Which Way Challenge

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Cee's Fun Foto Challenge, Cee's Photo Challenge, frog, path, Woods

Today is a beautiful day and Mike and I explored some more of Morris County, New Jersey. It was the Open Gates Event with community gardens throughout the county open to visitors. This path leads from the garden plots, through the woods, to a wildlife blind.

We mostly saw ticks, dragonflies and this little frog.

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“the roads, walks, trails, rails, steps, signs, etc. we move from one place to another on. You can walk on them, climb them, drive them, ride on them, as long as the specific way is visible. Any angle of a bridge is acceptable as are any signs.”

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Neighborhood Walk: Patriot Path

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Cee's Photo Challenge, dam, path, Patriot Path, photograph, ruins, Woods

Today Mike and I explored our neighborhood a little farther than I had walked on my own. I had figured out that one of my morning walks met up with this portion of the Patriot Path. We met up with a lot of other people on the path and had some lovely quiet sections too. Of course I thought of Cee’s Which Way Challenge!

You may see more of this path, both this section and the part that went the other direction. For now I will share some of the lovely views I encountered on our walk.

We had driven past this dam and I knew it would be a nice walk from the house, but I didn’t know it met up with the Patriot Path!

My fellow explorer. I hope you had a beautiful Labor Day.

Dappled Sunlight

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bench, Hudson River, migraine, Occipital Neurologia, photograph, sunlight, walking, Woods

My migraines/occipital neuralgia make me very sensitive to light in a lot of ways. One that has made me sad is that dappled sunlight makes my migraine and vertigo a lot worse. And I love to walk in the woods. Yesterday I was recovered enough from the move from Wisconsin to New Jersey to go on an adventure with my husband.

We went for a drive to explore what we wanted to see along the Hudson River. There are a lot of possibilities! He wanted to walk across the Hudson and I accompanied him out to this point. Another way light impacts my migraines is that this kind of abundance of sunlight has usually been too intense for me even with sunglasses and a hat. Well, all of my hats are in storage pods, so I tried it with just sunglasses. I was pretty happy to be able to make it this far. Tall bridges and vertigo are not a great mix and when you add heat to the mix, I fade quickly. I walked back to the information booth to gather information (oddly enough). A shaded picnic table was the perfect place read up on what else was possible in the area while enjoying a lovely lemon Italian ice. There are 2 art museums and a specialty glass store/studio that I made note of for another day trip. We also may come back to see the Vanderbilt Mansion. The Walk across the Hudson Bridge is The Poughkeepsie-Highland  Railroad Bridge and we had a mediocre lunch in Poughkeepsie. Next time we might try the Culinary Institute that is just up the road.

We traveled a little further north to the Falling Water Preserve on the west side of the Hudson south of Saugerties. It was a lovely walk and the path along the river was filled with dappled sunlight. I was so grateful to be able to walk along the path with my husband and enjoy the smell and sights of the woods. I didn’t make it as far as the waterfall, but I did get to this lovely bench.

That was a pretty big day for me and really unimaginable before the nerve ablation surgeries. I’m still recovering from the surgeries and was so grateful to be able to be outside to enjoy such a lovely summer day.

What are you grateful for this week?

Cee’s Final Which Way Challenge: Road Less Traveled

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Cee's Photo Challenge, forest, path, photograph, photography, Which Way Challenge, Wisconsin, Woods

This is the last week of Cee’s Which Way Challenge. I have greatly enjoyed this challenge and would like to express my gratitude to Cee for all her fabulous challenges. She has a photography blog filled with wonderful photographs and insights.

I took this photo in Monk Botanical Gardens in Wausau, Wisconsin.

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