Marie was tired today, but she spotted me to walk two more little sections of the Empire State Trail. The first was a roadwalk from where we turned around two days ago down to Rondout Creek (really a river). There was sidewalk for most of the way, so it wasn't a big deal but not very scenic until I reached the creek. This is Rondout Creek leading to the Hudson River.
The bridge carries Road 9W, and there was a barge coming down the river just for me!
Then we skipped a piece because I had walked it previously, although more interesting things made it on the blog when I did that (two years ago, I think). The link below is on Rondout Creek when we toured a tall ship, and saw the steamboat Mathilda. These are right along the trail.
So we drove to the top of the hill near Marie's church, and I also walked the next little piece. Marie walks this section a lot, so she didn't care if she missed it today. It's actual trail, off road although not too picturesque.
The best part of that section is a tunnel. It is much older than the trail, and delightfully cool inside. The temperature this afternoon got to 78° and I'm sure not used to that yet!
I wanted to walk a little bit today after our 6 miles yesterday. I hate to admit it, but at 77, I have a harder time building up my stamina in the spring. But I feel good about doing even a little walking today after the longish warm walk of yesterday.
Marie has flowers in her garden! Snowdrops...
...and crocus.
Don't worry, you'll eventually get to see lots of Flower Show. But when I'm hiking new-to-me trails, I want to share them. I've now hiked continuous pieces of the Empire State Trail from the Walgreens in Kingston to the east side of the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge, about 8.5 contiguous miles.
Miles walked in 2026: 82.6
Empire State Trail, two disconnected pieces in Kingston, NY. 2.0 miles.
We are going to try to hike a piece in the morning, but it's supposed to rain in the afternoon.
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