May 31st - The fallen tree near Whites Ferry |
Wild grass by the trail that needs to be mowed |
Wild Garlic flowers in the wind |
Could this be Virginia Waterleaf? |
Overgrown with tall grasses |
Wild strawberry or mock strawberry? |
The cabbage white butterfly |
Sivery Checkerspot |
Zebra Swallowtail |
May 24th - From the parking lot at Landers Lock |
Lockhouse for Lander Lack |
Looking up at the Sycamore tree |
The massive sycamore tree |
Beside the massive sycamore tree |
Crossing Catoctin Creek on the Catoctin Aqueduct |
The Catoctin Creek fiows into the Potomac river |
The freight train rolls by towards Brunswick |
After having crossed the destroyed section of the trail |
Crossing LIttle Catoctin Creek |
The destruction to the culvert at Little Catoctin Creek |
Little Catoctin Creek and the Potomac river |
Flowers |
Could be Queen Anne Lace? |
The family campground at Brunswick |
Duck with ducklings |
The shy cardinal |
Fleabane |
Dandelion |
Wild strawberries and Gill Over the Ground |
Unidentified flower |
The trail |
Managing to emerge from the newly laid crushed stone on the trail |
Flowers beside the trail |
Sign for the detour on the trail |
Trail blocked just before the destroyed bridge over the Little Catoctin Creek |
The temporary crossing at Little Catoctin Creek |
The destroyed culvert wall at Little Catoctin Creek |
Walking to the abyss! |
Dandelion seed head |
Mushrooms |
Beside the trail |
A picnic by Catoctin Creek |
Washing hands in the Catoctin Creek |
Lockhouse for Lander Lack at the time of departure |
May 17th - At Sycamore Landing once again |
Early morning on the trail |
Honeysuckle |
Dames Rocket |
Dames Rocket |
Rosa Multiflora |
Could be Queen Anne Lace |
Golden Ragworts |
White clover flower, I think |
Buttercups |
Rosa Multiflora |
Fallen flower on the trail |
Wild phlox |
Rosa Multiflora |
Fleabane by the trail |
Speedwell, I think |
Two squirrels |
Three squirrels |
Dead animal on the trail |
The dead baby fox |
Buttercup and Rosa Multiflora |
Millipede on the trail |
The trail |
The knot in the tree trunk |
Miami Mist |
Honeysuckle |
Fleabanes |
Unidentified flower |
Dames Rocket |
Miami Mist |
May 10th - Sign at the parking lot at Sycamore Landing |
On the trail at Sycamore Landing |
By the trail |
Indigo Bunting on the trail |
Indigo Bunting on the trail |
The tree across the trail |
Getting bikes across the fallen tree |
The fallen tree |
The sighting |
The discussion |
Garlic mustard flower |
The egret |
Bikers approach on the trail |
Garlic Mustard plants taking over |
Turtles in the morning sun |
The bluebird |
Bluebird looking back at me |
The bluebird |
The woodpecker |
Buttercups |
Fleabane |
Edwards Ferry |
The rock |
A river lock |
On the path back from the river lock to the canal |
Turtles basking in the sun |
The greeen heron |
The greeen heron |
The zebra swallowtail on the trail |
The stream flowing into the Potomac from the canal |