The middle of October

October 18th - Early morning on the Potomac at Four Locks	The winding Potomac river early in the morning	Four Locks area of C&O canal	The trail from Lock 46 near the beginning of the walk	Brilliant morning light on the trail	Early morning light on the trail	Reading a wayside display
The Potomac in the morning	Remains of an old mill on the other side of the canal	About the old Charles Mill	Morning light on the trail	Early hints of color	Early autumn in the early morn on the trail	Lock 46 with lock house
Remains of the bridge for the mules at lock 46	The lock house for Lock 46	Lock 45 opens out into the river	Approaching the cliff beside the river	The Potomac river from the trail	On the trail beside the river	From the trail
Approaching Dam 5	Dam 5 and its inlet lock	Remains of the inlet lock at Dam 5	Lock house for inlet lock at Dam 5	At Dam 5	At Dam 5	Lock house at Dam 5
Lock house at Dam 5	Dam 5	The trail near Dam 5	A path down to the river	Dam 5	A place to view Dam 5	The trail
Greener than most other sections of the trail	The light at the end	On the trail	Bikers on the trail	The trail full of leaves	The surviving asters	Lock house at Dam 5
Power plant on West Virginia side of river at Dam 5	A section of Dam 5	On the trail	The trail runs beside a cliff	The winding trail	On the trail near lock house for lock 46	On the trail near lock 46
A sunny Fall morning on the trail	On the trail in Fall	Bursts of color	The parking lot with our car	Lock 48 at the Four Locks area	Four Locks area - locks 49 and 50 and lock house	Four Locks area - locks 49 and 50
October 11th - Starting at Pennyfield Lock	An open patch between the canal and the river	The early signs of Autumn	The early signs of Autumn	The last flowering plants of the season	Low water on the Potomac	The trail near Violettes Lock
Violettes Lock	Violettes Lock	River Inlet lock at Violettes lock	The river from Violettes Lock	The approach of Fall	Beside the river	Just as the leaves begin to change color
Just before the leaves begin to change color	Cormorants in the middle of the river	Just before the fall	Upper lock gate Pennyfield lock	October 8th - At Seneca Creek and Rileys Lock	Fallen leaves earlier in October	Woods in the early morning as I set out on my bike
Approaching Great Falls on the trail	The pedestrian bridge between the mile 7 and 8 markers	The limit of this bike ride	Resting place in the sun before turning back	Unidentified berries over the canal	Flowers over the canal	Asters, I think
Waiting for Autumn	Just north of Swains Lock	Last of the sunflowers by the trail	Last of the sunflowers by the trail	Lock house at Rileys Lock