Big Bromo - Bigger Than Big Ben

Its clockface dial diameters are twenty four feet,  a foot wider than Big Ben in London. Meet Big Bromo, the Emerson Tower, built in Baltimore by Isaac Emerson, the inventor of Bromo Seltzer.

                             The clockwork gears and brass pendulum shaft going through the floor.

Terrapin Park, Kent Island, Maryland

Terrapin Park is a small wetlands, meadow and beach front park on the shore of Kent Island, directly across Chesapeake Bay from Sandy Point State Park. It is operated by Queen Anne County. There is a parking permit fee, and big fines for violation, but it is nice. The shot of the Bay Bridge was taken in the afternoon when a storm was on the western shore and moving across the bay. The other shots were taken in the early morning and are just a few examples of the wildlife I saw.

                                                  Bay Bridge, looking southwest..

                                     Horsehoe crabs spawning on the bay shoreline.

 

                                                                    Blue Heron

                  Deer in the meadow. We stared at each other for several minutes from about ten yards.

Liberty Reservoir - Morgan Run Section

Today I hiked ten miles around this arm of Liberty Reservoir, west of Rt. 32. I didn't intend it to be ten miles, but it turned out that way. I took a few unintended detours. The trail is not poorly marked. It isn't marked at all, and a lot of forks in the trail, often a fire road, can send you on a loop, or down a dead end.
So, if you do hike there, get a good map with detailed directions. GPS wouldn't hurt either. That said, the weather was good and the scenery pleasant and shady. There was one ford across a stream that required wading shin deep. If you hike in boots, carry hiking sandals for that passage. You'll be glad you did.

This view came near the start of the hike.

                   This view of the Rt. 32 bridge, looking east, came near the end of the hike.
                                  More photos from the trail can be seen at this link.

Brighton Dam - Tridelphia Reservoir

Hiked a few miles along the shoreline of the Tridelphia Reservoir today. Only sounds were the birds singing, the fish jumping in the coves, and the water lapping at the shore. Very peaceful, not many people, which surprised me since it was so nice out. I also saw a big deer.

                                                                   Fishing camp

Back Alley Annapolis

Cryptozoology

                                       Beached rock whale eating a pine sapling.

Big Gunpowder Falls

                                        Somebody is up the creek without his kayak.

Beautiful day for hiking this park. Cool temps in the 60s made the steep trails tolerable.