Ready for action |
Heron in flight |
Cormarant |
Bird of prey |
Widewater |
Gathering of swallowtails |
A finish line |
Tranquil morning at Widewater |
Spring flowers over the gorge |
Swains lockhouse and lock |
May 2nd - Gate at Swains Lock |
Wildflowers at the doorstep |
Lockhouse 25 |
Reconstructing the Jarboe store |
Lockhouse for lock 25 |
Purple flowers |
Wet flowers on the trail |
May 9th - The rainbow |
Focus on the fleabanes |
Washed away |
Patching up the trail after the washout |
Wild flowers |
May 16th - Remains of Lock 40 south of mile 80 |
Inlet lock 5 repaired after extensive damage from winter flooding |
On the Capital Cresent trail for a short distance |
A peaceful morning |
US Airways A320 in the morning clouds headed for National airport |
Is this a Black Crowned Night Heron? |
Bridge at Fletchers Cove with Abner House in the background |
Waterfalls |
A dead deer in the canal |
Canada geese and goslings at lock 7 |
Lockhouse and lock 7 |
Lockhouse 8 River Center |
The lockhouse for lock 8 |
Lockhouse for Lock 8 |
Lock 11 and lockhouse |
You talkin to me? |
May 23rd - Wet morning at the Lock 10 entrance to the park |
Leaking lock |
May 23rd - Former lockhouse for lock 10 |
April 25th - Cloudy morning at Rileys Lock |
A line of dandelion heads |
Lockhouse for Rileys Lock |
The bird in the picture |
Sinking into the tall grass |
The focus of attention |
Drooping in the early morning |
A touch of yellow |
New lock gate at Pennyfield lock |
Lockhouse for Pennyfield lock |
You can stay overnight at the lockhouse |
The other gate at Pennyfield lock |
Lined with flowers |
Wild blue phlox |
More wild blue phlox |
Sea of wildflowers |
A mix of wildflowers |
A Spring morning on the canal |
Unrecognized flowers |
Closeup of unknown flower |
Debris from earlier floods at the Monocacy Aqueduct |
Peering over the aqueduct wall |
View from above |
Braver |
Peering over the edge |
Picking helicopters |
On the trail |
April 18 - On the trail at Taylors Landing |
Focused on a single flower |
Lined with Virginia Bluebells |
Shot of color |
Yellow |
Stop Gate at Dam 4 |
Dam 4 |
Onward to the Great Slackwater parking lot |
Temporary end of trail at mile 86.7 |
Beyond the end of the trail |
Buds |
Mile 86 marker buried in the mud |
Mile 86 |
Guard lock at Big Slackwater |
Winch house for the stop lock |
WV power plant at Dam 4 |
Cave near Dam 4 |
Happy trails |
Bluebells |
Dandelions in the canal bed |
April 11th - At lock 34 |
A place to rest beside the lock |
Redbuds |
Catching the morning light |
Lockhouse for locks 35 and 36 |
Virginia Bluebells |
From the trail |
More Dutchmans Breeches |
Cormorants |
Mainly Cormorants |
Breach just south of Dargan Bend boat ramp |
Breach from towpath level |
Hello! |
Catching the light |
Ant |
Purple amidst the green |
In the bright sun |
Blossoms |
Butterfly |
Most likely from the Azure butterfly family |
Probably dogwood |
Harpers Ferry from MD Heights |
Around the Harpers Ferry station |
Engines of the Capitol Limited |
Rolling over the Potmac |
Stopped in the middle of the Potomac |
Lead Engine |
Superliner car with a view |