Took a late evening stroll at the Kinderhook Creek Preserve in East Nassau today. The preserve makes the perfect spot to visit when I am short on time because it is located within 5 minutes of my house and offers up a nice walk on an ever growing trail network being built by the Rensselaer Land Trust.
I first followed the white trail from the parking lot over to the newly marked blue trail. Since my last visit in spring, the trail is not only marked but very well cared for and offers up bucolic views to nearby farmhouses across the fields.
Where creeks meet. The blue marked trail leads to the point, a beautiful picnic spot where the Tsatsawassa Creek drains into the Kinderhook, complete with a picnic table.
The blue trail terminates at the point, but the black marked SAY trail continues along the Kinderhook Creek.
The creek views from the trail are very nice and quite serene.
There are a few small stream/ wet crossings along the SAY trail, with small, hand built, rustic bridges to help.
At a bend in the creek, the water quickly turns into a small series of scenic rapids and fast water.
A glance upstream at a small rapid.
The SAY trail leaves the creek after a short distance and then heads up into a dark hemlock forest.
I continued on a series of trails that meander through these handsome woods. Many of the trails follow old woods roads and offer up a true sense of wilderness.
Once on the yellow trail, I finally emerged from the dark woods and found pretty skies to the west, just minutes after the official sunset.
The yellow trail skirts along the far west edge of the preserve, closely following beside an old stone fence.
A peaceful and quiet 2 mile walk on yet another very humid, but fairly comfortable night.
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