Lehigh Valley North Country Trail

 
Here's a little walk on a portion of old railroad bed from the Lehigh Valley RR in New York.



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).



Lots of little side streams coming in and creating waterfalls.



Typical New York Shale rocks.



We walked through till the trail turns off the railbed to a stairway that leads up to the next road.



These are the friends I've been staying with, Bill and Mary. Bill turns 90 this summer! Pretty amazing.



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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Waterfalls and Walks

 
Today we went to visit two local waterfalls. The first is one I've been to a number of times in my life, but not recently. This is Chittenango Falls. The trails where you can get the best pictures are closed for the winter, but at least you can see a sort of overall view in this shot from the road.



We were able to go to the top of it. Here's a picture of Mary taking a picture.



And here's the water going over the top.



We drove around some with Bill and Mary showing me bits of places where the North Country Trail is the same and different from when I walked through there. You know I love the hills. Today the tops were covered in mist.



Then, I had a real treat. This is Delphi Falls, which has only recently been made public. This was in someone's private back yard forever until a few months ago!



When we got back to the house, Mary and I walked around her property a little because the walks to the falls were very short. Nothing spectacular, but it was good to get a bit more exercise and it wasn't icy here like it was walking to the falls.



I just liked this stump.



I've been doing some research for the next chapter. No more words on "paper" yet. And this evening I've been helping Mary test a science experiment she is planning to do with kids for an outdoor educational day. Fun!

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