BIKE TRAILS

There have been a number of times so far that I’ve gone to some Bike Trails that are around my area to ride and check out what’s there and what they look like. This is just one of the many, many bike trails that are around here. This Trail is the Ephrata-Warwick Trail and it

LEAF PEEPIN’ AT FRENCH CREEK STATE PARK

At this time of the year, I never get tired of seeing Nature at her best. I hope you enjoy these. Thanks for stopping by. Les

COAL REGION COLOR

While Eileen was having some lunch with her long time High School friends from Minersville, PA and I was not really interested in sitting and listening to the ladies talk of everything, I dropped Eileen off and headed out into the Coal Region wilds to see what color is there at this time of the

BIKING THE TRAILS

Over the passing years, riding the many, many bicycle trails has become a favorite pastime for many of us that want to get some exercise & enjoy nature at the same time. I’m just one of them. Around my area, and not to mention, in almost every state there are so many bike trails you

DELIVERING THE PAPER

Hi there, fellow readers. Hope all of you are doing well & in good spirits. For this post, I had to reach way back into my minds eye & memory. It comes from the early 60’s when I was a teenager around 13 yrs. old. It was a good time for me back then. I

HIDDEN AWAY!

Back in the middle 50’s when I was growing up in Hamburg, PA the area here that you see did not look anything like it does now. This place is deceiving to the eye. To the left of this Image is the Hamburg Swimming Pool & out of the picture. The Pool is one place

OLD TRACKS

Located outside the small town of Leesport, PA is this railroad that has been here for so long. Once used to haul Coal & other goods via steam train in the past, it is no longer used at all. The tracks just sit there rusting away. The tracks extend all the way into Leesport where

RIDING THE TRAILS

Over the past few days I have been snooping around my area to see all the many different bike trails that are available for us to use. There are so many of them. The one that is the biggest is the Schuylkill River Trail that runs from Pottsville, PA all the way down into Philadelphia.

AFTER IDEA

A few weeks ago we got some very heavy rain around my area from what was left over from Hurricane Idea. The storm flooded a bunch of places, created some damage, washed out a few roads, and messed things up a bit. Here, now that the storm is gone, the old Union Canal has water

GHOST BIKE

While I’m driving around from one place to another in my car, I’m always on the look for photogenic opportunities that may interest me. Most of the time, I don’t have my Nikon or Pentax camera with me, so I use my Cell Phone camera to capture something I see. While driving down to a