The sign at the entrance was slightly disturbing.
No - not the DEAD END sign, the one Exile #4 is reading. It tells the story of a landslide in May 2000 that formed part of the parcel of land on this side of the Normans Kill stream.
Thanks to Google Earth's historical imagery, I've managed to make this aerial time-lapse of the event including the business that was lost and the two next door that survived.
So, that's the history. The flat area that was made by redirecting the stream following the breaking of the dam that was formed by the landslide now forms the preserve, along with some of the wooded hillside behind.
On Saturday, despite it being the middle of winter (if we can call it that), it was muddy.
Very muddy...
...in places.
Exile #2 thought these decaying fungi looked like tree-limpets:
The path winds down to the banks above the stream in the woods.
And then the vistas open to the reclaimed land and the 'newly' formed slope up to the road.
We had a rather nice walk - in spite of the mud:
and even made some music on the way:
It took me a minute to realise that this post wasn't actually about the Normans' killing anyone, or indeed that they never really made it that far west.
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I think the Normans stopped in Ireland - except for Mailer and Rockwell that is.
DeleteIs this the trail round the back of Del Lanes?
ReplyDeleteIt is indeed - the 'Dead End' in question is Normanskill Boulevard - which is the road that comes to the lights opposite Delaware Plaza.
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