May 30th - Nutria or beaver? |
Beside the restroom in the parking lot |
Entrance to the trail at Brunswick |
The trail near Brunswick |
Parked train outside Brunswick railroad yard |
Mock strawberries beside the trail |
Privet (Ligustrum vulgare) |
Mushrooms |
Looks like blackberry to me |
Goldfinch beside the trail |
A wildflower |
A wildflower |
Approach to Lock 31 at Weverton |
Lock 31 with its lock house |
Lock house for lock 31 |
Twisted hollow tree trunk |
Twisted hollow tree trunk with hole |
Twisted hollow tree trunk with hole in side and green leaves at top |
A female wood duck with its ducklings |
A female wood duck with its ducklings |
The Potomac river near Weverton |
Railroad bridges over stream |
At the intersection of the Appalachian trail and the towpath |
An unrecognized flower beside the trail |
The skull on a post in a stream |
The deer on the trail sees us |
Bikers appear behind the deer |
Colorful mushrooms on a tree trunk |
Parked railroad cars behind the trees |
A CSX locomotive moving beyond the trees |
CSX freight train rolling past parked autocars |
Parking area under the bridge at Brunswick |
Let love lift you up! |
Next to the Route 17 bridge across the Potomac at Brunswick |
Parking at Brunswick under the Route 17 bridge |
Parked at the foot of the Route 17 bridge at Brunswick |
May 22nd - Cicada by the trail near Dargan Bend |
The river in the early morning |
A detour from the original trail due to a washout |
The stream that caused the original trail to be destroyed |
The other side of the washout of the trail |
American Blabbernut fruiting |
On the trail |
The trail |
The breadth of the Potomac river near Dargan Bend |
Remains of Lock 36 |
Remains of lock house for the inlet lock at Dam 3 |
Remains of lock house for the inlet lock at Dam 3 |
Remains of lock house for the inlet lock at Dam 3 |
Inlet lock at Dam 3 |
Inlet lock at Dam 3 |
Low water on the Potomac river |
On the rocks next to the river |
Exploring the shore of the river |
Down by the riverside |
Shells on the dry river bed |
Dry river bed beside the main channel of the river |
Lock 35 |
Rough waters of the Potomac river |
Privet (Ligustrum vulgare) |
Remains of Lock 34 |
A place to sit by the lock |
Railroad bridges at Harpers Ferry |
Hilltop House in Harpers Ferry |
Bridges at Harpers Ferry |
Grasses by the trial |
Rough waters downstream of the remains of Dam 3 |
On the Potomac river |
On the Potomac river |
On the Potomac river |
Waiting to cross a bridge on a detour |
Ripples on the river |
Zebra Swallowtail |
Shell of the Cicada nymph prior to molting |
Cicada |
May 16th - At Sycamore Landing |
Black Locust flowers |
Rosa Multiflora |
The strange looking leaves |
White Violet |
Rosa Multiflora bush |
Fleabane |
Maybe False Solomon's Seal |
An unrecognized growth |
An interesting plant shape |
Solomon's Seal |
Could be False Solomon's Seal |
Indian Strawberry |
New growth in the woods |
Each new green leaf is an amazing piece of work |
Yellow Pond Lily |
A group of scouts on the move on the trail |
Yellow Iris |
Flowers of clover |
Going off-trail |
Completely random |
Turtles |
Fleabane |
May 2nd - At Point Of Rocks |
Route 15 bridge at Point of Rocks |
The nest |
Route 15 bridge at Point of Rocks |
Fleabane |
Celandine flower |
Celandine flower |
Phlox |
Miami Mist |
Spring growth on the Sycamore tree |
Virginia Waterleaf |
Virginia Waterleaf |
A CSX freight train passing by |
The portajohn on the trail |
Virginia Waterleaf |
Lander Lock (Lock 29)and Lock house |
Fleabane |
Fleabane |
Approach to Catoctin Aqueduct |
Catoctin Creek |
Beside the Catoctin Creek |
Catoctin Creek Aqueduct |
The slug |
Rotting fallen tree in the green |
On the trail |
Mayapple flower |
Finding our way to the river |
On the river |
Reflections on the river |
Bottom of the river |
An insect on the rock |
Young pawpaw |
Star of Bethlehem, I believe |
Traffic |
Lock house for lock 28 |
Probably Sweet Cicily |
Dames Rocket |
Catcctin Creek seen from the aqueduct |
Route 15 bridge at Point of Rocks |