Here's a little walk on a portion of old railroad bed from the Lehigh Valley RR in New York.
![North Country Trail on Lehigh Valley Rail bed](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT4FIJ9hOkbltjpadhLmT__ZKkOlo4uX3Qy3RrkDBzvkGl3OzJchtp-jXGtAK6szqhyS50cVIH5sHclZdE4gULrdvg6G2Dwh4xiS_xEipb81ot9MUQn7PxVGwBqvyoAKIRnFxvf_cMe4I/s1600/Chittanango2019-12NCT.jpg)
Of course this is a time of year when things aren't too pretty to look at. But Canastota Creek had a lot of water which made it look nicer than usual (according to Mary).
![Canastota Creek](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6eYLQdGGrM_jhMKcvOXSU9f8nWVX-RIF3bXB5TvA2Iu2Rrx1Itg7oHldrFlcHYzQap1mVLovCM6hSdV0xwFDqc2Iz_zEDSd1OeYq-vf15J54AGvF9itACO7uC0xkhsnqmiyswKySQ1MA/s1600/Chittanango2019-13CanastotaCreek.jpg)
Lots of little side streams coming in and creating waterfalls.
![Canastota Creek](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNycgkgQYCIjvsoXHt5HR76158UHKk7XWW3DoWNwHg7sgVQvb2tVrJ7swl0z6kiy9t3u-FxEPa5WdonWp7N1FNk4khCM1jlyqnTQyWMt9gPISoQtVNocBqAayyXaaimkDPkXTZIGV0Tjo/s1600/Chittanango2019-14CanastotaCreek.jpg)
Typical New York Shale rocks.
![layered shale rocks](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXZBeaYnBvAz4ApkRTggZYoodYbFMoc4egfspnihx0zTsgEuv9LDjMNbf65B9lZIG17dMBfqgDxy4YE87MFw2-EPrMU6iDFHXbacFqt6iF-DRtOLnOOAIarMKFvT-utU4T1twFcCmusgQ/s1600/Chittanango2019-15rocks.jpg)
We walked through till the trail turns off the railbed to a stairway that leads up to the next road.
![North Country Trail stairway to Mt. Pleasant Road](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6a3UbmEzwad-65dIgPdl4Hv5bhYes0LfYfccvXOxeu6tKtpYv9fCoXXim1voZbu9vckqrrtdHsEO2w7q8HDkDmcEbIt-l6th5tMPs1GS3Y40bNXcBIp84T-HnsyvFxdanGiH7MeMwkqI/s1600/Chittanango2019-16NCTstairs.jpg)
These are the friends I've been staying with, Bill and Mary. Bill turns 90 this summer! Pretty amazing.
![friends](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPgNhDO1_ZUIzkUtJgztM5SJwCBtIxukePWMyfqayvPTmzixbL3X8p9Vrm8PVrl1RNzFC6LI0eXC7aU6TrrNEmi0FxsfDnZmO026p4-mHxvQpqiWlRuBkSl3PIa8pv4VkQd_k9hR-PMf0/s1600/Chittanango2019-17BillMary.jpg)
These 3 miles counted as NCT miles, so I am now up to 14 miles on the NCT Hike 100 Challenge for 2019.
In other news: wrote 600 words on Chapter 12, and drove to the next location. Tomorrow is Wilton Mall at Saratoga Springs.
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2 comments:
I would follow that trail. I like the looks of the first picture even in it's winter wear.
Looks very pretty to me!
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