Exploring Amico Island

A few weeks ago, Dave and I took an impromptu evening hike at Amico Island Park which is actually a peninsula that just out where the Rancocas Creek and Delaware River meet. It's a beautiful park with wide, easy to navigate trails. Small ponds are scattered around the park, but the real stunner is the spot where the two bodies of water meet and you can see across the water to Pennsylvania, people fishing, and tons of water fowl.

A photograph from Amico Island by Laura Chenault showing a nest like structure of fallen tree branches surrounded by bare trees.
This cool natural arch nest looking mess of branches fascinates me.

A photograph of Amico Island photo by Laura Chenault with bare winter trees silhouetted against a blue sky.

A photograph of Amico Island photo by Laura Chenault across the Delaware river. Water covers a third of the foreground and a dark, cloudy, evening sky is framed by bare trees on either side.

A photograph of Amico Island photo by Laura Chenault of a shore line on a river. Sandy dirt in the foreground with bare winter trees framing the image on the left side.

A photograph of Amico Island photo by Laura Chenault of bare winter trees. A lake in the background reflects blue sky and clouds.
I thought this looked like some puzzle from a Myst style video game!

A photograph of Amico Island photo by Laura Chenault of the meeting point of the Delaware river and the Rancocas creek. A tree on either side of the frame has a sign indicated which body of water is which.
Delaware on the left, Rancocas on the right.

A photograph of Amico Island photo by Laura Chenault of bare trees reflected in water.

A photograph of an unknown white mushroom on Amico Island photo by Laura Chenault
I'm fascinated by mushrooms, and hope to be able to learn enough to forage my own someday. For now, I just take pics of them.

A photograph of Amico Island photo by Laura Chenault of the sunset sky and bare trees reflecting off a small lake.
One of the many small ponds in the park.

A photograph of some ruined equipment or a structure on Amico Island photo by Laura Chenault
Some ruins of old machinery or a structure. I'm not sure. I couldn't get any closer than this.

A photograph of the sun setting at Amico Island photo by Laura Chenault

A photograph of the sunset in water at Amico Island photo by Laura Chenault. Trees go across the top and right side of the photo.

A photograph of a black cherry tree on Amico Island photo by Laura Chenault featuring three large trunks of bare trees reaching into the sky.
This is a huge black cherry tree.

I love being outside during the golden hour. As we were walking back to the car, a horn went off and a park worker announced that the park was closing. Almost immediately the deer came out. It was "OK the people are gone, you can come out now" warning. Looking forward to visiting again!