Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Summer Around Town

 

  Much as I hate the heat and humidity, summer comes with some benefits.  


 Strange weather though.  Last I checked, 0 F and 0 C are not equal.  At least it wasn't hot.


 You can take Roxy to the water on a hot day, but she's pretty determined not to drink.


 McGraw Hall is still braced and gutted.  I think progress has been made.

 

Biked to Trumansburg one day.  That usually calls for a stop at Taughannock.


 

 If you get there early enough, Second Dam is a sweet spot for a swim.  Sometimes it's not even trashed.


 Gail is impressed with my multi-tasking.



 Work started on the Stewart Ave. bridge over Fall Creek.  It's supposed to be done by winter, but don't count on it.


   When the pedestrian bridge by our house was rebuilt, the drainage at this spot wasn't done right.  One day, our common council member came by when I was shoveling the muck off the sidewalk that builds up from water flowing down and pooling.  He knew of a group doing watershed improvements and put them in touch with me.


   It should drain better now.  Maybe not perfectly due to the configuration of the sidewalk, but I won't have to shovel silt nearly as often.


 About this sinkhole just a few feet away....


 I'm responsible for this section of the FLT.  I might have waited a week or two longer than I should have to clear it, but summer is busy.  No after pic, but I promise, it's improved.

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