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| My daily walks | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Sep 21 2016, 08:06 AM (269 Views) | |
| jon-nyc | Sep 21 2016, 08:06 AM Post #1 |
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Cheers
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While the weather holds I've been doing my daily walks along the Old Croton Aquaduct, much of which is now a very long, very narrow state park. It was the original aqueduct built to bring water to NYC from upstate, constructed in the 1830s. It has been out of commission for 60 years or so but the long, relatively flat trail is still used quite a bit. Here's a few pictures I've taken in the past couple of days. Sure beats a treadmill, doesn't it? ![]() ![]() ![]() (For those interested in such things, there's a lot of info at the wiki link, it was quite an engineering project back in its day.) |
| In my defense, I was left unsupervised. | |
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| George K | Sep 21 2016, 08:16 AM Post #2 |
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Finally
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That's great, Jon. Looks like a wonderful walk. How long do you go for? |
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| jon-nyc | Sep 21 2016, 09:18 AM Post #3 |
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Cheers
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Usually only 30-45m. I'd go longer but I also hit the weights and the bike daily too. |
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| Aqua Letifer | Sep 21 2016, 09:31 AM Post #4 |
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ZOOOOOM!
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Yep, those things make for ideal walking and biking paths. That looks like a great one. One thing that kinda strikes me when going on one of those: we completely take for granted the danger in traveling now. I mean sure you can die in a car accident, but I think most of us rarely consider it. Used to be, striking out onto the road meant you had to plan for the weather—because it could kill you and you had no idea what was going to happen in the next couple of days—you had to bring provisions, and you sure as hell couldn't trust any strangers you met along the way. Footpaths were pretty lawless areas. Traveling on paths like that used to be a big deal, and a significant risk. Now, we never even think about it. |
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| Axtremus | Sep 21 2016, 10:05 AM Post #5 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Beautiful indeed. Good thing it's Fall, not too cold, not too hot. |
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| bachophile | Sep 21 2016, 11:30 AM Post #6 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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as they say on FB, like |
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| brenda | Sep 21 2016, 07:01 PM Post #7 |
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Lovely, Jon! So happy to hear that you can do so much already. Very happy. 😊 |
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| Horace | Sep 21 2016, 08:00 PM Post #8 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Beautiful. |
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| Friday | Sep 21 2016, 09:24 PM Post #9 |
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Senior Carp
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It's nice that you get that all to yourself. Is it something you can walk to from your home? |
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| jon-nyc | Sep 22 2016, 05:53 AM Post #10 |
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Cheers
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Yeah, its a couple of hundred yards from my house. |
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| sue | Sep 22 2016, 07:31 AM Post #11 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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That looks like a beautiful place to walk. And it looks like biking heaven. |
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| taiwan_girl | Sep 22 2016, 07:35 AM Post #12 |
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Fulla-Carp
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Very nice! I love walking the woods on a path like that! Lucky for you it is so close to your house and easy for you to enjoy.
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| Aqua Letifer | Sep 22 2016, 08:42 AM Post #13 |
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ZOOOOOM!
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You gotta post more pics when the leaves change, jon. |
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| Luke's Dad | Sep 22 2016, 03:28 PM Post #14 |
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Emperor Pengin
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I was just thinking that is going to be gorgeous in 2-3 weeks. |
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