A summer of walks

A peaceful scene at The Abbey of the Genesee in Piffard, Livingston County.

An old railroad bridge over the Erie Canal waits in earnest for a train that will never come.

A former turning basin remains from the long-since defunct Genesee Valley Canal in York, Livingston County.

A boat heads east on the Erie Canal where the canal crosses the Genesee River in Rochester.

Mud Creek flows its way north before crossing beneath Route 96 in Victor, Ontario County.

The Genesee River cascades over the dam at the hydroelectric station in Mount Morris, Livingston County.

Stop! Have you been to Avon lately? A sign points the way at the intersection of the Genesee Valley Greenway and the Erie Attica Trail.

Stopped to pay my respects to the first settler of Chili, Joseph Morgan. His grave is located near this marker.

The Nazareth retreat house rises like an island amid a sea of dirt in Piffard, Livingston County.

A sign points the way to the Trappist enclave at the Abbey of the Genesee in Livingston County.

Thousands of vehicles pass this Chili home every day, but few ever notice it or this sign.

I came across this handiwork while walking on Boughton Hill Road in Victor back in June. Anyone remember the television show?

Walk far enough south on the Genesee Valley Greenway and you'll stumble upon this place in Piffard, Livingston County.

This adorable barn sits off to the side of Route 63 in Livingston County.

America was in a much different place back when this was a state-of-art automobile.

This guy seems to have something stuck in his throat, in the Charlotte section of Rochester.

Amber waves of grain sway in the breeze in Wheatland.

A tree offers a modest bit of shade in a field that had just begun to sprout in early June.

Crossing the railroad tracks outside Mount Morris.

A turtle gets a workout in south of Scottsville.

Passing the thirty-mile marker on the Genesee Valley Greenway.