I live right where the Eerie Canal and the Genessee River meet. There's a park nearby, whose green and trees makes up for the browns and murkiness of the water. There are also some paved paths along both bodies of water, so we went exploring.
Some of the more active Rochester crew and I walked along the canal tonight. We headed northwest, racing the sun to the airport. We stopped so we could watch the sky torn with sound and metal, while changing with purporanges and fading to black. We moved on.
Darkness came, and brought from me hums and walking songs. I recorded two onto my cell phone, and hope to be redoing them in some unsucktactular format soon. I need more of my own songs to sing.
We made it all the way to 390 and some railroad tracks. We turned around, as darkness had started painting the sky with stars. Trees and decay are such beautiful things. I will post pictures soon.
If you know me, or if you don't, we should walk along the river or the canal. I love these places the same way I love programming: though it may seem complicated or dirty, there is beauty living under the surface and in a certain viewpoint; you just need to learn how to find it.
Update 2004-04-20: Photos are online.
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Re: Along the Canal
the canal is one of those things that I loved about the area before I decided to stay here for a while. I'm glad you had a good time this weekend, and that you appreciate beautiful things ::grin::