Red Oaks Mill Dam Ice

Custom-trimmed icicles festoon a tree trunk lodged over the crumbling Red Oaks Mill dam:

Red Oaks Mill Dam - ice formation
Red Oaks Mill Dam – ice formation

Last September those logs were in the same position:

Wappinger Creek - Red Oaks Mill Dam - 2016-09-23
Wappinger Creek – Red Oaks Mill Dam – 2016-09-23

The lighter debris comes and goes at the whim of the waters.

The sprayward side of this branch must have an inch of ice wrapped around it:

Red Oaks Mill Dam - ice coated branch
Red Oaks Mill Dam – ice coated branch

A quiet day for a walk…