Archive for August 2024
Sadly , It Was The Last Weekend In July At The Susquehanna Wetlands And River Lands
My favorite season, Summer marches on. It is hard to believe it is the last week of July. The mild and beautiful months of April, May and June passed so quickly. And now July was coming to an end. I decided to spend the last Sunday in July at my favorite nature trails at the…
Read MoreWalking Under The Ancient Hemlocks At Salt Springs State Park.
I wanted to explore some more of the natural beauty that is preserved in the State Parks and Forests in our Commonwealth. So I decided to visit the quaint and little known Salt Springs State Park for the first time this past weekend. Salt Springs State Park is located in Susquehanna County about 90 miles…
Read MoreAugust, And Mid-Summer, Arrive At The Susquehanna Wetlands
August arrived here in Northeastern Pennsylvania and with it the beginning of the end of my favorite season, Summer. After exploring, for the first time, Salt Springs State Park on Saturday, I returned to my favorite and familiar hiking trails in the Susquehanna Wetlands and River Lands in Luzerne County on Sunday. As usual, I…
Read MoreMy First Visit To Big Pocono State Park And The First Time I Was On Camelback Mountain in 35 years.
Last Saturday was the first time I set foot on Camelback Mountain in Monroe County in over 35 years. Well, actually I never “set foot” on the mountain before, I was on skis. . I spent many a frigid Winter night on the ski lift and then skiing down this mountain. It was only a…
Read MoreThe Song Birds Are Leaving As The End Of Summer Approaches At The Susquehanna Wetlands.
After my first visit to the Big Pocono State Park in Monroe County on Saturday, I returned to the wetlands along the Susquehanna River in Luzerne County for my Sunday nature hike. I have been hiking in this private nature preserve for about 10 years now. I discovered it after the woodlands near were I…
Read MoreLake Otsego: Where The Susquehanna River Begins.
It is raining outside so I am writing this blog in my hotel room along the shores of Lake Otsego in New York on a Saturday morning. Until a few weeks ago I had never heard of Lake Otsego. However, while doing some reading about the Susquehanna River, I learned that this scenic glacial lake…
Read MoreLake Otsego: Glimmerglass State Park, The Susquehanna River And The Baseball Hall Of Frame.
I awoke early in my room at the Lake’ N Pines hotel overlooking Lake Otsego in New York. I had hoped to watch the sunrise over “Glimmerglass Lake” the name given to this beautiful lake by the famous novelist James Fenimore Cooper. However, the skies were cloudy, but I still enjoyed a beautiful sky as…
Read MoreLake Otsego New York: A Hike On The Owen D. Young Nature Trail In Nearby Historic Van Hornesville.
It was cloudy. again, Sunday morning when I awoke in my room at the Lake n Pines Hotel along the northwestern shore of Lake Otsego New York. I had already accomplished my mission on Saturday and splashed in the headwaters of the Susquehanna River as it flowed from Lake Otsego. I had planned to again…
Read MoreA Great View Of The Susquehanna River From A Mountain In State Game Lands 84 In Northumberland County.
This weekend I was back along the Susquehanna River. Last weekend I was standing next to the small stream that flowed out of Lake Otsego in Cooperstown, New York which was the humble beginning of the mighty and ancient Susquehanna River. On Saturday I hiked up a mountain and was high above a much wider…
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