A Bonus Day in November

 Amidst days with temperatures in the 40's, we find ourselves blessed with a day where temperatures reached above 60.  No way we could stay home, so off we went.

Months ago, Bill had saved a FB post about the Fisherman's Walk in York, so we headed south.

Parking in York is not very user friendly, signs for "permit parking only" were everywhere, although we found a 2 hour parking space along Rt 1A, near the Hartley Mason Reserve.  

This is a nice 4 acre park overlooking York Harbor Beach.

"Pleasure Ground" a sculpture by Sumner Winebaum, sits in the grass and shows little bronze people enjoying the day.  

Photo Credit: Drew Gall

The sculpture is built on a rock nearly 8' long, 4' wide and  weighs 3 tons.  The figures range in height from 10 - 12 inches.

Bill thought we were headed in the wrong direction as we walked down the path toward the beach, so we stopped to ask a woman sitting in the park with her dog, who we absolutely needed to pet.  She gave us directions along the beach, to the steps at the end and across the grass to the walk. 

York Harbor Beach

This is the beach we could see from the park above.  We even got to pet another dog ;o)

Without her directions, which we didn't follow quite correctly, we never would have found this path.  We entered it from a small area between someone's fence and some trees.

The path followed the river behind some, most likely, very historic and expensive homes, which enjoy a lovely view of the river.

It continues under Rt 103 and along a boardwalk toward the Wiggly Bridge.

The York River, which is brackish water, is on the left and Barrel Mill Pond, which is a centuries old tidal pond, is on the right.  The pond was formed when early colonists built a dam to power a sawmill and gristmill.

This path also provides access to Steedman Woods, a forested peninsula that was given to Old York by C. Richard Steedman in 1978 to be kept "forever wild".  We walked along the loop path, maybe half a mile, returning to the bridge.

The only thing missing was a bench to sit and enjoy the river view.

View of Rt 103 from Steedman Woods.  

The Wiggly Bridge...might possibly be the world's smallest suspension bridge.  It was built in 1930 and spans a mere 75' between two petite green towers.

It is indeed wiggly and fun to walk across.  There is quite a current running underneath, which used to push kids jumping from the bridge, one way or the other, depending on the tide.  That is no longer encouraged.

The pattern in the water reminds me of Titan's back end and tail.

It's so weird how something completely unrelated to him, reminds me of him.

We walked back along the path to the car, had lunch at Flo's hotdogs, yummy! and headed home.  It was another perfect day.

Thanks for stopping by...

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