Merry Christmas! Today we headed south for some Christmas festivities, so of course we fit in another segment of the D & R Canal, New Jersey's narrowest park. This time we
parked on Amwell Road in East Millstone (as we did earlier this month) and headed to Bordentown,
walking the lovely towpath to Blackwells Mills. For December, then, we have walked the 13.2-mile stretch from the New Brunswick
end of the canal to Blackwells Mills (twice, of course). And yes, I do keep track of this sort of thing. I'm an engineer, for goodness sakes. Ironically, my friend Andy and
I padded today's segment (twice) back in August, 2010. Needless to say, with the difference in perspective
and season, I hardly recognized it!
Total distance covered was 4.5 miles in an hour and 45 minutes.
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Bundled up in East Millstone |
Towpath & Amwell Road |
Informational sign |
Buildings in East Millstone |
Heading south |
Franklin Inn |
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[Photo by Laura] |
Rain drops |
20 miles to Bordentown |
Weird growth |
Mallard couple |
Red-tailed hawk |
Swamp in powerline cut |
View south |
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Sandy damage |
Curious blaze |
Squirrel picking berries |
"Walking" the dogs |
Old blow-down trunk |
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Horse shoe prints |
Blackwells Mills Canal House |
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Winter forest west |
Swamp west |
Red barn east |
Approaching Blackwells Mills |
Blackwell Road bridge |
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Canal view north |
Bridge surface |
Blackwells Mills Canal House |
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Front porch |
Millstone |
Oven bulge |
Out-house |
View inside |
Bridge Tender's station |
Phragmites |
Canal view south |
Blackwell Road bridge |
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What are those thorns? |
More dog "walking" |
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Canada geese |
View north |
Lost glove far in the thicket |
Poison ivy "shawl" |
Mallards |
Heading back to ... |
... East Millstone |
Franklin Inn |
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