Summer foliage

Morning temperature: 65 degrees (Yay!)

Steps: 10,858

Rocks and Trees

Good ol' Manhattan schist...the rock that makes Manhattan's skyscrapers possible!

Grass and trees are always a pleasure.

At the Pond

Here's more nature at the Harlem Meer.

Morning temperature: 73 degrees

Steps: 8760

Dana Discovery Center

This is the Dana Discovery Center on the Harlem Meer in northeast Central Park. It was a hot day and as you can see from the glassy water...there was no breeze!

Morning temperature: 72 degrees

Steps: 10,002

Trails and Wildlife

Lots of trails, trees and some four legged animals too in the park.

Morning temperature: 78 degrees

Steps: 9219

Wildlife

I wasn't sure it was a turtle but I stared at it till I saw its' head pop up! Nothing like a hot summer day in the algae in the Harlem Meer in Central Park...better him than me!

Morning temperature: 78 degrees

Steps: 8918

Big Pool

This is the Lasker pool at the north end of Central Park. Each photo shows roughly half of the pool that is said to accommodate 1824 swimmers. In the winter it is an ice skating rink. There is no charge to swim but the ice skating will cost you!

Morning temperature: 72 degrees

Steps: 11,539

Picnic in the Park

I wanted a picture of me and the big tree but all I got was my left hand and part of the big tree! It's hard to set up a self timer camera shot on a rock that I had to climb up on and then run down and over to get in the shot. Four tries and this was the only part of me to get in a photo!

Looks like a good place for a picnic!

 

And there we have it...lunch on a blanket in a shady spot in the park.

The Arsenal

I had to make a stop last night at The Arsenal which is now the administrative offices at the Central Park Zoo. I have a crooked not too great photo of the entry portion to show for it.

The building was started in 1847 and was a storage place for munitions. But by 1853 the
state seized the land beneath it to become a public park (later to be called Central Park). The building survived attempts to demolish it and has been a home to offices, a police precinct and a museum over the years.

Somewhere along the way someone designed the creative banister along the front stair steps.

Central Park Saturday

I like the little Central Park details like this overpass.

Central Park Afternoon