Yesterday I walked the Stonebrodge Trails with Bhavana. I've hiked or walked many of the trails in the area around Hopewell, Princeton, Hillsborough, and Montgomery including Van Horne Park Trail, Devil's Half Acre, Autumn Hill Reserve,Institute Woods Trails, D&R Canal Park Trail, Griggstown Native Grassland Preserve Trail, St. Michaels Farm Preserve, etc. Most of the trails in Montgomery Township were cleared and created by the Montgomery Friends of Open Space (MFOS) and D&R Greenway Land Trust. Bhavna has had problems…
Walking Trails
A Birding Walk in Princeton Institute Woods, in Memory of Fred Spar
Posted on 18th May 2019This morning, I joined the Washington Crossing Audubon Society members and an excited group of birders on a field near the Princeton Institute Woods hosted by Brad Merritt.…
This morning I convinced Bhavna to take a walk with me along the Raritan and Canal Park Trail. The sun was out, the air was ... well cold, but I wanted to find some images for Frank's challenge keyword, "Growth". We slid on a few layers of clothing and drove over to the park entrance just off Mapleton Road on the border with Princeton and Plainsboro. I fully expected to find nothing but leafless trees and my first image was…
She wanted to go for a walk. I said yes. "Let's walk from home to Princeton Avenue and then continue on through Van Horne Park". She agreed. We had fun.…
After my haircut this morning, and despite my severe allergies, I drove just over the Princeton Township border to a spot along the Delaware and Raritan Canal. I had never been here before but I drive past it often whether on my way to work or out to Route 1. Sometimes I see cars parked here and sometimes people carrying canoes. I grabbed my Nikon, tripod and my Hoya ND400 neutral density filter and followed the beaten path to the…