only two more left!

Monday Pam, Bill and I walked from Ringing Rocks trailhead to the Tinicum Park Trailhead. We thought it was about 6.5 miles. Turns out it was eight. Oops. We only have two more sections to do. Less than two miles.

 

We met Bill at Tinicum and drove to Ringing Rocks. It's a .2 mile walk to the trail from the parking lot.We crossed the canal and climbed down the hill to the trail and we were off. For awhile we were parallel to the river, but soon we turned and were on the other side of the Rt. 32. We arrived to the smell of roasting coffee. Here it was a coffee roasting business. I waited canal side while the others went for a fresh brew.

We alked past a lock and the Delaware Canal Park offices. We soon found a Little Free Library house in an old newspaper box. Cllever. I did not pick up any books. I didn't want to carry them.

We also encounted some dredging in the canal. I wonder what they are going to do with all the mud? This section of the canal is probably only a foot deep. You can see the bottom. There were sections with duck weed where the canal was still.

Since we were away from the road, this sectioned offered views of some wildlife including deer swimming across the canal. On the other side were swamps wetlands and agriculture fields.

I think in this section we saw two mile markers on the ground. I'll be happy when we are done on the Delaware section. Not seeing mile markers drives me nuts. It's not that they aren't there, it's that they are on the ground covered with weeds and leaves. You just can't see them. There were two other mile indicators on the signs under "camel hump" bridges. Apparently there are only six of these bridges left.

 

In Uhlerstown (once named Mexico) there was a covered bridge and a lock. We followed the path off the trail to go on the bridge, because we could. I would have been very disappointed if we couldn't.

This is the part were I started getting tired. It was feeling a whole lot more than 6 miles.  Bill follows the trail on his phone and he soon thought we were entering the park. A half-, three-quarters of a mile later we arrived at the parking lot. I couldn't wait to get back to Ringing Rocks to pull off my shoes.

 

Miles/Steps:  8 miles
Weather:       73 when I arrived at the car. Sunny.
Wildlife:         Many groups of mallards. A few were in the water, but most were on the shore curled up like rocks. At least two dozen turtles. Five doe. Three of them swimming across the canal. Two cardinals. 
Bathrooms:    None at Ringing Rocks. Didn't check the port-o-potty at Tinicum. They did use the one at the coffee roaster.
PPE Found:     None!

After I arrived home I went for a walk with Pat. It was a beautiful day and I really think it helped me not to get stiff. (Oh, and the Aleve I took before I left in the morning!) We walked up to Sioux, down the alley and home.

Miles/Steps:  about 3 blocks
Weather:       75. Sunny.
PPE Found:    2 Masks