This is the Hike of the Week for 6/8/2007 as described on the
NY-NJ Trail Conference website. Laura is still nursing a strained ankle, but everyone who has looked at it (including a specialist) said that exercising
it was necessary (as in hiking), but that we shouldn't be excessive with it for a while. So we did this short hike (2 miles in under 90 minutes) on this crisp, sunny President's
Day afternoon, a 20-minute drive from our home. The last time we hiked this nice little county park was at least ten years ago. This hike involved a gentle
meander through a wildflower garden (where signs identified the many plants and trees along the path), and then a gradual climb to the park's high point,
where now resides a 9/11 makeshift memorial overlooking the Manhattan skyline.
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Near Eleanor Hinrichsen Memorial Bird Sanctuary |
On the Wildflower trail |
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Swamp White Oak |
Beech |
Tulip tree |
Laura biting "Denture Rock" |
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On the Red Trail |
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Climb to Top of Tourne |
Wide gravel path ... |
... climbs gradually |
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Bench break |
[Photo by Laura] |
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View west to the Rockaway Valley |
Rockaway Valley |
Rockaway Valley |
Antenna aerial on distant hill |
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View to Manhattan |
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View east from Tourne high point |
9/11 Memorial |
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Empire State Building |
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[Photo by Frank Russo] |
[Photo by Frank Russo] |
Start of the descent |
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Shadows |
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Gate to the Wildflower area |
Ball weight closes gate |
Hemlock |
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Winter bird kiosk |
Horse! |
Getting a pedicure |
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