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Saturday, May 14, 2022

Lehigh Valley - Day 165

  Some of you know I love railroad history, and some fewer of you know that my favorite line is the Lehigh Valley Railroad. It was a large system of lines with branches all over New York (and Pennsylvania). One of those went through Cazenovia, New York. Lehigh Valley caboose

The former depot has become a photography shop. I love it when these old stations can be saved and repurposed. Cazenovia railroad depot

The trail follows the rail bed for most of the miles we walked today. This is a truly lovely walk. The surface is cinder, so it's not as hard on your feet as pavement. And unlike a lot of rail-trails, the sides are flanked by tall trees which provide wonderful shade. You can see that the leaves have totally popped in the last few days. Things smelled green! rail trail

In a lot of places the railroad was beside creeks that burbled as they flowed through rocky beds. creek

There was a section of roadwalk, but it was a keeper with distant views of Oneida Lake and beautiful farms. Oneida Lake is not technically a Finger Lake, but sometimes it's called "the thumb."
hillside farms


Did you notice that I said "we walked?" Sarah hiked with me again today. hikers

It was hot, but not quite so brutal with some cloud cover and the lovely shade on most of the trail

Miles today: 15.5. Total miles so far: 2137.6.

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4 comments:

Kathie Simpson said...

Beautiful photos! I thought of you this week as I hiked 2 sections of the NCT in Northern MN w/friends. We only went 4 miles each time, but it was after biking 40 miles earlier in the day...lots of MUD there! We spread the word about your walk and the NCT w/the others in our camp ground. Keep up the good work! Glad you had a buddy to walk w/you!

Ann said...

What a beautiful area to hike through. Love those views.

The Oceanside Animals said...

Lulu: "Oneida Lake! Dada says you're really getting close to his old territory now!"

Sharkbytes said...

Kathie- I'll be at the Celebration

Ann- It sure was nice

Lulu- Oneida Lake is big. I'm moving away from it now, toward Rome.