Archive for November 2024
Not A Lot Of Wildlife But A Beautiful Saturday Hiking And Exploring Sandy Hook- Gateway National Recreation Area
I was up early Saturday morning at my hotel near the Sandy Hook Gateway National Recreation Ares in northern New Jersey. I was eager to watch the sunrise and continue my exploration of this historic and scenic barrier peninsula and national park. It was mostly cloudy, windy and a lot cooler on my drive to…
Read MoreA Lot Of Birds, Garlic Mustard And Sunshine At The Susquehanna Wetlands
The circle of seasons continues to spin. I can’t it believe it’s November already. It seems it was just April and Spring was starting. The years pass more quickly as you get older. Each year spins by a little faster, and I have seen a lot of years, so they are spinning fast. After another…
Read MoreGuatemala Day One: Many Memories On My Travels From The Land Of The Lenni Lenape To The Land Of The Mayas
I decided to visit the Mayan ruins in Guatemala a few weeks ago. My usual Autumnal wanderlust set in and I was looking for a place to explore. I wanted a place that was a fairly close flight, have some history and, of course, have a lot of natural beauty and wildlife. After doing some…
Read MoreGuatemala Day Two: No Ticket For Tikal But Some Nice Hikes And A Lot Of Wildlife Near My Hotel
After my day of traveling on Friday , I awoke early Saturday morning at the Tikal Inn in the Tikal National Park in Guatemala. I heard some guests outside my room leaving for the tour to watch the sunrise from a Mayan temple at 4: 30 a.m. I had arranged f0r two sunrise tours during…
Read MoreGuatemala Day Three. Sunrise From A Temple And A Day Exploring The Ancient Mayan City Of Tikal.
I never heard of Tikal until a few weeks ago. I had learned of the Inca, Maya and Aztec civilizations in elementary school and I have visited Mayan ruins in Belize. But I never heard of Tikal. However, in wanting to flee the cold and dark of November in Northeastern Pennsylvania I was looking for…
Read MoreA Short, But Satisfying, Hike In A Dreary Susquehanna Wetlands.
When I returned from my recent visit to Guatemala last Monday, I was looking forward to hiking in the Susquehanna Wetlands on the weekend. I was even more grateful to return to the wetlands on Sunday after a two day hospital stay as a result of a salmonella and E. coli infection I must have…
Read MoreGuatemala Day Four: Another Day Exploring the Jungles and Mayan Ruins In Tikal National Park
I awoke at dawn Monday morning, my third morning at the Tikal Inn, near the entrance to the Tikal National Park in remote northern Guatemala. It was around 6 a.m. and there was no coffee in my room or in the dining room until 7 a.m. So I left the Inn without my usual caffeine…
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