If it's not one thing, its another. Between work travel and weather and parent's day at my daughter's college, my outdoor activities have been a bit limited. Plus, I'm now blogging on my company's corporate blog - all these factors have combined to dilute this blog. But here's some pictures and short posts on some of the outdoor time that did happen:
Carl and I have done a lot of biking, including just about every stretch of the C&O Canal towpath from Shepardstown to Glen Echo, MD. This picture is at Whites Ferry, I think this is an old 1800's vintage store. The white pattern on the right hand wall looks like a dog chasing an ATV to me.
I haven't gotten a lot of kayaking done at all since the
Wye Race. Right before Wye, I did get a paddle in on the Severn River, starting at the 450 bridge at the
Jonas Green Park boat launch. This is part of my efforts to get more time on textured water but at first I didn't think the weather would cooperate. At first there wasn't much wind at all and it looked like it would start raining at any moment. However, I launched anyway and started heading upstream. The wind picked up quite a bit and there were a good number of big yachts and working fishing boats cruising up and down the river - I got to take some decent waves on the side. I ended up doing about 9 miles and exploring some nice coves on the northern side of the river.
Carl and I also went back and repeated one of the nicest sections of the York County Heritage trail. We saw some rail car enthusiasts motoring along on the tracks and revisited the tunnel were we sought shelter from the near-tornado conditions on our earlier ride:
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