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A Cloudy And Dreary Autumn Hike On The Bear Walk Trail In Ricketts Glen State Park
It’s been a few years since I visited Ricketts Glen State Park in Luzerne County, Sullivan and Columbia Counties. This large, scenic, park , over 13,ooo acres, almost became a National park in the 1930’s . Although it is only an hour from my home I’ve only visited it once since my college days. On…
Read MoreA Cold Front, A Farwell to Big Pine Key And A Slow And Scenic Drive To Key Largo.
The weather had changed when I awoke on my last morning at the Barnacle Bed and Breakfast on Big Pine Key. The cold front only dropped the temperature into the low 60’s but there was a 25 mph wind blowing out of the northwest. I drove to back to the nearby trail along the deserted…
Read MoreTropical Heat And Polar Bears? Yep, In Cochrane, Ontario Canada.
After my 4 1/2 hour drive from Mattawa, through beautiful forests and some farmlands, I arrived in the town of Cochrane Canada in mid afternoon. It was unseasonably hot with temperatures near 90 degrees. My room, at the Best Western Swan Castle Inn, wasn’t ready yet so I walked over to the nearby train station…
Read MoreSummer Beauty Of Nature At Community Park In Hazle Township.
I love to walk. I hike five mile a day during the week and seven miles or more on weekends. And I love Summer. It is my favorite time of year. These past few weeks I was able to get in a few afternoon hikes at the Community Park located near my home in…
Read MoreAnother Hike In The Heat And Humidity In State Game Lands 119 In Carbon County
The heat wave continued on Sunday morning here in Northeastern Pennsylvania. I was up early again to get my hiking in and try and beat the heat. I have not seen any black bears visit my backyard in Hazle Township Luzerne County this year. And I only saw one bear , briefly, on my hike…
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 MoreHavre 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…
Read MoreGuatemala Day Ten. Tropical Storm Sarah Changes My Plans On My Last Day At The Villa Maya Resort
The rains from Tropical Storm Sarah changed my plans on Sunday, my last day at the Villa Maya resort and in Guatemala. Torrential rains from the storm continued most of the night. It was still raining hard when I awoke. I had a late flight back home and I had hoped to spend the day…
Read MoreGreat Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Sleepy Hollow And The Emerson House, A Day Exploring Concord, Massachusetts
As usual on my travels, I awoke early my second day in the historic town of Concord. I had already learned there is so much to see and explore in this town, settled in1635, and the surrounding area. Historical, natural and literature attractions are everywhere.The ‘shot that was heard around the world” which started the…
Read MorePitch Pines, Birds, Bracken Ferns And An Old Friend, Exploring Cape Henlopen State Park In Lewes , Delaware
I was up before the sunrise again in Milford, Delaware on Sunday . This time, however, I was in my car driving to Cape Henlopen State Park in Lewes and so I didn’t get to watch it rise. It was about a 30 mile half hour drive to the park . The skies were clear…
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