“Remembrance, like a candle, burns
brightest at Christmastime.”
~ Charles Dickens
~
1812-1870
Travelers draw near the historic
Wehr’s Covered Bridge, Orefield, Pennsylvania, festooned in Christmas lights as
it sparkles with the joy of Christmastime on a December evening a few days
before Christmas in this rich tone monochrome shot. Remnants of a snowfall that
blanketed the region with 11.3 inches of snow a week before still cover the
ground that surrounds the bridge.
Wehr’s Covered Bridge is an
historic wooden covered bridge located in Covered Bridge Park in South
Whitehall Township. It is a three span, 117-foot-long, Burr Truss bridge,
constructed in 1841. It has horizontal siding and a gable roof. It crosses the
Jordan Creek and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in
1980.The nearby Wehr’s Dam was built in 1904.
This beautiful bridge has seen
travelers for 179 Christmastimes, but the true beauty is the reason and meaning
of the season - the birth of Christ - which is timeless and remains the same.
Merry Christmas, Happy Christmas
everyone!