A walk in the woods and fields
Oct. 12th, 2008 06:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
auntiemeeshI'm a very lazy person, so most Sundays are spent indoors, hanging out on the computer, reading a book, watching tv or some combination of the three. Today was so beautiful, however, that even I could not resist the call of the great outdoors. So I went for a walk in Frick Park. I took my camera with me and took a few pics to share with you all. Okay, a lot of pics, so dial-up users beware, it may take a little while to load.
The trail I wanted has a backdoor entrance just inside Homewood Cemetary.
I've walked the first half of this trail many times but today I decided to follow it further and see if I could find my way to the trails in Regent Square. It's a popular trail and there are always a bunch of people about, walking or jogging with their dogs. It's not really an off-leash trail but I've almost never seen anyone keep their dogs on-leash.
It was a warm, summery day, and the first section of trail reflected that, with green leaves, flowers, and buzzing insects.
This section of the trail is in a ravine and you can really forget that there is a city all around you, until you come to the Forbes Ave overpass. Suddenly the sounds of car engines overwhelm the sounds of birds, splashing water and rustling leaves.
This trail is one of my favorites, partly because of all the old stonework bridges and such that are found along it. Most of them don't really seem to lead anywhere other than maybe a narrow little dirt path that bikes use, but they're still there.
Another quaint little feature of these paths, which also remind you that you're in a city, is the occasional fire hydrant. Not that there are any roads for fire trucks to come in and attach themselves, so I'm not altogether sure what their purpose is, but they are there, none the less.
Eventually, the path opens up onto a man-made wetlands project which is part of a larger project called Nine Mile Run.
A little way into this, the path stumbles across a parking lot and soccer field. It's a surprising stretch of clean green grass, and here is where autumn really hits.
The rest of the walk was just one breath-taking sight after another. I saw two, maybe three hawks. The first one soared directly overhead, but even with my camera in hand, I was still too slow to catch a picture. The others were mere flashes and then gone.
This waterway was really beautiful, as long as you ignored the sign informing you that after heavy rains, it would contain sewage overflow.
I hadn't set out prepared for a really long walk, no water or snacks, so I finally called a halt in this field of cattails (within sight of I 376, as it approaches the Squirrel Hill tunnel).
(It's hard to see the highway through the trees, but it wasn't hard to hear the traffic.)
On the way back I found some treasures I'd missed the first time through.
On the way back, I walked out through the main park entrance.
And then it was back on the streets, where autumn seemingly hadn't yet reached.
And that concludes this little tour of Frick Park. It was a good hour and a half ramble, maybe a little over four miles, since I was intermittently striding and ambling along.
The trail I wanted has a backdoor entrance just inside Homewood Cemetary.
I've walked the first half of this trail many times but today I decided to follow it further and see if I could find my way to the trails in Regent Square. It's a popular trail and there are always a bunch of people about, walking or jogging with their dogs. It's not really an off-leash trail but I've almost never seen anyone keep their dogs on-leash.
It was a warm, summery day, and the first section of trail reflected that, with green leaves, flowers, and buzzing insects.
This section of the trail is in a ravine and you can really forget that there is a city all around you, until you come to the Forbes Ave overpass. Suddenly the sounds of car engines overwhelm the sounds of birds, splashing water and rustling leaves.
This trail is one of my favorites, partly because of all the old stonework bridges and such that are found along it. Most of them don't really seem to lead anywhere other than maybe a narrow little dirt path that bikes use, but they're still there.
Another quaint little feature of these paths, which also remind you that you're in a city, is the occasional fire hydrant. Not that there are any roads for fire trucks to come in and attach themselves, so I'm not altogether sure what their purpose is, but they are there, none the less.
Eventually, the path opens up onto a man-made wetlands project which is part of a larger project called Nine Mile Run.
A little way into this, the path stumbles across a parking lot and soccer field. It's a surprising stretch of clean green grass, and here is where autumn really hits.
The rest of the walk was just one breath-taking sight after another. I saw two, maybe three hawks. The first one soared directly overhead, but even with my camera in hand, I was still too slow to catch a picture. The others were mere flashes and then gone.
This waterway was really beautiful, as long as you ignored the sign informing you that after heavy rains, it would contain sewage overflow.
I hadn't set out prepared for a really long walk, no water or snacks, so I finally called a halt in this field of cattails (within sight of I 376, as it approaches the Squirrel Hill tunnel).
(It's hard to see the highway through the trees, but it wasn't hard to hear the traffic.)
On the way back I found some treasures I'd missed the first time through.
On the way back, I walked out through the main park entrance.
And then it was back on the streets, where autumn seemingly hadn't yet reached.
And that concludes this little tour of Frick Park. It was a good hour and a half ramble, maybe a little over four miles, since I was intermittently striding and ambling along.
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Date: 2008-10-12 11:45 pm (UTC)We were at Frick Park this afternoon. Shame we didn't run into each other. :(
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Date: 2008-10-13 01:26 am (UTC)What kind of camera do you have? The zoom looks amazing! Mine has absolutely horrible zoom, so I'm sort of browsing for a new camera.
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Date: 2008-10-13 11:08 am (UTC)Thanks for posting.
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Date: 2008-10-13 01:07 pm (UTC)Wonderful photos, these.
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Date: 2008-10-15 05:15 pm (UTC)and beautiful pictures :)