September

September 27th - From the parking lot for the trail	Loaded on a freight train heading for Hagerstown, MD	The rest of the freight train	Early morning by the side of the Potomac river	Early morning at the river side	Early morning by the river	House on a hill
Houses come into view beside the canal bed	The culvert where we climbed back to the towpath during our return	An old home	On the trail	Opening in the trail to the campground	Antietam Campground	At the Antietam campground
Crossing the Antietam Creek Aqueduct	Morning view of the Potomac from beside Antietam Creek	The Potomac river from the Antietam Creek Aqueduct	In front of Antietam Creek Aqueduct	September 2020 at Antietam Aqueduct	At Antietam Creek Aqueduct	View of the Potomac from the mouth of Antietam Creek
Antietam Creek Aqueduct	Climbing back to the towpath from the creek	Antietam Aqueduct	Antietam Campground along the C&O Canal	A creeper taking over the trunk of a tree	A creeper taking over the trunk and branches of a tree	Parking along the main road for the campgrounds
Could be the remains of a Cardinal Flower	Taking the trail beside the river	On the side trail	The culvert that we went back to the towpath at	The culvert	Lady's Thumb or Pennsylvania Smartweed, I think	Remains of a river lock
Lock 38 with the James Rumsey bridge in the background	Lock 38 near Shepherdstown,WV	Beside the Potomac river	The Bavarian Inn in Shepherdstown	James Rumsey Bridge across the Potmac	Potomac at Shepherdstown	Rumsey Monument, James Rumsey Memorial Park
Railroad bridge across the Potomac at Shepherdstown	Railroad bridge across the Potomac at Shepherdstown	September 24th - Starting the bike ride at Edwards Ferry	Lockhouse for Lock 25	A Broad Run Trunk	The field of yellow flowers	From the sunflower family
Approaching the parking lot at Dickerson Conservation Area	Approaching the parking lot at Dickerson Conservation Area	Trail near Dickerson power plant	Route 15 bridge across the Potomac at Point of Rocks	Lockhouse for lock 27 at Spinks Ferry	Lock 27	Lock 27 and bicycle
The trail at Dickerson	Trail lined with yellow flowers	A strange sight in the middle of the trail	On the towpath	A strange sight in the middle of the trail	Leaving the trail	Sept 20th - Either Wingstem or Crownbeard, I think
Touch me nots	Unidentified small yeallow flowers	Caterpillar under a leaf	Panorama - Field of yellow wildflowers	Field of yellow wildflowers	Field of yellow wildflowers	Ironweed
A kind of Sunflower	Field of yellow flowers next to the trail	I thought it was Boneset, actually White Snakeroot (Thanks, Christine!)	Field beyond the woods	Lady's Thumb or Pennsylvania Smartweed