Nature Preserve Ramble
I coerced Dave into a Monday July 4th holiday Ramble. It was hot-n-sticky, one of those days when the water bottles turn hot after 15min. I had been in the mood for some trail riding, and the ramble did a great job providing that, at least in Cherokee, Caperton and Loop Island. Suffice to say, we wandered the city (slowly), took a few pics, ate ice cream at the Widow's Walk, and consumed much Gatorade. It might be my favorite kind of riding. If you're from the 'Ville, I suggest you to do something similar.
Nettleroth Bird Sanctuary in Cherokee Park. It just got a new fence, as you can see.
LHT against bird box just outside Nettleroth
Raleigh Sojourn, not looking dissimilar from Dave's LHT
Scoggan Jones N.P. in Indians Hills. Dave's attention is drawn to a chap on adjacent Indians Hills Rd. riding a red 20" 'bent of some type.
Path in Caperton Swamp, which is accessible from Indian Hills Rd.
Swampy lake at Caperton Swamp. Guess that's why it's not called Caperton Pond.
Ohio River Greenway. This is a long-term project to link New Albany, Clarksville and Jeffersonville with linear parks along the river. The link has good information on the project.
The Ohio River just south of the Falls.
This is/can be a real jewel in the local area as far as nature is concerned, but I qualify that. The last time here it was covered with sticks from an ice storm. This time, the trails were quite passable and Dave and I took several. The issue, though, was trash and the impact of the local Hoosier population. I've rarely seen more PolarPop tops. Bleh!
Old trestle that is a key feature to eventual path connecting New Albany and Clarksville.
Snowy Egrets
I'm gonna call this guy Leroy. Upon leaving, Dave helped him pump up his front tire. You can see signage in the background pertain to the L.I.W.
Along the new Levee Trail multi-use path. Sort of. The path is atop the Levee; we took that going west. On the return we checked out this gravel and path road that followed the trees/woods to the right. It led straight to the parking lot of the Falls of the Ohio.
Beargrass Creek N.P. and Louisville Nature Center,
adjacent to Joe Creason Pk. close to the house. I've explored this area some, but no bikes allowed.
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