The highlight of this preserve is certainly Black Brook, though, which is at a normal summer time low level now, even with our wet bouts of late.
Tuesday, August 20, 2019
Robert Ingalls Preserve(Stephentown, Rensselaer County)
Got out for a short, early morning stroll along the banks of Black Brook in the deep woods of the Rensselaer Land Trust's Robert Ingalls Preserve today.
The woods were bathed in early morning light, with the sounds of bird songs filling the air.
Closer to the ground, our recent wet weather means that the newts are out enjoying the summer too.
Walked a quiet and peaceful 1.5 miles at this out of the way little gem.
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It's been almost 5 years since I visited the Robert Ingalls Preserve, but I recall it as offering a really nice walk along the brook, as your photos and account describe. But what I remember most about it was learning about a remarkable kind of rock that's found over there in the Rensselaer Plateau. This rock is called Graywacke, a kind of sandstone that contains a jumble of both older and newer layers, formed when volcanic forces shuffled the older layers above the newer ones. I have some photos of this rock on my blog from November 2, 2014: https://saratogawoodswaters.blogspot.com/2014/11/new-territories-ancient-rocks.html
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