This late summer afternoon jog offered rich views from pathway edge.
.01 mi – 2 hotel employees smoking dope in closed car
1.4 mi – unique overhead perspective of passing freight train, big bore diesels belching
2.0 mi – boy and dad fishing beneath overpass
3.2 mi – lazy houseboat rumbling by
3.6 mi – teens in swimsuits gathered on granite embankment looking for courage to make that Acapulco swan
3.7 mi – massive Rockwilder led off to the side agitated jaws — lady on the other end of teather well protected
3.9 mi – early leaves beginning to turn and fall to earth

I’d been thinking my layover in Rochester would be a slam | click. I mean the place is on a cement island amidst freeway ramps. Might as well be holed up in my hotel room. NOT ! Did spot a greenway trail behind the building and — what a find! Miles and miles of pathway along the Erie Canal system. Great for jogging. Most of the original tow paths along the abandoned portions have been converted. You can’t see much of the canal water for the dense brush that has filled in but that’s okay. Green is good.