Here’s an article I wrote for the Orleans Hub<\/a> — a local online-only newspaper — about my journey walking the Erie Canalway Trail. Just in case you are one for reading and not podcasts. <\/p>\n\n\n\nInteresting comparison:<\/strong> the 1905 New York State canal system compared to today’s population concentrations. <\/p>\n\n\n\nMap of the Canal System of the State of New York — from: History of the Canal System of the State of New York … \/ by Noble E. Whitford (Albany : Brandow Publishing Co., 1906) — original size: 8 x 14 cm.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n2000 census of New York.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nAnd some of my best pictures from the trail. <\/p>\n\n\n\nBuffalo. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nNear Pendleton.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nJohnsonville. Was used as a dump for decades before saved for historic purposes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\nAqueduct near Syracuse.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nHerkimer.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nGreece graffiti. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nAdams Basin.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nNear Utica.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nGaines.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nGaines. Northern most part of the Erie Canal.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nRochester.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nScotia. Lock on left, movable dam on right. Mohawk River\/Erie Canal. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nWaterford. (Five locks within 2 miles).<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nDunsback Ferry.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pop some headphones on and go for a walk while listening to my story about one heck of a walk. Part One: I ask my mom about her favorite parts of New York. She asks me about walking from Buffalo to Albany. Part two: My mom asks me about all the odd things I saw … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,1,9],"tags":[8,4,5,87],"class_list":["post-529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advice","category-other","category-places","tag-erie-canal","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-state","tag-walk"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredstories.com\/dorknewyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/118664420_3224987520955052_8351629905531510460_n.jpg?fit=2016%2C1512&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fredstories.com\/dorknewyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fredstories.com\/dorknewyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fredstories.com\/dorknewyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fredstories.com\/dorknewyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fredstories.com\/dorknewyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=529"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/fredstories.com\/dorknewyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":595,"href":"https:\/\/fredstories.com\/dorknewyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529\/revisions\/595"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fredstories.com\/dorknewyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fredstories.com\/dorknewyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fredstories.com\/dorknewyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fredstories.com\/dorknewyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}