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Fly Eagles Fly! Football, Family And Philly
In addition to my love of the outdoors, travel, reading and a lot of other things I am also an avid Philadelphia Eagles football fan. Have been since I started watching them with my dad when I was about six years old. Well the Eagles made it to the playoffs this year , and…
Another Winter Walk Along The Lehigh River
The arctic weather continued on Sunday here in Northeastern Pennsylvania. I awoke in the morning to find a temperature of -4 degrees at my house. The wind had subsided and the clear skies meant we would have some sunshine. I knew it would be cold but I wasn’t staying inside. I decided to return to …
A Frigid Hike At The PPL Wetlands.
We had frigid weather here in Northeastern Pennsylvania these past two weeks. Temperatures dropped even lower this morning, accompanied by bitter winds. The wind chill this morning was near -20 degrees. I actually like the challenge of hiking in these extreme conditions and decided to again visit the PPl Wetlands. It was 7 degrees with…
Crystal Ridge Memories: A Walk In “Baisley’s Strippin”
It was another cold and sunny day the Sunday after Thanksgiving. I decided to again return to my dad’s birthplace, the tiny patch town of Crystal Ridge. Some of my earliest memories were riding on the this, the only road, into the tiny town to visit my grandmother. It was bumpy road and we called…
A New Year Hike On The Lehigh Canal Trail
It was a clear and frigid start to the New Year here in Northeastern Pennsylvania. It was one degree below zero when I went out for my morning walk. The clear skies meant there would be sunshine and I decided to check out the ice on the Lehigh River at Weissport. I began my hike…
PPL Wetlands Hike: What A Difference A Week Makes
The snow stopped late Saturday here in Northeastern Pennsylvania. It left a accumulation of about three inches of powdery, fine snow . Sunday brought more frigid arctic weather with a morning low of 4 degrees. I decided to return to the PPL wetlands in Salem Township. I arrived to find a much different world than…
Cold And Snow: A Year End Walk At The Rails To Trails
The warm spell I wrote about in my last post ended on Christmas Day here in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Cold returned. Temperature plunged into the single digits this week. I had planned to drive to the PPL Wetland this morning to see how much ice developed on the Susquehanna River. A light but steady snowfall slickened the…
Christmas Eve At The PPL Wetlands. A December Thaw.
Christmas Eve is not a day for last minute shopping for me. I dislike shopping most days and wasn’t going near a store on Christmas Eve. Instead, I decided, of course, to spend my day outdoors. After a cold snap two weeks ago, we had some rain and warmer weather here in Northeastern Pennsylvania. I…
Green Ridge: A Reflective Walk On The Railroad Tracks.
It was a cloudy, but somewhat mild morning, here in the Green Ridge section of Hazle Township in Northeastern Pennsylvania on Sunday. A “balmy” 29 degrees it was. . It warmed up into the mid 30’s when I decided to hike on the railroad tracks near my house in Green Ridge. Although next to West Hazleton,…
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