingyAs25qcJWSkQVWgA8ipGsOwcnCZppbpZtp_vfgi6-Xy5wK5WSF2Gaj4vdJiigs6F-CIlFVsPw-g/s280/moongibbous01.jpg)
Gibbous moon- I think it really IS bigger these months.
![Erie Canal mural](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPonnSZUq59iGOrE6UvXsdiQ9-J3KgBzPuUUmTlvlyd_BSIiLQfsIGDhVJo9RUTIrIdgGKjk0nO8bon8TQDk0SuXD9WH0pJP7oVaKSaOuEWYtXfdrG0o_6pMwsOX2A3CUEVa71hVVzIB0/s280/eriecanalmural01.jpg)
I got off the Thruway and puttered along the Erie Canal for a while in New York. Here's a mural of what it used to be like
![Erie Canal](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxrG0hyZ1Rb4kIkffIZrO4phBUToBuh3WR7JUwFEnNpix9x_C9HFVEHBehRTQc-evGMvkHXVeQXsmNDs9kPQNNjdaX_UHn2aiByJaZ7WfaGbdBlcW6D8HspLZK5sC8OwS7-cj4aBA5O9g/s280/eriecanal01.jpg)
Here the reality of today. Still viable, in fact it's used for both transportation and recreation
![Skaneateles River Valley](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk88lN6TMTLvzWJhtguFRYBap5WWoEsAxkqRcUg_Ujq1MwB3M3Iuohpe1g6zZ0qzExecKV9FJ2rtPg2DOWsWQx7fGx65qVrfseQrC2GkK36UH_Sd0SVX_vXWORHmM6qExhN12jGj-jT3U/s280/skaneatlesvalley01.jpg)
The hills of New York just make me intensely happy. I always enjoyed them as a child, but I never appreciated them until I could visit as an adult. This is the Skaneateles River Valley.
![stripes of plowed land on hillside](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmVr7_ZYMVUbMxIHDQdLyzGTvBAeAGhezwYt8LkyzkwZE-tQvf-nv9XajyabqEaCH2aiA-A8lhSm6WlUE1HLzcakRfi3tzVQ-DwVenQcJBCckHA4YgQjXSCjNTbPJZcrraez3Ykv_vEvE/s280/fieldstripes01.jpg)
Finally, I just love hillside agriculture. Aren't these stripes of plowed and fallow land beautiful?
It was so much fun to not be rushed this morning, and to have the time to stop and take these pictures.
nice nice nice view
ReplyDeleteIs the canal man made? We still have a lot of our man made canal system, now used for recreation.
ReplyDeleteLove the pictures, thanks for sharing. I look forward to more. I enjoy your journeys.
ReplyDeleteWhat a joy to have the time to take in sights and capture their beauty. What a great mural that is, too bad they didn't preserve all of that.
ReplyDeleteI love that last picture. awesome landscape
Beautiful Pictures. Some hikes you need to slow down and take in all the beauty they have to offer. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteReally liked that boat photo!
ReplyDeleteNice lavender color on the last photo.
ReplyDeleteThat moon certainly does look larger--and friendlier.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! :-)
ReplyDeleteOh, those colors of the hillside!!!! WOW!
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