A fall walk by the river.

Hello Tuesday!!

I hope your weekend delivered the best for y’all!

The Hubster and I had a good one.

It is fall, there are no ifs or buts about it.

Petty soon the trees will be so beyond beautiful.

Or so I hope, the experts think that we might have a lackluster color palate this year due to the very dry summer here in the Mid-Atlantic. But we’ll see. It is pretty beautiful already.

Nice dinners with good foods, and company, as per always.

Peter and I took a walk/hike in Great Falls.  This time we ventured over to the Maryland side. We drove to C&O Canal National Historical Park. 

Again, I am so thankful for all the outdoor spaces we have here. Forever thankful that it is so easy to connect with nature, that there are trails and woods everywhere.

Golden, golden!!

The morning was a bit gray, but it wasn’t cold, maybe 62F (16C). And sure enough, the fall colors are coming.

 

This is a part of the Potomac River, it runs thru several little rocky islands.

I love the fall colors.

Pretty, so pretty!

I was kind of fascinated by the "foam cake" just spinning and spinning on the water ;-D

And rapids are so cool to watch!

One can just stand and watch it forever. 

Peter on the board walk leading out to the great falls.

Due to the dry summer the water level the Potomac is SO low. 

I have never seen the river this dry before. Still impressive, of course, but you can really tell that the long drought has taken a toll on it.

 

Great Falls, Virginia on the opposite side of the river.

Lots of brave kayakers were out and about tackling the rapids.  We were watching in fascination.

So fun to watch them from a safe distance.

Peter and I hiked along the River Trail and we enjoyed every step!

I hope that we can venture out for a harder hike soon, my knees are a little better (I get it, I’ll need a knee replacement in the future), but right now it feels like I can indeed go on a tad bit harder hike.

 

The water on the right is the Ohio and Chesapeake Canal.  That canal was a very important water way in the past as boats went up and down with all kinds of goods to, and from, Washington DC.  Now the canal  is not in use anymore.

Here the Potomac looks like a lake, so calm.

This tree is a pretty impressive one!

This is kind of dreamy.

A lovely morning it was.

AND, after said walk/hike we did reward ourselves to a fantastic hamburger at nearby Potomac Village Shopping Center. YUM, YUMMY, YUMSTER!!

 

And in the evening, I made a crab soup that is such a treat.

So folks, a good weekend it was in every way and form.

 

It was so nice in the late afternoon that we could hang out on the deck, the temp was around 70F (20C).

With this I wish you a splendid Tuesday!