March 29th - Entrance to the trail at Sycamore Landing |
A cloudy morning at Sycamore Landing |
A cloudy morning on the trail |
On the trail in the morning |
Virginia Bluebells |
The bald eagle |
The bald eagle |
The bald eagle |
Headed south over the river |
The boat on the river |
Emerging from the rock of the lock |
Passing on the trail |
Passing distance |
Spring growth |
Dutchman's breeches |
Virginia bluebell |
Dried out branch on a shrub beside the trail |
Virginia bluebell |
The farm on the other side of the woods |
Spring Beauty |
Wet leaves |
Dutchman's Breeches |
Dutchman's Breeches |
Virginia Bluebells |
Nodding Star-of-Bethlehem |
The woodpecker |
Looks like phlox to me |
Spring Beauty |
Mayapple |
Spring Beauty |
A red bellied woodpecker (I think) |
The mallard pair |
Purple dead-nettle |
January 26th - Just beyond the Monocacy Aqueduct |
Parking lot for Noland's Ferry in the distance |
The trail |
Dickerson power plant through the trees |
Sunlight breaking out ahead on the trail |
January 19th - Great blue heron |
The great blue heron |
Along the canal |
Reflecting |
Canal and trail |
Canal and trail |
The trail approaching Swains Lock |
Getting the geese all in a row |
Swains Lock |
The river and the canal |
A sunny and bright morning on the canal |
A belted kingfisher in the distance |
Pennyfield Lockand lockhouse |
January 12 - Monocacy Aqueduct as the sun rises behind us |
The Monocacy river flows under the aqueduct |
The shore of the Monocacy river |
Where the Monocacy and Potomac rivers meet |
Newly paved trail |
Early morning sunlight struggles to penetrate the trees |
Early morning on the trail |
Crazy guy on a cold morning |
Near Monocacy Aqueduct |
Pattern of rust in a stone on the wall of the Monocacy Aqueduct |
The water bottle |
Fungus beside the trail |
A view from lock 27 |
Along the canal |
Canal next to the Dickerson Power Plant |
Blue skies, the sycamore tree, the Potomac river and the C&O Canal at Dickerson |
Lockhouse for Lock 27 at Spinks Ferry |
January 5th - Starting out from Edwards Ferry |
Near Edwards Ferry |
Near Edwards Ferry |
Near Edwards Ferry |
Near Edwards Ferry |
Near Edwards Ferry |
Near Edwards Ferry |
Near Edwards Ferry |
Near Edwards Ferry |
The bluebirds and their nest |
Near Edwards Ferry |
The hidden cardinal |