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A little bit of housekeeping. I have decided to use journey instead of walking. One description of journey is “A days Travel”. That is what I am doing as I have expanded my travels in many ways these days. Today I had two destinations that I wanted to visit. One was the dam at the beginning of the Mianus River in Cos Cob. The second location was the Silvermine Art School in New Canaan. The distance between the two destinations is fifteen miles. If I walked the entire distance plus going and coming to my house the distance would have been over thirty miles. There is no way to walk that much in one day. So, I incorporated my other means of traveling. I walked, took the bus, took the train and even used my car to go from my house to the Springdale Train Station. I still logged twelve miles of walking. I was not able to make it to the Dam. I got within 1,000 feet and stopped at the top of the hill. There was a Scottish Bagpiper standing in front of a church and I waited there hoping to hear him play. Unfortunately, the bus came before he played. The train ride to New Canaan is always interesting. The leaves are not out and you can see quite a ways into the woods and yards. Today I was amazed how many tree houses are in people’s yard. I saw at least four The journey from the New Canaan Train Station to the Silvermine Art School took almost an hour to walk. The Art School usually has an art exhibit, and I was not disappointed with it. Walking back to New Canaan I noticed many vernal pools in the ground. They usually disappear by summertime. Walking by
the train tracks I discovered an underground river. You can see from the picture it surfaces for five feet and goes back underground again. I wonder where it actually starts. Today’s journey shows me that the unexpected is always lurking. If you had told me, I would see a bagpiper and an underground river I would have said no way. There is so much happening out in the neighborhood. Hidden in plain sight. Enjoy your travels | |
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