Water water everywhere - a boat would have been better than a bike - yikes!!
Pequonnock Valley Bike Ride
I had no idea it would be this wet in Trumbull. I couldn't even get to the boardwalk in the old Reservoir bed - the water was 5 inches deep on the normally 1 inch deep crossing!
But I did spent some time wandering down by these waterwork relics near the old dam.
I've never seen the river this powerful! (short video)
Later when I fell, I decided this was kinda a neat photo - looking straight up!
Broadway Woods, Parlor Rock, Old Mine Hike
I met my friends John and Kevin for an afternoon hike. These are some wonderful "Adirondack" chairs made from rocks!
Walking thru Broadway Woods brought us to this old foundation.
The river at Parlor Rock was absolutely roaring - I had never seen it this high!
Ain't this just beautiful? :-)
Dam for former Lake Lo-Lo
Still looking mighty good after all these years
(note stone edge on left)
Up a but further north, we wandered by the river--astounded at how high it was!
Kevin and his dog Brian took a moment to "be one with the moss" :-)
This was our destination in Old Mine.
On the way back, I snapped a shot of the old steps
A stroll a bit north and eastward on my lunch hour is more and more like watching a caterpillar turn to a butterfly. The daily construction activity is enormous and the metamorphosis is sometimes overwhelming. City blocks of crumbling concrete and barely visible underground railroads get ripped apart, dug deeper and poured with concrete as steel frameworks transform into one more enormous skyscraper climbing slowly to the sky. Its almost like a sci-fi world of the future...
Map of the area
Playground
Yep - there's a railroad there!
If you stop and peak through the fences, vestiges of old New York can be seen...
...an old 2 strong hold-out from the past give away building-by-building to the new high-rises...
Even the future Penn Station is shrouded in black as work continues on renovations and renewal...
