This is the hike of the week for 1/13/2006
as described on the NYNJTC site with a few additions: a short walk along the quarry trail, the Yellow Loop trail, and an out and back to the Jones Road
facility along the Red trail. Had we not been short on time, we could have easily added the Orange Loop trail and by doing so, hiked in just about every
area in this lovely little area.
Total distance covered today was 2.9 miles in about 1.5 hours. (Click on the thumbnail to bring up a bigger image in a pop-up window)
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Picnic gazebo |
Downy woodpecker |
Quarry pond |
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Canadian geese in pond |
Visitor's Center and pond |
Quarry boardwalk |
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On the White Loop trail |
Red & White intersection |
Thin tree with a big job |
Wild turkey |
View from overlook |
Visitor's Center below |
A muddy Blue Loop trail |
But rains lead to green |
Darling buds of ... April |
Short climb on Blue |
Recent fall from past storm |
Foundation remains |
Flat Rock brook |
Crossing on stones |
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Female mallard |
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On the Yellow Loop trail |
Skunk cabbage |
Firs on the Yellow |
Blue Jay |
Young but tall growth |
A very wet Yellow Loop trail |
Bird house on Yellow |
Crossing Flat Rock brook again |
Snack time near Mystery bridge |
MacFadden's Pond |
The Mystery bridge |
Laura on the bridge |
MacFadden's Pond |
Another view of waterfall |
Wall remains line the brook |
Red trail parallels brook |
Small cascade |
[photo by Laura] |
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Buds over the brook |
Looks like a canal here |
Red trail back |
Daffodil |
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