tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113668519601172330.post6648568395595158152..comments2024-03-18T15:13:52.484-04:00Comments on Gone Hikin': Croton Gorge Park, Old Croton Aqueduct State Park, Croton Gorge Natural Area, NYUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113668519601172330.post-24366445495718197282017-01-23T12:14:51.132-05:002017-01-23T12:14:51.132-05:00Looks like another great place to hike. Glad Shaw...Looks like another great place to hike. Glad Shawnee was able to do some of the hikw. I love the shot of her when you got back to the car and she was snoozing. God Bless you both! Thanks for sharing! Joanne from NJAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113668519601172330.post-28712258960403553252017-01-23T06:21:30.473-05:002017-01-23T06:21:30.473-05:00Thanks, Jim! I have hiked Kelly's Run from Ho...Thanks, Jim! I have hiked Kelly's Run from Holtwood Recreation Area but not the dam. Sounds like one I hiked in Vermont, though. I believe it's the the Quaker Bridge Road in Wharton that has a grated bridge like the one I drove over in Croton. Shawnee had to be carried over Wharton one. When I was planning this hike I wanted to walk Quaker Bridge road over that bridge to some hiking trails on the other side then loop back to the OTC but when I "drove" it in Google Maps, I could see that bridge was grated so that was not going to happen. Really bad on the paws :) And yes, I was thinking the same thing about those wrecked cars, LOL. Except maybe it was Boone's Farm Strawberry Hill or Mad Dog 20/20 since they appeared to be of the 70's era.<br /><br />DanielaGone Hikin'https://www.blogger.com/profile/10297585067127631509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113668519601172330.post-12484407848545840892017-01-23T01:24:22.728-05:002017-01-23T01:24:22.728-05:00Excellent pix, as always! I'll start by sayin...Excellent pix, as always! I'll start by saying that you could have fooled me with the "Shawnee not being on her game" comment...in your pix, she looks strong as ever! :)<br /><br />Another gorgeous park! I think my favorite was the spillway...I can only imagine what it must look like at "full force", but even without tons of water, it is still very impressive! Loved the walk on the cuesta; sort of what it was like walking down the Grand Canyon almost 30 years ago! Switchbacks are definitely interesting animals all in themselves...I've hiked the Mason Dixon Trail near the Holtwood Recreation Area in PA (just near the Lancaster/York County border...you may have been there too.) After hiking along the beautiful Mill Run for a bit, a major switchback greets the hiker, and all you see (looking up) are blue blazes everywhere (due to the switchback; one must switch directions *at least* 10 times there!)<br /><br />Of course, the dam was another standout (even in the morning fog), and that was an interesting shot of Shawnee going under that barrier (looks like the *just* cleared it!) If Shawnee were a Great Dane, I'm not sure she would have cleared it...it's not like there's any "Maximum Clearance" signs! Ha Ha!<br /><br />I liked the fact that there was a Quaker Bridge Road in your journey...the same name as a sand road in Wharton State Forest, complete with an actual Quaker Bridge (near the good ol' Batona Trail.) Could the builders of the Quaker Bridge where you were be one and the same as the ones in Wharton State Forest??<br /><br />Finally, VERY interesting [rhetorical] question about the cars that rolled off the cliff! Maybe they had a little too much Moonshine on the day (or night) they went off Quaker Bridge Road and did a multi-roll tumble??<br /><br />As always -- thank you for the pix! And so glad Shawnee is right there with you for another year of adventure!<br /><br />-- JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com