Old Croton Aqueduct Trail

October 2019

Knowing I was coming up on photos of New York really did a number on my photo processing lo these 18 months.

This one was a trudge, 6km or so from Irvington to Dobbs Ferry. I had hoped to do it on the following day but there was rain forecast (in fact the remanents of Tropical Storm Olga) which saw me taking refuge in the Musuem of Natural History, trudging through there instead.

Weekends are always when the jetlag smashes down. Someday I will have the chance to re-learn that.

It’s a pretty trudge though!

Tracks, Marble Hill Station Old Croton Aqueduct Trail, Irvington Old Croton Aqueduct Trail Crawling roots, Old Croton Aqueduct Trail Autumn living on the Hudson

All photos.

Red Dirt Falls

When asked for a Waimea Canyon lookout, Google Maps took us to an essentially arbitrary place on Waimea Canyon Drive with perfectly decent views of the canyon, rubbish parking, and a rather scary dropoff. But coming up Waimea Canyon Drive meant that we ran into another essentially arbitrary place with truly terrifying parking: the Red Dirt Falls, about 2km south of the fork with Kokee Road.

Red Dirt Falls

Pool, Red Dirt Falls

Red Dirt Falls

Pool, Red Dirt Falls

Stream, Red Dirt Falls

Photos of Kauaʻi, January 2018 (in progress).

October 2015 photos.

Shipwreck Beach

For almost all of our trip, Kauaʻi beach safety reports seriously overestimated how dangerous the surf was. Theory: it’s winter, it must be terrible! Practice: my non-swimming four year old is safe and comfortable.

Shipwreck’s Beach was the major exception. It was certainly survivable, particularly past the breakers where not coincidentally most of the swimmers were, but neither of my children swim well enough to penetrate a churning wall of water.

Pretty though!

Surfer, Shipwreck Beach

Late afternoon, Shipwreck Beach

Swimmer, Shipwreck Beach

Shipwreck Beach

Photos of Kauaʻi, January 2018 (in progress).

October 2015 photos.

The road to Makauwahi Cave

Makauwahi Cave sign

It was slightly too hot for a comfortable walk, everyone was a little tired, the kids were grumpy. They wanted to go down to the beach, we didn’t want to slog back up the hill covered in red dust. And when we got down to the promised cave, it had shut for the day and we all had to turn tail and go home.

You’d think this would be difficult to forgive, but this made it possible:

Road from Makauwahi Cave

Road to the beach near Makauwahi Cave

Beach near Makauwahi Cave

View from Makauwahi Cave walk

View from Makauwahi Cave walk

Makauwahi Cave from above

View from Makauwahi Cave walk

Photos of Kauaʻi, January 2018 (in progress).

October 2015 photos.