Showing posts with label river. Show all posts
Showing posts with label river. Show all posts

Monday, August 7, 2023

Summer Riverscape ...

“The life in us is like the water in a river.”

       ~ Henry David Thoreau

            ~ 1817 ~ 1862

            ~ “Walden”

              ~ published 1854

Folks enjoy a sun splashed late July afternoon on the Lehigh River along the Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor (D&L Trail) on a perfect day in summer, my most favorite of seasons.

I captured this shot this after setting out from the Cementon Trailhead of the D&L Trail in Cementon, Pennsylvania, part of the Asher F. Boyer Eagle Trail section of the D&L.

Running from Wilkes-Barre to Bristol, the D&L Trail passes through the Lehigh and Delaware Rivers and their canals in Pennsylvania.


 

Wednesday, December 29, 2021

Sunset Mirrors The Lehigh ...

“Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn.”

           ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

                ~1803-1882

A gorgeous mid-December sunset mirrors in the Lehigh River along the Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor (D&L Trail), Easton, Pennsylvania. The faint lights from buildings along the river can be seen in the distance.

 

I captured this after setting off from the Forks of the Delaware Trailhead of the D&L Trail at Delaware Canal State Park.

 

The Forks of the Delaware is the confluence of the Delaware and Lehigh Rivers where Phillipsburg, New Jersey and Easton meet; it is where the Lehigh River merges into the Delaware River.

Phillipsburg and Easton are both historic Delaware River Towns. Phillipsburg was established March 8, 1861 and was named for William Phillips, an early settler of the area. Easton was founded in 1752.

The trail is positioned between the Delaware River and Delaware Canal, which was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1978. The site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America.

Running from Wilkes-Barre to Bristol, the D&L Trail passes through the Lehigh and Delaware rivers and their canals in Pennsylvania.


 

Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Morning On The Colleton River ...


“Let us cross over the river, and rest in the shade of the trees.”
      ~ Stonewall Jackson
        1824-1863
  ~ The last words of Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson, who served as a Confederate general (1861-1863) during the Civil War, and became arguably the best-known Confederate commander after General Robert E. Lee. Jackson played a prominent role in nearly all military engagements in the Eastern Theater of the war until his death, and had an important part in winning many significant battles.

The still beauty of a spring morning in the Lowcountry flourishes along the Colleton River in Beautfort County, South Carolina on a late May day in Dixie.