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Leader Don Braves the Chill Weather at the Trailhead

The Trailhead Includes Maps of  this New Nature Sanctuary on the Shores of the Hudson River.  It is accessible from the Manitou whistle stop on Metro North's Hudson Line Railroad

Living Up To Its Name, Green Christmas Fern Adorned the Forest Understory In Much of the Preserve

The Moss-Covered Trails Meander Along the Hudson River

The Group Assembled For This Photo on a Vaulted Stone Bridge Built Over the Railroad Tracks By Edward Livingston in 1894

Due to Lack of Snow Cover This December, Partridge Berries Were Plentiful and Easily Seen Underfoot

Fire Engine Red Barberries Stand Out
Among  the Drab Colors of Winter

The Group Was Bundled up And Hardly Noticed the Weather!
Human Warmth and Companionship Make Up for the Cold Weather!

Our Way Was Guided by Tall Cairns Placed Along the Trail

Beatiful light-green Cap Mosses and Colorful Partridge Berries Covered the Rocks Along the Riverside  Trail

Our Group Stopped to Admire the Colonial Revival Home of Edward Livingston built in 1897 by architect George Frederick Pelham

Our Group Finished Their Walk Through the Preserve and From the Fast Receding Year 2001 Wistfully, As the Sun's Golden Afternoon Light Lent Peace to the Winter Afternoon

The Wintering Trees Were Leafless ...We Could  See the Promise of A New Year In the Clear Blue Skies Above

SPECIAL THANKS TO PETE ERSKINE FOR THESE BEAUTIFUL PHOTOGRAPHS!!

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