Leg 19, 20 July 2008

Parked at the town park at Magoo Park, walked to the end of the last walk by the RR tracks on Gradiners Woods Rd. Total distance walked 3.4 miles.

This was the shortest of our walks so far and also the longest drive.

Another warm morning even with an early morning start, this walk involved a hill on 156 and then wooded Gardiners Woods Rd which does not ave one house on it, though it looks like some development might be going on.

The open climb up the hill was hot we rested for a spell on the dew wet grass near the ball field and then went down the shaded G Wood Rd which had a nice breeze from the sound. Saw a single deer way off in the distance. D of course found a baseball and she carried that up the hill.

On the return we took a quick detour right on Ridge View(?) rd to Oswegatchie RD and then back along a maze of roads along the river, used to be the main road when the old bridge was there. Waited a bit to see an Amtrak cross that RR drawbridge.

A few days before this walk we went to a beach off Shore road and the only public (ie: 'no trespassing' sign free) place where there were also no " no dog" signs and thus the only place I could find where you take a dog on the water. this was a small parking lot with acres and acres of sand flats, pools of clean water from the sound and even some waves from the sound. D loved it and I wish that I had found this on the previous walk.