...have you ever seen something in your town or city that you would like to visit...but just never took the time...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2VsXZJ9AZTRLrRLSmA4bQUtdKhbIaU-Z1Bau9nwVGuRs7E9EdubjWavlA3NbUTIUOgHAgGYyLg0Z7t8tUumrmNMRrXRSvz9SZE8Z495HERjdX__Qzr5ZjWft792q3K4ZiZhDY/s320/DSC05795a.jpg)
...that's the way it was with us and the Carriage Trail...we'd driven by it often (almost daily)...but never got out and actually walked the trail...
...so after our last hike...we drove a couple of miles to the Carriage Trail...and parked...
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...we walked up the ramp and over the tracks...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC6vD0LaThysqlOrJnAemOm0bh9LcVOQ5C6SHdYQd1pQvE0HxDMBoxS8Bam-koeY72gRb-vwXs3r3ENkzSXjPim1L6S7Cbp4zUG8jJPphsnsticLLIaFZoH7QpCdpSoz8MvWI9/s320/DSC05794a.jpg)
...and we could see lots of interesting things down below...
...an orange baggage cart...
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...a crumbly wall...(Jack is still thrilled to be out in new places)...
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...a pretty inlaid bench...
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...a wall...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpvvF4N8BREEK85Ij229O4ZIdFm1Cmq0DBV_aIIV9DuC_BY_nmiEmMjvSKYrXmG9m7MgqqZt42bEZ28IiM-i1dmDjiKbOHzzA1ggTW9RRAxH7LjcMup9gqQjHpGVHpBZiP3de5/s320/DSC05803a.jpg)
...the entrance to the Carriage Trail...
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...a little waterfall...
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...Scout off the beaten path...
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...proof that we were still in the city...a fire engine roared past...
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...a great big knot on a tree trunk...
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...pretty daffies about to bloom...
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...a little bit of ice clinging in the shade...
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...not for long as Scout pulls it off...
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...the trail winds up the hill...back and forth to the top...
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...a little bridge...
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...over a little stream...
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...seeing if it's safe to go inside...
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...apparently so...
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...briefly underground...
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...they emerge from the other side...
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...more evidence of last year's derecho...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaaCo1uSIoLC0-nS2JhscKRD8-JFznfzK183fusfzU-h9yGQOXxUrbw8yZsQxs4fEJ8WU20JmYpCWyW7wnRBeRlWZKUcvJqv6CBShaqEXTC9J8SaA3rx99uFRI3XiMHhCruGch/s320/DSC05828a.jpg)
...the cute little waste bins along the trail...
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...a gate post?...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW4Eo2GIUOZZcbnVgI4kKYs7Z2a1uWbzEDx7OXertrzPJQ9rStLrdRbba3fCAkbOfcDTUhgrpqrmxrfiqS5vJOzqK2hd8-aB9aLNo8NlEOvZvyU5T4P6toW6ZOgvKY6tdho_ob/s320/DSC05839a.jpg)
...more icicles...these ones had formed around vines...so as they melt they wind up hanging in mid air...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr_YDsPJws4ozfCTs-IT1xECH2E0fjNar3a0CPwKE4gP0ZPGrhRdbLXCJRf0QhOP1V_j8NHPiFvakdai_VOpfLqGEiVAzx8yMEWO1i2y7dMpbpNHx9UF6GqnAYU34_yR-JDTn2/s320/DSC05840a.jpg)
...a small cave...with some modern petroglyphs...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd5gICAwXJIBFl1fjM8pGwFH_LQjYha1rAvkiWu-vHRZcQrE35JOBw7jdjSkS8MSnHRwlTHjNf7_rZgq-SAAOfYniIScaM4gmHw5QpRzCRsjgY3QoAb-jhTPxcr0q6KjukwCjP/s320/DSC05842a.jpg)
...the retaining wall was built around a tree that no longer exists...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj08oO_-NK_fEFg_fLRLvlwS-jWneAC3g7dQw5tFAA07HSu5A_kHPtLWyGR-oaUGmcth_ylHgMgflRPjk4UgA-VflbhrNgP06rBjKZhWoFWlKoX0Ss5q7qBUdrdacgR9acjM-WG/s320/DSC05844a.jpg)
...the sunny path...
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...a statue...and a grave?...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTqDSEPtBKyX5UcpFYPPADPfUGPCwOhPIlAQWzUujas44KrbXqjw5gDr5L8JwG2g2t_DKDhG9k7Eb2RrJOouDEYip97iVjy9-Hy1nx3wX24tpoRoKvFGFJ77OGWEJngv5Yvpjw/s320/DSC05851a.jpg)
...more signs of spring...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD95D9G_I1VT1272ej5XT7YGP_HCieh6M8agK_q5-E5GoERPzV6ZwEMkXQVGat0AL3Vld0F8Y4oXrgWqaq4Uyiat0nnast_WA9izjmBSaM8LDNl6jKKEBEwpIOM30Yk9NDEKvr/s320/DSC05845a.jpg)
...a rather large stone bench...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWK8Lf5vY6dSaPzvjEsvWRl7dNqppANQWcw5eMRpf_trCQtKMlUHMlibUvaYMRlWQsifQVZwLG6p-UvPP3sbMh06SjEo8LSCBXOR8g6K5UMcPv5ekaSSG95uf7iWyn5-3CxjhN/s320/DSC05848a.jpg)
...Jack enjoys the perch...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlplc6rKOsStDmnGlS0tm04Q-960vhRs8kCw65Cj7NggMRqw51sm5QW-UV4EPcf_WwG2l4KLQV2S6sMXw11ykRBpfwftpN4OPBvi1sKo1iJ8-4uXxRadkdmxGJVi4_DvspZTca/s320/DSC05854a.jpg)
...a view of the city...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgieLT0_5IpbL362bMF_XfzgOJCIOnAU8M2U6zGEBIjtTOJu-jHykZsqrj8HSH_eDRDsk788yaIYNvV2ntN9eH8CJDBMkwOwphXSraixjP122X05TSs0QrzdsmrB0f67GrTeRCH/s320/DSC05856a.jpg)
...a blooming bush...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0opbZKXazjjqbBQ5Qxxo4KlqDeqCzal0r0gWv6Mdm45zqaCDHT89VNMoq0bOeIQ-X_JFrWPN3NLcCCzW16sKUke9y0vbPd0U8MXIh32du2_P4K-kSXmfCa2Qd9vU5TAsb6RzF/s320/DSC05857a.jpg)
...our first glimpse of the mansion...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvbMqLVpI1qB9ApGMJLXiXzceo_a2ir8oCvwG31VMQNK3nephtAqQrsx_AP748mSaPwmBv39uH05vff4AEyci8xIvD5M6tC-thMVGrFQQL4BCNXeguj6oswQ2EQERxGcOeCG1L/s320/DSC05858a.jpg)
...the back side of the mansion...overlooking the city...I bet the view is fantabulous...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh61_lcJk-bGanufipwZyibPl1HokMt22QhzwZ-MRDqTnc2vB9KMQjb4_R4t3iERBa9tU8hY21p-LhatUCjF_w4Dg0xo21UI2c-l7WwdGOc00s7NdVMw4G-4ZXUyTD9JBaeUnRh/s320/DSC05859a.jpg)
...a glimpse of the front of the mansion...
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...and the front itself...it really was a gorgeous day...
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...walking back down...we noticed some things we hadn't noticed on the way up...
...these placques for tree/leaf identification...Black Walnut...
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...Sugar Maple...
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...and Sycamore...
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...and some odd petrified wood...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRGClAQ1dIyTpznmQxorxeZ6jwogytj4_NVjtyChnG-C3eUbUn9rnhM9kV2GZzfvrkRTNhwPGQDVqRaXBTxdbNqhg3dx05fxZZnHpDEIYrWstJsh_ek1LJdfZ7zLmPEeQZVwhw/s320/DSC05870a.jpg)
...and coloured stones built into the wall...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv1dE3efg7uh1SOgr0clGcbtIN0hyphenhyphenbLjau5KvorLOuLa2d-mdTITT1evbhxjU94WIttX36YnsjjtzD5k7__wEJqK2PXBUQcWblVU2YGojVXO7fR1LHLImk3RS5N_hQL_VYa9Dq/s320/DSC05872a.jpg)
...a defunct fountain...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHk5oUzjMn7JbC5PDfJV5E1BsmDiRG5SxCF3Dn7zIon61Bsk70gI6J8XRQP2Yvrp5O2uam4eFTn_qjVPn1ToZZwQFddQmnAoY-L1Y8b7Tdy1l4sVUCDzxmVgT1DHMrw-6MhZ02/s320/DSC05876a.jpg)
...and as we get closer to the end of the trail going back down...we spied a paddle boat chugging up the river...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsaFaK6gsxqbCfUkmgEiwIVnAhWz9jFjvtr_RksJ4QwU7hmMfDkDZ7BhEWFDjYUaSedxegXX8qPUFjGONJrVK97WZRFr5wXenZpoEjyCUsvUbIvrwhCHkhio7ChcwsSY0dpAUJ/s320/DSC05877a.jpg)
...another opening in the trees with a pretty view of the city...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoQxhE4wdkuwcSVs9FLOvbUr5N_v1F5Xigd7GbN5B4v0piLXtVlzYvJ0kfBAP7D_rRHWjY1EDnwyqIWi7WNxTGj8ze33hkkylTlXZMWxINOyg1ACbriIMtoW1EHFLNG0uNeQBN/s320/DSC05886a.jpg)
...almost back to the entrance and a train rumbles past on the tracks we crossed over earlier...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0KokbwvoYJnUsdECjoxw72oDStWxARxk3VLEHwaAURTbcuac2NabUH2lYgZI2-Tu3Tng1-g1-1WP6gxmeX5ywObQ-WgkL4JJN3boyWD_GPHbc3BI0lXvO1PkAiw3Cc_yp9-od/s320/DSC05888a.jpg)
...and it's a really long one as it's still going when we get back to the entrance...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2EsBReoNof0XdHEsybhO5C33VjXQKgupUfdCBLDjWJ1NaGzz_-DvHK1Z_SPIwOHeYKIihx9UnUIihD1l0-gQ-uBF-qu9teGElcx12ITiXgn9JsbifF9B728icNYw8bJrsfT4r/s320/DSC05889a.jpg)
...then we decided on our way back to the car...to walk across the bridge...
remember when we did that before...last year about this same time...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJfFpI8zOmJVk2wZsArC-27foUMpq51MQ_Yof4O2yN_FLXAdZpggkIOmvqY_6QtygZixGAe1GFZyfuetpj8U4wc6Bz3lXa5nsv4A0PK8fIwEl8x_7Y2th2_FoWYEH5Lg5kRg8z/s320/DSC05890a.jpg)
...a pretty sky...and pretty lamposts...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9haHgQwZrZ93wA3_580Ij_aOIUTG4R9zktd_k-or9kDb7078kk3Nrh7ot049ltT1rA4cU_gVvABR0OEd-_aQUFkZRdTUUFE4AD6T-TewEUtHzcNL91ZnojC9dL55Pgvmvm-_3/s320/DSC05891a.jpg)
...looking up river...we could see the
gold plated Capitol building...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvVBlEH_OHdrgrmSgqlqXiAj1qInNeQKBHQ1ExUUOV2z-zjR1WO6cFvIG3LiruJ0zdb-6SpZdUOKG64-Rh05CiL7iOf9ac7-1mRzkNr_3q1DIsj0KdTHlUIkJRcRwocOjmpmZs/s320/DSC05896a.jpg)
...Scout looking down...
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...it's a dizzying height...and the bridge vibrates with each passing vehicle...
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...stairs to
the riverwalk...we've been there before...and guess what...that's hike #3 as well...
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...I don't know what he's doing...apparently inspecting the rivets...
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...a view back up the mountain of the mansion we just left...
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...and just when we got back to the car...another train whizzed noisily past...
...Thanks for hiking with us...and have a lovely day!
You do find the most interesting places. Maybe we can see them one day. MOM
ReplyDeleteyes, a neat afternoon! love, k
ReplyDeleteWhat a great trail!
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