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A Morning Walk In Historic And Scenic Havre De Grace
I was undecided where I was going to hike when I awoke in Havre de Grace, Maryland last Friday morning. I had accomplished half of the reasons for visiting this quaint, quiet and historic town. I wanted to see where the Susquehanna River ends and enters the Chesapeake Bay. I did this on Thursday afternoon,….
Havre de Grace, Maryland. Where The Susquehanna River Ends.
I finally made it to Havre de Grace this past weekend. Two weeks ago I traveled three hours north of my home in Luzerne County in Northeastern Pennsylvania and visited the source of the Susquehanna River, at Lake Otsego, New York. Last weekend I traveled one hour west of my home and saw the ancient…
It was Sunday, So Where Else? A Late August Hike Back In The Susquehanna Wetlands.
After visiting Lake Otsego in New York last weekend, the source of the Susquehanna River, and hiking to a mountain top in Northumberland County above the Susquehanna River on Saturday I was back in the wetlands along the river in Luzerne County on Sunday. I was hiking, and enjoying nature, in the private nature I…
A 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…
Lake 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…
Lake 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…
Lake 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…
The 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…
My 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…
August, 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…
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