suns along the Mohawk

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Despite seeing it often and using it in photos, it took me 15 years to set foot on Gateway Landing — a small public dock, deck, gazebo and picnic area nestled under the Western Gateway Bridge (near Schenectady County Community College), at the point where the Binnekill stream empties into the Mohawk River.  Although located in the Town of Rotterdam, Gateway Landing is literally a stone’s throw from Schenectady’s Stockade District.  It was constructed in the fall of 1994, by the volunteers of the Schenectady Action Council, and is maintained by the Schenectady Rotary Club.  Gateway Landing is used for fishing, picnicking, and the docking of small recreational boats.

.  click for early Gateway Landing history. .

And, as I expected when heading over there on October 27, Gateway Landing was a great place to get a different perspective on the lovely-but-fading fall foliage along our Stockade & Scotia stretch of the Mohawk River. [Click on a photo for a larger version and scroll over it for a description.]

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My perch at Gateway Landing also permitted a closer look than usual at the Western Gateway Bridge and the Isle of the Cayugas:

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. . . plus, a different perspective on the CSX rail bridge:

It should go without saying that I won’t let fifteen more years elapse before returning to Gateway Landing, which can be reached from the SCCC exit on the Rt. 5 Western Gateway Bridge (just past the Town of Rotterdam sign).