Showing posts with label Lehigh Parkway. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lehigh Parkway. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Summer Evening At Bogert's Bridge ...



“Simplicity is the glory of expression.”
                          ~ Walt Whitman
                                     ~ 1819-1892

One of the sweet, simple joys of summer is savoring a beautiful July evening at the historic Bogert’s Covered Bridge in Lehigh Parkway, Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Bogert’s Covered Bridge spans 145 feet over the Little Lehigh Creek.

Built in 1841, its history traces back to the mid-1700s when the Bogert family moved into a log cabin next to the future site of the bridge. It is the oldest covered bridge in Lehigh County and among the oldest in the country. It is open only to pedestrian and bicycle traffic, as well as the occasional rider on horseback.

Bogert’s Covered Bridge is a wooden Burr Truss bridge with vertical plank siding and a gable roof. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Summer Velvet ...



“The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.”
                 ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
                                 ~ 1749-1842

The afternoon light dances on the velvet antlers of this majestic yearling on an August day at Lehigh Parkway, Allentown, Pennsylvania.

I was happily surprised to see this young white-tailed deer buck so early in the day, as he posed for a few photos before continuing to follow a beautiful doe down the summer path.

Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Jet Blue Takeoff...


“Be inspired by your journeys traveled, and the ones yet to come.”
                             ~ Sam Clark

A Great Blue Heron prepares for a fast takeoff along the Little Lehigh Creek on an early July evening at Lehigh Parkway, Allentown, Pennsylvania.