The trail is very urban here, but it sometimes winds through parks where there is nice shade.
Soon, we reached the Canalway Trail- the route of the old Erie Canal system. You may recall seeing these signs before. I was on a portion of this on the big hike near Rome, NY.
The canal followed Tonawanda Creek in this section. This is heavily used by pleasure craft. We saw lots of yachts, and houses built on the water. But there were people paddling, too. Beautiful walk.
You know I have to throw in a little railroad history. This jack-knife bridge (a one sided drawbridge) was built in 1919 for the New York Central to cross the creek. it could raise enough so that even masted ships could pass through. But after it was tested a few times, it's never been used again!
Very trite, I know, but this water lily was looking especially nice.
In the afternoon, we went to visit Marie's niece Melanie who only lives a few miles from here. She's a veterinarian.
She is also big into crafts. She had made these two jigsaw puzzles from photos of hers. So I had to do them, right?
Miles hiked so far in 2024: 313.4. Finger Lakes Trail miles hiked in 2024: 45.1
Conservation Trail, Western NY. Forest Rd to Main St, Tonawanda. 5.0 miles
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3 comments:
Rather said that after testing it the bridge was never used. I like the water lily picture.
Nice that you were able to visit Marie's niece
Lulu: "Our Dada is saying something about his mule named Sal and fifteen miles on the Erie Canal, but I am pretty sure he has never had a mule. It would be pretty neat if he did though."
Ann- the lily IS nice.
Lulu- maybe he can hook up you and the kitties. Hahahaha
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