Archive for January 2017
A Snowless New Year’s Day Hike In The PPL Wetlands
First of all Happy New Year! Wishing all my blog followers the very best during our next orbit around our star. I hope to share some more of our planets beauty as we share this short time we have here. I decided to start out the New Year with a hike at one of my…
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Winter In The Lehigh River Gorge: Some Interesting Ice Formations And Other Cool Stuff.
We got some colder weather here in Northeastern Pennsylvania today, temperatures were in the low teens this morning. I decided to hike out the Lehigh River Gorge State Park at the Rockport access entrance to see how much ice has formed on the river. Unlike the warmer months, when the parking area is filled with…
Read MoreMore Winter Beauty: A Hike On The Old Lehigh Canal In Weissport
It was another cold day here in Northeastern Pennsylvania, a frigid seven degrees this morning. But the skies were mostly clear and we finally saw some sunshine. . I love the sun and had to get out and take advantage of it , despite the cold and wind, and decided to return to the Lehigh…
Read MoreIt’s Been A Mild January But Still Ice, And Some Snow, At The PPL Wetlands
I decided to hike on one of my favorite trails this morning, the PPL Wetlands in Salem Township. Most years, in January, I would find thick ice on the ponds and canals and a deep snow cover on the trails but we had unseasonably mild weather here in Northeastern Pennsylvania, so I found no snow…
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Silver Spring And Washington D.C. : It’s Been Awhile , A Long Overdo Visit.
Time. How often we forget that each of us is only allotted a limited amount of this precious gift. Everyone reading this post just lost a few of the approximately 22 million seconds we are given in our lifetime. And I had time to reflect on this on this truth during my visit to Silver…
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More Washington D.C.Memories : Pennsylvania Avenue, The Washington Monument, And A Concert At The Lincoln Memorial.
It isn’t often you can walk down the middle of Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington D.C. It happens only once every four years and I happened to be there to experience it twice. The first time was 36 years ago, when I was in our Nation’s Capitol attending law school during the inauguration of President…
Read MoreA Cloudy January Hike In The PPL Wetlands.
Although it had gotten colder this weekend here in Northeastern Pennsylvania, temperatures dropped into the 20’s, it was still above average and the the mild weather we have had so far this winter was evident during my hike in the PPL Wetlands yesterday. It was cloudy when I left my house, and I encountered a…
Read MoreAn Eventful Day In D.C.: A Walk Into The Past, A Presidential Inauguration, And A Visit To My Alma Mater.
I awoke early Friday morning in Silver Spring, Maryland, for the first time in three decades. I was excited to begin my walk to the house I lived in during my third year in law school. It was located about 1 1/2 miles from my hotel, on Louis Avenue. I haven’t seen it in…
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