October 22nd - Approaching Pennifield lock area in a fog |
Pennyfield Lock and lock house in the distance |
Pennyfield Lock and lock house |
A view from Pennyfield Lock |
Upstream lock gate at Pennyfield Lock |
The great blue heron |
Signs of the coming fall |
The woods on the other side of the canal |
A disappearing trail ahead of me |
The barely visible river in the fog |
The misterious (-: pathway |
Across the river in the fog |
Tiny figure in the autumnal fog |
Foggy darkness on the trail in the morning |
Inpenetrable fog ahead |
A bridge into the fog |
Swains Lock through the mist |
Approaching Swains Lock |
Swains Lock |
Near Swains Lock |
Near Swains Lock |
A foggy morning |
A foggy morning |
Over the river |
On the trail |
Morning on the trail |
A foggy morning in early fall |
Approaching Great Falls |
Approaching Great Falls |
The Tavern at Great Falls |
Upstream of Great Falls on a foggy morning |
The Charles E. Mercer in dry dock at Great Falls |
Downstream of lock 17 |
The Potomac gorge in the fog |
Remains of stop gate near Mile 14 |
Approaching Widewater in the fog |
Lock 15 in the mist |
Foggy morning at Widewater |
Foggy morning at Widewater |
Foggy morning at Widewater |
Foggy morning at Widewater |
Foggy morning at Widewater |
Foggy morning at Widewater |
Structure at Widewater |
Foggy morning at Widewater |
Foggy morning at Widewater |
Approaching the bridge at Anglers Inn in the mist |
The bridge at Anglers Inn in the fog |
From the bridge at Anglers Inn |
Beside the trail |
A foggy morning |
The trail runs next to a cliff |
The trail |
Early Fall on the trail |
A light mist still hangs over the air |
I-495 bridge over the Potomac in the distance |
The remains of Lock 14 |
The remains of Lock 12 |
View from Lock 11 |
View from Lock 11 |
Lock house for lock 11 at mile 9 |
Wayside exhibit at Lock 11 |
Lock 10 from Lock 11 (at the Mile Marker 9) |
The I-495 highway and bridge over the Potomac in the distance |
The I-495 highway and bridge over the Potomac |
The trail in early fall |
Old structure on the canal bed |
Autumn paths |
The park bench |
The bridge at Anglers Inn |
The bridge at Anglers Inn |
Lock 15 |
Lock 16 with lock house |
The gorge at Great Falls |
Lock at Great Falls |
Lock at Great Falls |
The Tavern at Great Falls |
Park bench at Great Falls |
Approaching Swains Lock |
An art class in progress at Swains Lock |
Canal in the early fall |
The early signs of fall |
Mallards all in a row |
Sizes in perspective |
Light at the end of the tunnel |
A view from Pennyfield lock |
Two bikers at Pennyfield Lock |