Wednesday, March 6, 2019

Driving Through Sugar ...


 “The mountains are calling and I must go.”
                ~ John Muir
                  ~ 1838-1914
A vehicle drives on Pennsylvania Route 248 West through the beautiful Kittatinny Ridge, sugar dusted by a recent snowfall, on an early February afternoon at Lehigh Gap.

I shot this high contrast monochrome capture from my vantage point at the Lehigh Gap Nature Center along the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor (D&L Trail.)

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 Delaware and Lehigh Heritage Corridor (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.

Monday, March 4, 2019

Red-Tailed Winter ...


“Be inspired by your journeys traveled, and the ones yet to come.”
                ~ Sam Clark
A red-tailed hawk strikes a majestic pose against bright blue skies on a blustery December afternoon at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.