Monday, December 10, 2018

Sweet November ...



“Welcome sweet November, the season of senses and my favorite month of all.”  
             ~ Gregory F. Lenz

The beautiful hues of a line of maple trees color a sweet November afternoon to welcome and greet the first day of the month at Trexler Nature Preserve, Schnecksville, Pennsylvania.



Wednesday, December 5, 2018

The Sugared Trail ...


“Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer. Camp out among the grasses and gentians of glacial meadows, in craggy garden nooks full of nature’s darlings. Climb the mountains and get their good tidings, Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees …”
                ~ John Muir
                      ~ 1838-1914
The peace of a beautiful winter afternoon is palpable on a January day along the snow sugared trail of the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor (D&L Trail) that hugs the Kittatinny Ridge at Lehigh Gap.

In the shadow of the Kittatinny Ridge, also called Blue Mountain, The Lehigh Gap in Slatington, Pennsylvania, is a crossroads where the Lehigh Gap Nature Center’s trails connect two historic trails – the Appalachian Trail and the D&L Trail.

The Appalachian Trail, a foot path, follows the ridge on both sides of the Lehigh Gap, running 1,245 miles south to Georgia and 930 miles north to Maine. Running from Wilkes-Barre to Bristol, the D&L Trail passes through the Lehigh and Delaware rivers and their canals in Pennsylvania.