I can’t figure out why you’d want to attribute something so beautiful, so uniquely made to the Devil, so why not call it something more appropriate – so much more accurate – the Stairway to Heaven? Because if you aren’t…
A Visit to Franklin Court
There were three things we really wanted to visit on our day trip to Philadelphia, PA: The US Mint, the Liberty Bell, and Franklin Court (mostly to see the printing press exhibit / demonstration). In fact, that was the order…
Dayhiking White Rock – Northwest Slopes
I’d read about climbing White Rock, high above the Green River Lakes in the Wind Rivers of Wyoming, on SummitPost.com. From the descriptions, it sounded easiest to take the Northeast Slopes approach, climbing through meadows to the summit. Well, that…
Dayhiking White Rock – Northeast Slopes
I’d read on SummitPost.com about White Rock high above the Green River Lakes in the Wind Rivers of Wyoming. Ever since seeing the pictures from the top, I knew I wanted to do that specific hike. It sounded easy enough,…
Dayhiking Slide Creek Falls above Green River Lakes
Well, I may not be much into hiking long distances to waterfalls, but when it comes to doing it, it might as well be a waterfall worth visiting. And better yet, the view along the trail should be worth looking…
The Lakeside Trail around the Green River Lakes
We arrived at the Green River Lakes a bit late to take a hike. Yet I really wanted to do a circuit around the Lower Green River Lake. Squaretop, so I’d seen in the pictures, was so magnificent. And the…
Visiting the Liberty Bell Center in Philadelphia
A visit to the historic area of Philadelphia, PA just wouldn’t be complete without seeing the Liberty Bell (at least once in your life, anyway). So even though the one person in our group who’d seen it said it wasn’t…
Medicine Bow Aircraft Arrow – So Photogenic!
A couple weeks ago, I mentioned I’d soon post about a much more exciting aircraft arrow than the one on Pilot Hill. Well, I got sort of carried away with fall posts, but here’s the rest of the story –…
Autumn in Willowwood Arboretum
A few weeks ago, we had the fun of visiting an arboretum just outside of Chester, New Jersey. We’d visited Willowwood Arboretum once before – in the late spring – so we were all looking forward to seeing if it…
Pilot Hill Aircraft Arrow in Wyoming
In the early days of Aviation, there wasn’t radar, radios were finicky, aerial photography didn’t exist, and pilots had little choice but to know landmarks as best as they could from the sky. Thus, when transcontinental flight began to “take…