We are fortunate that our member, Fran, is a resident of the Town cuz this is a private park for residents only and it's a really nice place. There were 10 of us and it was unanimous that this was an excellent walk. There were a few kinda steep climbs but the trail and scenery were wonderful. As you'll see cuz I took a
LOT of pix.
After the walk, three of us enjoyed an excellent brunch at one of our favorite places, McKinney & Doyle in Pawling.
NOTE: As far as I know no one walked at Poughkeepsie last week. I did post it on the blog before 8 and I also called the cemetery in case anyone showed up.
I do this blog on my laptop and fix the exposures so that they look good to me. However, with the laptop, as I move the screen back and forth the lightness/darkness changes so I hope what you get is good. Also, I put the pix in in order but the blog seems to have a mind of its own and so in some cases, including this blog, the pictures end up not being presented in the same order they were taken. I am unable to fix this problem with my present blog abilities. It may be time for a new class. In the meantime, I hope you'll enjoy them even if they are out of order.
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| 1st of 2 views of the pretty waterfall as we began our walk |
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| a little closer |
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| we walked along the brook to the lake |
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| a view of the trail |
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| we started at brook level and climbed..it's barely visible way down below |
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| the lake...we walked around its perimeter |
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| columbine [thanks John] |
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| don't know what this pretty yellow flower is |
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| pink honeysuckle [there was white too but pic was way out of focus] .. smelled very good and I learned it has a sweet nectar |
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| the boat house we saw on opposite side of lake...we saw evidence it's used by local youth as a party place |
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| see below |
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| view of the dam falls [this should be below the next pic] |
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| bar b que anyone? |
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| trail and stone wall |
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| 4 of group took route by this house with great view [Pat says John is going to buy it for her] and 6 of us walked thru the woods...they said the view was excellent |
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| looking down at lake from wooded trail |
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| fern "forest" |
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| we've climbed up and down hill and are back by the lake |
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| brook view |
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| "artistic" stump [should be back by ferns view] |
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| this one is for you Beth [should be by ferns also] |
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| downed tree and view of boulders in the stream |
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| crossing the brook on the way back |
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| the buildings and playground |
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| we saw a swan as we neared the parking lot [this & next 2 should be very last] |
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| this is way out of place [we've crossed the dam at end of lake] |
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| this is right after crossing dam and should be before furnace pic |
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| I can't resist the flower pix |
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