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Every time we have to go out in the afternoon, we tell ourselves we should do it more often, but being creatures of habit, like the cats, we seldom leave home after midday.
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Afternoon light is altogether different and very worth making the effort.
Yesterday’s gloomy start and promise of rain turned into such a fine afternoon, we felt it would be wrong to waste it, so we took the initiative and went to locate the Dix Bridge and Hudson Crossing Park.
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The bridge is just the other side of Greenwich where we go all the time and we’ve driven past the turnoff to this park often. How has it taken us nearly 7 years to discover the place?
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Well, we wouldn’t want to have discovered everything at once, would we?
It’s a pedestrian bridge, so perfect for viewing the Hudson river.
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Without the presence of noisy traffic, the only sound was the rushing of water over rapids.
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It will be the ideal spot to view the river when next it floods or freezes, though I am happy to watch a river in any state. Soon the leaves will provide a particular spectacle and there will be migrating geese and other birds.
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Across the river, there is a small park and a path through the woods that even has a couple of benches where elderly walkers can rest if necessary. (It wasn’t!)
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We came upon a tree with strangely-shaped leaves which seems to have answered a question I have long had. What does a tulip tree look like? I’d heard about them and always wondered, did they have tulip-shaped flowers? Somehow I never got around to checking, but according to PlantNet, here it was. I suppose the name comes from the shape of the leaf.
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This was a crossing point long before the invaders arrived.
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With their commerce and mills.
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A real turtle I saw later on submerged as soon as the camera was activated, but this one wasn’t going anywhere. Curiously, it had a mouth full of acorns.
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Returning to the car, we turned left where I expected to go right and headed further away from home.
“Where to now?” I asked.
“You’ll see!” I was told.
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We have lived in Norfolk for 13 years, and still have so many places left to discover. I like the bridge and the path. That is somewhere I would enjoy walking.
Best wishes, Pete.
Thank you, Carolyn, for the interesting post with a cliffhanger. I love the river and the bridge, the sound of water, and the inviting pathway.
Joanna
Ooh, intriguing… 😊
My uncle’s name was Dix
I see a warning sign about drunken cyclists on the bridge.
The bridge, river, and the small park – you are lucky to have it so close to home. And a tulip tree? Never heard of it before. But you’re right; the leaves are very similar to that of a tulip – nature is simply amazing! I am excitedly waiting to see where Grant is going to take us next …
That footbridge is the same width as traffic bridges on old Route 66 in Oklahoma🤣