volkssport on the d&l

 

Today I hosted the Volkssport walk on the D&L trail. It began in downtown Easton at the Forks of the Delaware trailhead. Traffic wasn't bad so I arrived at about 9:20. I didn't expect anyone at all, but if someone did show it would be about 9:45. So I walked around the park taking pictures. It looked like it was going to pour

I was headed back to my car when I heard my name. It was Dave. Apparently he text me but I didn't hear it. He and Mike ate on South Fourth Street and just arrived. We waited till 10. Nobody else came. 

 This is the biggest turtle we saw. The littles jumped in the water. Mama taught them well. Stay away from humans.

Although I need group walking to get my lazy ass moving I hate walking with other people because I am very slow and I stop a lot. Frankly, I feel like a burden. Yeah, I know my head is getting in my way to wellness. Anybody who has read more than three entries on this blog knows that. The guys wanted to go to Hugh Moore Park they were going to the Canal Museum.  I knew I couldn't do a 10K. It's about 5 to the museum and then 5 back.

I stayed with them till we met up with the canal at the edge of Hugh Moore Park. We took the group picture and them I headed back. I'm sure they finished the museum tour before I even got to my car!

I took some pictures of locks, gears, ruins and some interesting railroad bridges on my way back. It was hard to avoid the poison ivy. 

By this point the sun was coming out and there was great reflections in the water. Five minutes after I reached the car the heavens opened up. And just as quickly stopped.

Positives:

• I went and I walked. I could have easily gone home 
• My socks didn't fall into my shoes because of the miracle socks Bonnie told me about. They are expensive but they stayed put.

Now I'm going to try and watch George Clooney in Good Night and Good Luck on Broadway via CNN. Wish me luck. 

Miles/Steps:    6,800 steps according to my phone.
Weather:          sunny, mid 70s. Overcast at start. Sunnier at finish

Wildlife:           Bullfrog. Big and little turtle family. Again, heard so many birds.

jacobsburg with pam

This morning I met Pam at the Rt. 33 Park and Ride and we went to Jacobsburg to walk. It was fairly empty for a Friday morning, but I think school isn't out yet for most. Mostly we saw people walking dogs.

Immediately we saw that they were doing reno along the creek banks along the Henry's Woods trail. It was all fenced off in orange snow fence. 

There were periodic breaks where they build gravel entrances into the creek. Some, like the one above, were flat and you could walk or roll right in. The water was fairly shallow. Other's had wide shallow "stairs" that you had to go down. 

We stayed on that path until the far parking lot. Then we crossed the bridge and started coming back the other side. I didn't have my walking stick and we came to the sign that said "Hazardous Trail" -- rocks, roots, steep inclines, the whole 9 yards. Of course we continued. Eventually we got the the problem area. There were steps. I thought we might go down them and pick up a creek trail. No such luck. We went back up the stairs and back the way we came in.

Miles/Steps:    7,091 steps according to my phone.
Weather:          sunny, mid 80s. Shady at start. Sunny at finish

Wildlife:           a lot: 2 chipmunks. Bullfrog. little frog. at least 3 swallowtails. Mouse. Heard so many birds.

Bathrooms:      I-4.5  The bathrooms are now co-ed. There is a sign that says restroom with a boy and a girl. There were urinals in both. I toyed with giving mine a 5 but the locks were less than stellar. The handle lock didn't push in, and the turn nob didn't go all the way. I had a great fear someone was going to walk in.