July 21st - A Red Spotted Purple butterfly, I suspect |
At Widewater |
Walker on the trail |
Flowers of the Mimosa tree |
Mimosa tree flpwers |
A hot and hazy morning in the DC area |
Under Chain bridge |
Pipes under the Chain Bridge |
Lock 6 and lock house |
Lock 6 and lock house |
Lock and lock house 6 |
Birds on the Potomac river |
Birds on the Potomac river |
Lockhouse for Lock 8 |
On the way back after the ride, at Great Falls |
July 18th - Ready to cross the railroad lines to the trail at Weverton |
At the entrance to the trail |
White Campion |
The trail early in the morning |
Buttonbush |
Queen Anne Lace |
Railroad line beside the trail and canal |
Could it be Blue Mistflower |
Route 340 bridge across the Potomac |
Remains of Lock 31 |
Low waters on the river downstream of Harpers Ferry |
The Potomac river close to Harpers Ferry |
Approaching the railroad bridges at Harpers Ferry |
Approaching the railroad bridges at Harpers Ferry |
Harpers Ferry across the river |
Where the Potomac and Shenandoah river meet as seen from Maryland |
Tip of Harpers Ferry |
Steeple of St. Peters RC church in Harpers Ferry |
The Osprey nest on the bridge |
The Osprey in its nest |
The baby Osprey in the nest |
The Osprey in its nest |
Love Locks! |
Love locks! |
Remains of lock 33, next to Harpers Ferry |
Fresh raspberries |
Crown Vetch |
Hedge Bindweed, I suspect |
Wild Sweet William |
Graffiti |
Unidentified turtle on the towpath |
Asiatic Dayflower |
Hanging around in the canal |
Patterns in the muck |
Locomotives passing |
Wild Rose of Sharon (I think!) |
Looks like a bee on Bee Balm |
Train traffic |
Trash free park |
Crossing the railway tracks at Weverton |
July 15th - Going for my first ride of the season |
The parking lot at Pennyfield Lock |
Pennyfield Lock and lock house |
The fallen tree |
Low water level |
Egrets |
The birds |
Birds at the pond near Rileys Lock |
Three Egrets |
Egret on a tree |
Wabbit on the trail! |
For the rabbit's on the run! |
Simple patterns |
Bike and camera bag |
Four on the trail |
Four on the trail |
July 15th - Extension |
An abundance of birds |
Summer camp! |
June 27th - Lock house for Swains Lock |
Mimosa tree |
Tall Meadow Rue |
Yarrow |
Unknown flower |
Trail on a muggy morning |
Pawpaw fruit |
Trumpet flower |
Pickerelweed |
Runners on the trail near Great Falls |
Approaching the Tavern at Great Falls |
The Tavern at Great Falls |
Lock 17 viewed from Lock 18 |
Mullein |
Stop Gate on the canal downstream of Great Falls |
Lock 16 |
Approach to Lock 15 from upstream |
Medical aid |
Raspberries |
Raspberry |
Slackwater and approach to Lock 15 |
A sign of the times |
Thistle |
Bindweed, I think |
A kind of Crescent butterfly |
Zebra Swallowtail on clover |
Zebra Swallowtail on the trail |
Entering the River trail from the Towpath |
The Potomac from the River Trail |
To each heron, its own rock! |
Indigo Bunting, I think |
The three herons |
To each its own! |
Herons and Cormorants |
On a narrower than usual trail |
Black Cohosh |
Holes on the trail |
The turtle |