A fall walk on the Indianapolis Water Canal

Hubby and I finally got a day off that we could enjoy. Even though its a frigid Thirty-Three Degrees Fahrenheit day, we decided to go for a long walk on the beautiful water canal. It's located in downtown Indianapolis.

We got on the canal where our 9-11 Monument is at. Our city received beams from the actual Twin Towers. The bronze eagle on top of the closest beam faces east towards New York.

It is a sad but needed reminder to mankind. I hope that day is never forgotten.

There are so many beautiful things to see on the canal. I never feel like I've been there too many times.

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I had not noticed before that they have maps up of the canal, I assume they are new.

We ventured off of the canal and into downtown but it didn't last long. I did snap a few photo's though. One of these days, we'll have to take you for a walk through downtown. We have some beautiful buildings there.

The sun even tried to peek out at us about this time but it wasn't out for long.

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I'm not going to lie, we were pretty chilly at this point and we thought about going back to the car. We decided to push forward though and got back on the canal. We figured walking would keep us warm enough. I'm glad we did too because I always like to see all of the canal when we go.

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The canal is also home to our USS Indianapolis Memorial. It sunk in 1945 during World War II. There was an estimated 1,200 sailors on board but only 317 of them survived.

Even though I am not a winter person, I do find myself loving fall. I know its the beautiful colors that come out this time of year that pull me in.

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I didn't expect to see much potted plant life looking lively but we did see some that seemed to be hanging on. Hubby and I laughed because they look a bit like lettuces. And they could have been as far as we know. lol

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I know you want a closer look at that water feature and the fish that live below it. :)

I'm thinking @old-guy-photos must have walked by here because these don't belong in the city and I didn't see any trees that might have them close by... Paul, have you been in my neck of the woods? :P

I took these last few photographs as our walk came to an end. We were happy we went but we were also happy to return to our warm car. :D

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Photographs taken by @debralee with a Canon G7X Mark II

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