Speaking of critters: spied this fellow by the entrance road on the way in- he saw my car and turned to explain to his mate that she should not come up onto the road just yet. Or is it a female? Not sure... I think the males have spurs, but I can't really tell in this photo. Damned autofocus-!
I love it here, especially on a nice fall afternoon.
Peg also likes to stop so she can wallow and drink water... no, that's not a sewer pipe, it's a conduit allowing this stream to pass under the trail. this is pretty high ground for this area; no industrial runoff, not even from houses. This land was set aside a long time ago, right on top of the ridge.
Looking East from one of the pullovers on the paved trail, one gets a pretty good view. Trees were blocking the NYC skyline where I stopped, so here's a look at the Bayonne Bridge, which connects Bayonne, NJ to Staten Island.
Next: part 2 (last)
I love this time of year...perhaps tomorrow I'll get out of class early enough to be able to stop and take some pictures up my the big lake/resevoir.. 
