I am very lucky to live 22 minutes from this amazing national park. As I visited during an off peak time today for my run it was really easy to find parking. I have a yearly pass. Yes, I do think we should pay a SMALL amount to park at national parks. Some find that sacrilegious but it's a small price to pay to fund programs that keep these parks protected, etc, etc.
The first picture above is simply today's "over the bridge" view of the Potomac. I found the water to have a pleasant blue-green hue. I also have two more photos from today's bridge series to include "across the bridge" & "under the bridge" of which that pleasant coloration is noted also to some extent, though the lighting & overcast day sort of changed the hue slightly from diff angles.
Across the bridge
Under the Bridge
After running over & across the bridge, yes, I did run under it for a bit and then circled back. On the initial path UP to the bridge, I ran up this small, but steep hill three times in succession because, good training, and it was the least recreational part of this run. LOL.
Then we proceed along a flat path that would lead you to the historic township of Harper's Ferry. On one side of the road, jagged out croppings of rocks grace your line of sight.
On the other side of the same road, you have this graceful creek that can turn 100% green with anaerobic algae during summer months of low rain but doesn't look like that at all right now.
Going past the town you across another major bridge over the Potomac & Shenandoah rivers. More stunning outcroppings...
Once across, you can run many miles along this canal region. In this section, you can see a more muddy looking water coloration of which is from the recent rain and melting snow but it is interesting to compare this brown to the blue-green from a couple miles upstream.
So I called this a "rec run" because I took several pictures pace and intensity was not a priority so it was more of a fun run. I ended up doing 4.10 miles in 46 something minutes which is slow for me, but irrelevant today.
Alright thanks for coming along on this #runwithme (new tag?), as I wasn't walking so we can't call it that. LOL. Unfortunately, I can't share any of the caloric burn but the sites, yes I can. 😊
all images taken by me with Samsung galaxy s8. Screenshot my own from running app.