Here I go again with my cockamamie ideas (don't you just love those?). This one involved driving an hour down into Maryland to walk along a rail trail that follows the Susquehanna River north to the Conowingo Dam. In addition to all that, as if that wasn't enough, we partied hard the night before at David's party... One too many glasses of wine and not enough food, you know? I got us a Dunkin to start off the morning but then Matt also needed some McDonald's to seal the deal before our drive down... Shame on us...
I knew we wouldn't make the whole trail. That trail being the Lower Susquehanna Heritage Greenway Trail for you locals (and don't park where that link tells you to unless you want to pay $4. There is a free parking area right by the bridge). Two and a half miles is fine and all but having to walk it back to the car wouldn't have happened. I figured I'd walk until I thought the little legs of the group would have enough and then turn heel. We wandered along and investigated the river and the mill from the 1700's before turning back to the car. Speaking of that very old mill? Notice how you can see a plane flying above it in that one photo? Sort of all kinds of weird if you think about the time when that structure was built and all. I bet those people never fathomed what that building would witness through the years. People flying in the sky?? Anyways! We then drove the 2.5 miles to the dam to sit and have our lunch and people watch. People watch people who were bird watching. And fishing. All types down there for sure. Like the last photo? That was someone's home. Mailbox and shoes kicked off outside and everything. All God's children. All God's children...
And that's all for the dam tour. Does anyone have any dam questions?
