The Air Line was once a railroad renowned for its relatively straight course from Boston to New York - "as if by a line drawn through the air." You can still find lumps of coal left over from the steam era. Today the rail bed has been converted to a Connecticut linear park and hiking trail.

At this web site you'll find over 9,000 photos and video clips of the natural environment - plants, animals, and landscapes - taken on the Air Line Trail in eastern Connecticut, from the Fall of 2001 until the present.

Recent Additions:
United Distiller's Chimney Demolition January 2013
A rare visitor  Bald Eagle at Raymond Brook Marsh
My 2013 Event Schedule Presentations, Workshops, and Shows
Magic Wings - March 2013 Butterflies and Kaleidoscopes
Logee's greenhouses Tropical flowers, May 2013 - Danielson, CT
Roger Williams Zoo Exotic Animals, May 2013

Trail - Recently completed...	Trail - In progress...
Spring 2013 - Part 13	Spring 2013 - Part 14

Trail Maps and Directions - Trail History
Martin Bartel's Air Line Rail Trail web site
Local Attractions and Lodging
2012 Hunting Seasons
Planning a Trail Project?
Links - About the Photos - About Stan - Contact Stan

"Mates" - First Prize, Connecticut Audubon Society Photo Contest, 2009.

You don't need to leave your room.
Remain sitting at your table and listen.
Don't even listen, simply wait.
Don't even wait.
Be quite still and solitary.
The world will freely offer itself to you.
To be unmasked, it has no choice.
It will roll in ecstasy at your feet.

-Franz Kafka

It's simple, really;
Becoming one with nature.
Look, listen, let go.