Monday evening, for the first time in quite a while, Sam and I went on a walk along what we have come to refer to as our Rail Yard Loop.
This route starts at the rail yard (shockingly), goes across the Bridge of Death, then follows a main road for a little over a mile and then heads back along the canal, across a couple of side streets, back over the Bridge of Death and then back to the rail yard.
All told, it's a little over five miles long.
The part of the bike bath which follows this section of the canal has been closed for much of the fall so walking the entirety of this route was not an option. But now it's open, un-icy (due to a spat of mild weather) and not too breezy (sometimes a problem at this stretch of the canal - especially in frigid weather) so we took advantage for what is probably going to be our last walk there this year (a safe bet considering today is the last day of the year).
Anyway, we ended the walk in darkness, as is usually the case with any of our walks this time of day at this time of year. Sam and I both look forward to walking with a little more daylight as we begin the new year.
