January and February

Feb 28th - The trail behind the school	Crossing a stream	The stream at the bottom of the hill	Water break after a steep climb	Boathouse across Seneca lake	P2287116	Feb 21st - Cloudy morning at Rileys Lock
The gap in the clouds over the Potomac	Late arrivals	At Rileys Lock	Feb 20th - Dam 4 on the Potomac	Panorama - Dam 4 and downstream on the Potomac	Waypoint by the river	The old guard lock on the canal in the background
Stop lock at Slackwater	A snow covered stretch ahead of us	Everything is white at mile 85	The thrush (I think!)	The reconstructed trail at Slackwater	Trail beside the river	The trail
A walk on a snow covered trail	Snow fly	P2207053	P2207060	The leaf on the ie	Bladdernut seed pod in the snow on the trail	Out of the ice
Out of the ice	Tree fallen in the river	A piece of glass?	The trail	The insect on the branch	Pink ball in foaming water at the bottom of the dam	The chunk of ice and the ball at the bottom of the dam
Boat caught in the river downstream of Dam 4	Feb 7th - Dam at Great Falls	Viewing point for the dam	Beginning of ice-covered section of trail	Between the river and the ice-covered canal	The water is high and thetrees are underwater	The end of the stretch of ice
Mottled surface of the ice	Fungi	Leaves in the ice	Slabs of broken ice	Rock on the ice - is this art?	At mile marker 15	Great Falls area from distance
Patterns on the ice	Approaching the tavern at Great Falls	River is full enough that you cannot see the Falls	Viewing area on Olmsted Island	The fury of the waters	Water rushes downstream through the channel	Rough waters under the bridges to Olmsted Island
Panorama - Flooded Mather gorge	Jan 26th - Road to Pennfield Lock	Footprints across the ice	Cleared to the boat loading area	The way back to the main road	Jan 10th - Heading out from Pennyfield lock	Clouds
Sunlight	Patterns on the canal	Dan Synder's house	Swains Lock in the distance	Mud flowing downstream	Between river and canal on a cloudy day	The bamboo
Ring-necked ducks	Little blossoms in the water	Leaving Swains Lock	Strange colors	On the run	Dwarfed by the trees	Return to Pennyfield Lock
Jan 3rd - Heading out for Brunswick, MD, before sunrise	Sunrise	Early morning skies outside Frederick, MD	Brunswick Station in the early morning light	Crossing the tracks at Brunswick station	The coal train as the sun rises	The sun and the river through the trees
Early morning light on the water channel	Panorama - Early morning at Brunswick	Start of the run from Brunswick, MD	Smoketown Brewing Station	Coal cars	Sunlight and shade	Early morning CSX freight
Deer Crossing	Sunrise	Light breaking through on the trail	Lock house at Weverton in he early morning shadows	Morning light on the trail	Route 340 bridge across the Potomac at Sandy Hook	The blue Potomac under clear morning skies
Harpers Ferry	Lock 32	A rare sight	The coal train in the sun	Head on!