Croton Dam

Today was a beautiful fall day so Alec and I decided to make a trip to the Croton Dam. We had been talking about going for a while and thought today would be a prefect day to go exploring around the area. On the way there we passed through the lovely towns of Sleepy Hollow and Ossining. They have very beautiful old buildings there that I think we will have to eventually spend a day looking around there.

The dam itself was incredible. Alec had been there before and showed me pictures of it but I didn't expect it to be so big! When you pull into the park you have to drive over this adorable little bridge and through the trees you can just make out the water cascading down the left side of the dam. After you get though the trees the dam seems to appear out of nowhere. We spent a good amount of time just staring at it and taking pictures. Eventually we sat down at one of the picnic tables and had a nice little snack.

It was a little cold so we decided to get up and walk around. We made it all the way up a huge hill to the walkway on the top of the dam. The view was incredible. To one side there was the park and to the other was a giant lake. After walking around a bit we found a trail that led back down to the park. On the way we collected leaves for a collage that Alec wants to make. I'll post pictures of that when he's finished because it is going to be awesome! 

It turned out to be a great afternoon. I took some pictures on my phone so I apologize for the terrible quality.