Archive for January 2021
A Cold December Hike To Anson B. Nixon Park In Kennett Square
On the morning after my recent visit to Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square I awoke early at the Fairfield Hotel on East Baltimore Pike. I decided to walk to the Anson B. Nixon Park on the outskirts of the town. I had visited this local community park on my last visit in July. Located near …
Read MoreA Couple Of December Hikes in the PPL Wetlands
I haven’t had a lot of time to post here on my blog these past few weeks but I’m finally catching up on some of my hikes. So here are some photographs and thoughts from a couple of December hikes I took in the PPL Wetlands in Salem Township, Luzerne County, one of my favorite…
Read MoreCold Weather Visitors In My Backyard
I haven’t seen any bears or migratory song birds these past two moths. The bears are hibernating and the song birds have flown south. But I still have had some cold weather visitors in my backyard here in Hazle Township, Luzerne County. My bird feeders have not suffered any assaults from the bears that usual…
Read MoreA Visit to the Rain Swollen Susquehanna River.
As I mentioned in a previous post, a nor’easter snow storm followed by a heavy rain storm flooded our streams and rivers here in Northeastern Pennsylvania last month. The day after the Christmas rain storm I drove to the PPL Wetlands in Salem Township, Luzerne County to observe the rain swollen Susquehanna River. The swift…
Read MoreJanuary Sunshine At The PPL Wetlands
Many days this month were dreary here in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Cloudy, windy and cold they were. It was nice to see clear blue skies when I awoke last Saturday morning. It was a cold 18 degrees here in Hazle Township, Luzerne County. But I knew that the clear skies meant there would be abundant January…
Read MoreA Wintery Hike On The Broad Mountain In Carbon County
The weather forecast called for clear skies and cold temperatures last Sunday. I decided to drive to the Broad Mountain in Carbon County and hike out to the overlook atop the Lehigh River Gorge. It was partly cloudy and a cold 25 degrees when I arrived early in the morning at the State Game Lands…
Read MoreJanuary Thaw? A Hike At The PPL Wetlands
Most years in January, when I was growing up here in Northeastern Pennsylvania , after a few weeks of frigid arctic air, we would have a “January thaw”. This year we haven’t had any real frigid arctic weather so I am not sure if the mild weather we had again last week can be called…
Read MoreNot Much Frozen Water In The Lehigh River Gorge
Usually, in January, there are many forms of frozen water here in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Snow, sleet, and all kinds of ice. Not this year, another mild Winter has resulted in only light snow cover and only at the highest elevations near my home in Luzerne County. On my hike in the PPL Wetlands last Saturday…
Read MoreA Last Minute Decision To Visit Our Nation’s Capitol
As a citizen of the United States, I watched with horror and sadness at the insurrection that resulted in the loss of life and desecration of our Nation’s Capitol in Washington DC two weeks ago. And for the past year I watched my Nation suffer from the Covid-19 virus which caused over 400,00 deaths. Difficult…
Read MoreWinter Returns To The PPL Wetlands And Riverlands
The mild weather we’ve had this Winter continued this past week, until a cold front moved though our area on Friday . I awoke Saturday morning with a temperature of 18 degrees and a strong northwesterly wind at my home here in Hazle Township. Skies were mostly clear. There was a dusting to a half…
Read MoreSunshine, And Some Ice At The Lehigh River Gorge
The cold air that started to filter in Northeastern Pennsylvania on Friday, settled in Saturday night. I awoke on Sunday morning to clear blue skies, a strong wind a frigid, but average in these parts, 18 degrees. I decided to return to the Lehigh River Gorge in Rockport to see how much ice had formed…
Read MoreInauguration Day In Washington DC: A Morning Walk Amid Heavy Security
I awoke early Wednesday morning, the third time I was in Washington DC on Inauguration Day. I was in law school in Washington when President Regan was inaugurated for his first term in 1980. And I was in the city for President Trump’s inauguration four years ago. Being near, and observing, this peaceful transition of…
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