Welcome to The Southeast Levee of Elmira, NY!

Labor Day I couldn't blog, so I grabbed a camera, a mutt (sorry Ellie), some dog yummies and headed to Brand Park, to search for the original Chemung River Fishing Access Site. It was cool and foggy, making it perfect weather for a shutterbug with Multiple Sclerosis. We went down to the riverfront and took plenty of time.

This walk can be approached from either Brand Park on Walnut Street, or Dunn Field on Luce Street. There are even a few place in between where a person can come from the dead-end roads and off-street accesses. So there is no need to overdo it, if you are disabled or elderly. Take your car and some walking shoes. Stay on the levee, and you'll be fine. The fishing access will let you drive right to the river itself.

Brand Park has been recently renovated in many ways and is clean and highly accessible. GrandDog fell in love immediately, rewarding me with a small packet to toss in the wastebin. Oh, yeah. Remember: Please pick up after your pup!

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Little Pond

The walkway is new, clean and has many benches and some pottery-based trashbins. Terra Cotta is the color scheme, and it works very well, indeed. 

Peeking over the levee

Looking back over the levee to Brand Park. The gazebo is new, too.

The Lake Street Bridge. The path through the park goes straight up it and over the river.

If you're walking the riverbank from the levee, watch for these huge holes. Guess it would be woodchuck or riverrats. All rather huge around here, and kinda cute when they sit in the sun munching. Not so nice are the riverrats in the nighttime, when I return from putting the Star-Gazette to bed. 

"A misty, moisty morning." Can't remember what poem that was. Most summer mornings at the river are fogged in. 

Can't see it here, but there's a childrens' playground among these trees. Looks nearly idyllic from the levee. Labor Day is silent in the morning.