Parky points out that post-Portland we should plan more peregrinations. I’m positively powered up for that! There are so many places to hike where we live….
Today let’s check out our town’s recently opened Sing Sing Kill Greenway!
Some necessary nomenclature: Sing Sing is the famous prison in our town, named after the Sinck Sinck Nation, a Native American tribe, from whom the land was bought in 1685. Ossining is our town’s name, although until 1901 the town was also called Sing Sing. The name was changed to differentiate the town from the prison. Kill is a Dutch word for inlet or stream. The Hudson Valley has lots of place names that use this word. For example: Catskills, Peekskill.
Sing Sing Kill is a stream that runs through Ossining and empties into the Hudson River. The town recently built a walkway that follows it through the forest.
To start the walk, you descend a switchback ramp down into a ravine where the stream is.
Then the walkway follows the stream for, like, forever.
Here’s Parky held aloft under Ossining’s famous twin arches. The lower bridge (undergoing some renovation) is for cars. The upper arch is part of the old Croton Aqueduct, a 41-mile aqueduct built in the mid 1800s to deliver fresh, potable water from Westchester County to New York City.
Along the walk we pass a cool cave. Maybe some of Parky’s feral brethren live there!
The trees along the ravine cling to rocks. Persistent! Just like people with Parkinson’s need to be!
‘Shrooms!
We pass under another bridge. The bright green leaves look great against the bridge’s dark underside!
Here the walkway and the stream bifurcate. Where does the stream go next?
Well, it ends up down by the train station and the prison. There’s a sign there that explains everything.
Just beyond the sign…the Hudson River! End of story! End of walk!
We enjoyed our hike…and plan to take more. Walking in the woods benefits people with Parkinson’s in so many ways!
Adding Nordic poles into your walks will help with posture, gait and initially, a cognitive dimension too.
Thanks for the great add-on suggestions! They’re terrific.
What a beautiful area you live in!! Parky is very lucky that you take him along 🙂
Yes, Beverly, the Hudson Valley is oozing with gorgeous spots. It’s so close to the Big Apple, but worlds away. Thanks always for your comments!
I like how enclosed the scenery is as it’s in a ravine. Wish I lived nearby.
Yes, Chris. It’s very snug. You can examine the rising slopes close up. Thanks for writing!
The photo of the green leaves against the dark background is a winner. I would like to bring Annie and Claire and go on the walk, too.
Come on down! Thanks for your many comments!
Another great walk for you and Parky in Ossining is “The Museum In the Streets” which consists of 25 numbered signs s with explanatory text and historical images of the buildings and other structures of Ossining’s Downtown Historic District. This self-guided tour begins with a map located next to the Open Door Medical Center on Main Street. Take a cell phone photo of this map and refer to it to guide you to the locations of all or as many of the stops as you want to see on a given day.
Thanks, Miguel! We’ll check it out!