August 25th - The shy turtle |
Touch me not |
Sunbathing in the duckweed |
Bicycle on trail |
The caterpillar |
The black rat snake |
Black rat snake |
August 24th - Morning on the trail |
Close enough |
Restored trail at Widewater |
New bridge at Marsden Tract |
In the shade near mile 8 of the towpath |
On the W&OD Trail |
Bluemont Junction |
Route 50 bridge over the W&OD trail |
Fishing on the Potomac near the Roosevelt Bridge |
Scene on the Potomac river from the Key bridge |
Lockhouse for Lock 6 |
Near Mile 12 |
The egret and the great blue heron |
August 22nd - Morning on the canal |
The beam of light on the trail |
Panorama - National Airport |
Entrance to Mt. Vernon |
Woodrow Wilson Bridge through the trees |
Sweet Chestnut fruit |
Panorama - Woodrow Wilson Bridge |
Aircraft coming in for a landing at National |
August 18th - Western Maryland Rail Trail |
Western Maryland Rail Trail |
Licking Creek Aqueduct |
Park Head Level Graveyard |
In memory |
Abandoned homes next to the WMRT |
Abandoned raiload bridge |
The Potomac River |
Lush |
Beyond lock 58 |
Fifteen Mile Creek Aqueduct |
A place for playing in the water |
Another view of Fifteen Mile Creek aqueduct |
Remains of lockhouse at lock 57 |
Lockhouse and Lock 56 |
Remains of the Roundtop Cement Factory |
August 14th - A walk into the woods |
Campsite by the trail |
Walking |
Into the light |
The web |
In the middle of the web |
Bikers up on the trail |
Only a dry leaf caught in a web |
Sign on water pump on the trail |
Move on, there is nothing to see here |
August 12th - On the Key Bridge |
Arlington Memorial Bridge |
From Mt. Vernon trail at Graveley point next to National Airport |
From Mt. Vernon trail at Graveley point next to National Airport |
From Mt. Vernon trail at Graveley point next to National Airport |
Mural on the W&OD trail in Virginia |
August 10th - Bald Eagle at Rileys Lock |
Dragonfly at Dickerson Conservation Park |
At Dickerson |
Two damselflies |
Red Spotted Purple Butterfly |
The butterfly on the seat |
A Hackberry Emperor, I believe |
On my finger |
I am told that they may like the salt |
A skipper of some kind |
Horses on the trail |
The butterfly |
The turtle |
The black rat snake |
The black rat snake |
The deer |
August 7th - Danger at Sycamore Landing |
In the woods |
At the end of the walk |
August 5th - North of Taylor's Landing |
Dam 4 cave |
Dam 4 on the Potomac |
August 4th - Lock 7 area |
Swains Lock |
On Seneca Creek |
July 29th - Sign on the W&OD trail at Reston |
July 22nd - Between Pennyfield and Violette locks |
At widewater |
Boats at Fletchers Cove |
Running in the sweltering heat |
July 15th - A group on the trail at Williamsport |
Morning on the trail |
Morning on the trail |
Panorama - Dam 5 on the Potomac |
Dam 5 on the Potomac |
Panorama - Lock at Dam 5 with lockhouse |
Dam 5 on the Potomac |
On the Western Maryland Rail Trail (WMRT) |
July 3rd - A culvert under the canal near Pennyfield Lock |
Runner on the towpath |
The narrow old Muddy Branch Trail |
Mushrooms |
At Blockhouse cliff overlooking the Potomac |
July 1st - Black rat snake on trail |
Black rat snake on trail |
Black rat snake crossing the trail |
End of the Mt. Vernon Trail |
Lunch spot before heading back |
Waterway |
Shaded section of the Mt. Vernon Trail |
River Scene from the trail |
Wetlands under the Mt. Vernon Trail |
Section of trail over the wetlands |
Waterway to the river |
Woodrow Wilson Bridge and Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center |
Section of Mt. Vernon Trail |
Under the Woodrow Wilson Bridge |
Trail beside the Woodrow Wilson Bridge |
Panorama - Woodrow Wilson Bridge |
Planes at National Airport |
Crossing the Potomac into Washington DC |
Crossing the Long Bridge into DC |
The meeting |
The two trains |
Plane from the trail |
American |
Crossing the canal at Georgetown |
New bridge at Marsden Tract |