Caminito #1: Bloomfield to Newark/Harrison along the Lenape Trail

 A lovely May Thursday. I'd be mad not to use it! So I get the backpack on and take off! Finally doing the Lenape Trail!

Clark's Pond, Bloomfield.

Yanticaw Park/Booth Park, Nutley.

Belleville Park, Belleville

Path washed away by recent storms, just above Branch Brook Park Drive, Newark

Footbridge over Branch Brook Park Drive, Newark.

Of course it's safe!

Branch Brook Park, Newark.

Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Newark.

Branch Brook Lake, Newark.

Essex County Hall of Records, Newark. Hmm . . . what are those big letters on the street?

St. James African Methodist Church, Newark.

Streets of Newark.

Campus Town, Newark.

War Memorial, Military Park, Newark.

Newark Downtown over the Passaic River.

Southward view along restored riverfront walk, Newark.

They didn't knock the Ballantine House down!

Old Presbyterian church now converted to an "Innovation Cathedral" by Audible. Next door Rutgers Business school and dorm building.

The first third of my Lenape Trail caminito finished. What a wonderful walk! Newark really surprised me at the end, and I must return there for more exploring!

Kayaking on the Passaic (Lyndhurst - North Arlington - Kearny)

Took the kayak out on the Passaic today (inspired by my cousin Arthur and his fiancée Niamh).

Nice paddle downstream, but had to struggle a bit coming back up, as the tide was going out (I actually struck a rock where the second river enters the Passaic!).

Pylons crossing the Passaic

Route 9 Drawbridge Belleville-Kearny

Matthew Arnold would love this Steeple

Cheesy Grin on the Passaic

Returning to the Pier at Riverside Park

Splais!

At the Rt 9 Drawbridge

Newark in Sight