 July 26th - From the parking lot at McMahons Mill |
 Around McMahon's Mill |
 McMahon's Mill |
 Big Slackwater |
 Water from the mill flows to the river |
 The Big Slackwater |
 The Big Slackwater |
 The cave near McMahon's Mill |
 Hedge Bindweed, I think |
 Entrance from the river to canal at Lock 41 |
 The trail |
 Pawpaws |
 The boat on the river |
 A Cicada on the trail |
 At lock 42 |
 Inside the lock |
 Pleasure boat on the river |
 Trash on the trail |
 Water sports in the Big Slackwater |
 Water sports in the Big Slackwater |
 Water sports in the Big Slackwater |
 Water sports in the Big Slackwater |
 July 19th - Entrance to trail at Dickerson Conservation Park |
 Silver Maple at Lock 26 |
 Young'uns on the trail |
 First sighting of a barred owl |
 Barred owl |
 A almost 180 degree turn of the head |
 The head is probably turned past 180 degrees! |
 Last picture of this encounter with the Barred Owl |
 Two herons across the river |
 At a culvert running under the canal |
 The bikers on the towpath |
 About to start running |
 First sighting of barred owl during return |
 The barred owl - a second encounter |
 The barred owl |
 The barred owl |
 The barred owl |
 An almost 180 degree turn of the head |
 The barred owl |
 The red leaf |
 Red Spotted Purple butterfly |
 Red Spotted Purple butterfly |
 July 16th - North of Rileys Lock |
 Approaching a turtle on the trail |
 The turtle |
 The turtle |
 Fishing |
 Fishing |
 Fishing |
 Teasel |
 Teasel |
 Teasel |
 Teasel |
 The renamed ferry boat at Whites Ferry |
 The renamed ferry boat at Whites Ferry |
 Ferry boat half way across the river |
 The store at Whites Ferry |
 Front of the store at Whites Ferry |
 Remains of a Confederate soldier monument at Whites Ferry |
 Calleva Summer Camp activity for kids |
 Calleva Summer Camp activity for kids |
 Wild Sweet William, I think |
 Wild Sweet William, I think |
 A Northern Copperhead across the trail |
 A Northern Copperhead across the trail |
 A Northern Copperhead across the trail |
 July 12th - The calm in the morning |
 Basil Bee Balm |
 The spectator |
 She finishes her run |
 Potomac at Edwards Ferry |
 On the boat ramp at Edwards Ferry |
 Off the main trail |
 Through the woods |
 By the river side |
 On the shore of the Potomac river |
 Basil Bee Balm beside the trail |
 Growing in the river lock |
 Looks like a dirty dragonfly |
 The two barred owls |
 The Barred Owl |
 The two barred owls |
 Looking up at the owls |
 The Barred Owls |
 Cabbage White on Basil Bee Balm |
 The rooster thaf followed us off the trail |
 The rooster thaf followed us off the trail |
 The pipe through the culvert |
 The pipe through the culvert |
 The water pipe in the river |
 Coaxing the rooster back to towpath |
 The rooster vanishes back into the woods |
 Water sprinklers on the farm |
 Water sprinklers on the farm |
 Out in the open |
 The first sunflower |
 July 5th - At the parking lot at Four Locks |
 Potomac in the morning at Prathers Neck |
 Early morning in the shade at Lock 47 |
 The young'uns |
 Lock house at Four Locks in the early morn |
 Lock 50 in the early morning light |
 The young adults |
 The trail in the early morn |
 The sign for McCoy's Ferry |
 After the flower |
 Basil Bee Balm bsside the trail |
 Thick woods near Four Locks |
 Big Pool |
 Big Pool |
 A baby turtle hides under the rock |
 Fishing at Big Pool |
 Rabbit behind the bushes |
 Trail near Four Locks |
 Shanty at the north end of Lock 50 at Four Locks |
 Lock 50 |
 Shanty at the north end of Lock 50 at Four Locks |
 The Four Locks area |
 Lockhouse at Four Locks |