Mar 27, 20222 min read

Lower Windsor Township: Tome's Lane

Tome's Lane, York County. Summer 1978 Next to the house where I grew up on Mt Pisgah Road, York County, PA was a long, sloping gravel...

Mar 17, 20222 min read

Lancaster County: Kurtz Mill Bridge

Kurtz Mill Bridge, Lancaster Central Park January 2020 View from Kurtz Mill Bridge, Lancaster Central Park January 2020 The effect of Hurricane Agnes in 1972 on historic structures in the Susquehanna Valley was brutal. One victim was Kurtz Mill Covered Bridge which was lifted from its foundations on the Conestoga Creek and found smashed up downstream. A Mr. David Esh restored it in 1975 and gifted it to Lancaster County Central Park where it spans Mill Creek a short dist

Feb 27, 20222 min read

Wrightsville: Susquehanna Tidewater Canal

Tidewater Canal, Wrightsville. April 2021 A discovery This photo was taken after high water (almost flood) on the Susquehanna. The old...

Feb 22, 20222 min read

York County: Glatfelter Station

York Heritage Trail, near Glatfelter Station, York County. January 2021 Following the ancestor The sections of the York Heritage Rail...

Feb 9, 20223 min read

Columbia: St Charles Furnace

St Charles Furnace, Columbia (Northwest Lancaster River Trail). January 2021 Near the start of the Northwest Lancaster County River...

Jan 31, 20222 min read

Wacky Day at Eastern York High School

Eastern York High School. 1974 Dusting off memories I think I have this photo somewhere, but this is a photo of the photo posted by one...

Jan 20, 20222 min read

Lancaster County: Vinegar Ferry

Vinegar Ferry, Marietta, Lancaster County. December 2020 Another name victim Walking the Northwest Lancaster County Trail in winter can...

Jan 15, 20223 min read

Susquehanna River: Brunner Island

Brunner Island Power Plant. December 2020 Deadly addiction by the numbers Southcentral Pennsylvania is awash in power. Consider the...

Jan 8, 20224 min read

Lancaster County: Chickies Rock

Looking up from the Northwest Lancaster County River Trail. December 2020 A place to return to (the curse of potato bugs...

Jan 1, 20223 min read

Lebanon: Union Canal Tunnel

Union Canal Tunnel, Lebanon. December 2020 [from FB post: December 15,2020] An engineering marvel in its time (1828) it was only used for about 60 years. It helped connect Philadelphia with Harrisburg. It actually goes under the hills that divide the waters that flow to the Delaware River (Tulpehocken Creek) and the Susquehanna (Swatara Creek) In the age of canals during the mid-19th century, the Union Canal connected Reading (and by extension, Philadelphia) to Harrisburg

Dec 27, 20213 min read

Lancaster County: Jackson's Sawmill Bridge

Jackson's Sawmill Bridge (1878), Lancaster County. December 2020 [from FB post: December 15, 2020] The only bridge in Lancaster County...

Dec 11, 20213 min read

Lancaster County: Chiques Creek

Chiques Creek, Lancaster Junction Rail Trail, Lancaster County. December 2020 The name Chiques (also Chickies), as pointed out by my...

Dec 7, 20212 min read

Lancaster County: White Cliffs of Conoy

White Cliffs of Conoy, Lancaster County. December 2020 When pollution is beautiful During those long pandemic walks with my brother, we...

Nov 24, 20214 min read

Lancaster County: Ephrata Cloister

Ephrata Cloister, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. November 2020 Rachel, Micah, Conrad and the end of the world Long lockdown walks took...

Nov 18, 20214 min read

Lancaster County: the Enola Low Grade Line

Martic Forge Trestle, Lancaster County, PA. November 2020. The Great Wall of China can be seen from space - so can the gouge across...

Nov 15, 20214 min read

Lancaster County: covered bridges

Erb's Mill Covered Bridge (1849). Lancaster County, PA. November 2020 Of "natsukashii" memes, libertarians, and compulsive behavior...

Nov 9, 20213 min read

Susquehannock State Park: the Pinnacle Overlook

This is the Pinnacle Overlook, part of Susquehannock State Park in Lancaster County, PA. Half of the "big lockdown" during COVID for me...

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"A stone with no moss" has been my motto. My experiences and commentary from travels both near and far. No hate, unfiltered.

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