Archive for December 2016
Africa Day Twelve: South African Beauty In The Wine Country.
One of my greatest enjoyments in life is waking up in a strange bed in a foreign land. I awake with that sense of excitement and wonder that I had as a child, anticipating heading to explore my new location. We have been on a very tight schedule on this trip, and this allowed…
Read MoreA Windy Walk On The Rails To Trails But, It Is December And It Could Be A Whole Lot Worse.
It is December now, and in many years that means snow and cold temperatures here in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Not yet this year. We have had only one snowfall of about three inches and it melted weeks ago. It was blustery this morning but a seasonable 34 degrees. Since it is deer hunting season I decided…
Read MoreIt’s A Different Look In The PPL Wetlands In December. But Still A Lot Of Birds Staying Around For Winter
I headed out to one of my favorite hiking spots, the PPL Wetlands in Salem Township, this morning. Last time I was here, just two weeks ago, it was an unseasonably warm day and I saw turtles on the water and some green vegetation along the paths. It felt more like late Spring. Not today,.…
Read MoreIt's A Different Look In The PPL Wetlands In December. But Still A Lot Of Birds Staying Around For Winter
Winter Creeps Into Northeastern Pennsylvania: A December Hike In Nescopeck State Park.
Winter doesn’t begin until eleven days but some cold arctic air made it’s way down from Canada and it sure felt wintry here in Northeastern Pennsylvania this morning. I was headed to the PPL Wetlands again. An accident, probably caused by the snow and cold weather, on the local interstate highway redirected traffic and…
Read MoreFinally, Ice And Cold Arrive At The PPL Wetlands
Just a few weeks ago temperatures were in the 70’s and I was seeing turtles at the PPL Wetlands. Not today, the unseasonably warm weather ended and temperatures plummeted here in Northeastern Pennsylvania these past few day. There was ice on the ponds and canals when I hiked there this morning. I am not a…
Read MoreAfrica Day Thirteen: “All Good Things Must Come To An End” : One Last Walk Through Capetown, South Africa.
It was my last day in Capetown, and Africa, and I had a few free hours in the morning before we had to leave for our flight home. So I was up early and took a taxi back down to explore the Capetown waterfront. It was a cool and overcast morning and the peaks of…
Read MoreAfrica Day Thirteen: "All Good Things Must Come To An End" : One Last Walk Through Capetown, South Africa.
A First Time Hike From Green Ridge To Community Park.
The forecast this morning here in Northeastern Pennsylvania called for freezing rain. I didn’t want to drive far in case the roads got icy so I thought about hiking in nearby Community Park. As I was getting dressed I recalled how my friends and I often wanted to walk out to the park when I…
Read MoreA Short Year End Wintry Walk Near Home.
Another year is coming to and end, and more often than not, it is either cold, snowy or both here in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Today we had both, a two inch snow cover on the ground and a seasonably cold 32 degrees. The clouds that blocked the sun most of the day were breaking up late…
Read MoreA Wintry Walk On The Last Day Of 2016 On The Local Rail To Trails.
It was cold and overcast this meaning here in Northeastern Pennsylvania and I decided to hike on the local Rails to Trails. This time I started at the eastern end of the trail, near the coal patch town of Hazle Brook. The cloud formations obscured the early Winter sun making for, I hoped, some good…
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