We met at Ringing Rocks Trailhead and drove down to Durham Furnace. This area is really nice now. They fixed the bridge, and in the process put in a brand spanking new paved parking lot. Oh the luxury. This is a huge lock and an aqueduct.
The path was straight and frequently ran right next to the river. In the summer I bet it's hot. It was cool and breezy that day. Occasionally we saw these open gates but we couldn't figure out what they did. There was also two locks, and a few of those water outlets with the wooden bridges.
The trail always followed the canal and the canal always had water in it. Sometimes it was wide, other times narrow. Sometimes gravel, sometimes red stones. Sometimes grass. A few times there were houses between the river and the canal. Really old houses. And a couple of farms.And for the first time ever on Delaware side of the trail we saw trail markers. Four in a row. Shocking!
Occasionally the canal looked like a creek. It broke from it's formal state and made it's own path. Near Ringing Rocks we found a large pond.
When you reach the trail marker for Ringing Rocks it's another .2 miles to the parking lot. You climb up a little hill and cross the bridge. Instead of crossing the bridge we went left and started hunting for the river. We hadn't seen it in a while. It seemed like a long walk going down but we we back in a flash.
We got in the car and headed back to Durham with a stop at the farm marker.
Miles/Steps: 4.5 miles
Weather: Sunny, windy, muddy.
Wildlife:
one short section had a lot of geese and ducks. Otherwise we saw nothing.
Bathrooms: None at either site
PPE found: 1 mask
When I arrived home I went with Pat for her walk. It was really just around the block. I didn't want to go because I needed to get work done, but I went anyway. I'm nothing, if not willing to procrastinate.
Miles/Steps: 4 blocks
Weather: Sunny, windy, muddy.
PPE found: 3 masks
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