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The New Hotness

  • 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…