The Tayamentasachta: A Center for Environmental Studies is owned and operated by the Greencastle-Antrim School District. The Center is located next to Middle School and used to provide practice experiences and educational resources for students and the community. The path at the creek goes directly to the school and is used by students and teachers for environmental studies classes. The […]
Trough Creek State Park is a place that I want to go back too. I loved my time here but I believe that my ankle was hurt because I know that I was limiting the hiking that I was doing. But as you can see from the three pictures above the place is lovely and this is just as you […]
Fort Hunter Mansion and Park is just outside Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The history of the area goes back over 9,000 years as a fishing village for Native Americans to a grist and mill settlement to a Fort to frontier village to part of the Pennsylvania canal system to a dairy farm. A walk around this park is a loop into history. […]
The Big Spring State Park has been used as a rest area since the early 1900’s. It was developed in 1936. As I walked around the park, all I could think was that this would be the perfect place to have a Wedding during the Covid19 time frame. It has this great big shelter which using every other table could […]
The Boyd Big Tree Preserve Conservation Area in Dauphin County is just over 2 miles away from Fort Hunter Mansion and Park near the historic capital of Harrisburg. The Preserve was donate by Alexander Boyd in 1999, with a restrictive covenant. It can only be used for conservation, education, and non-motorized recreational activities. The exception is motorize wheelchair and motorized […]
Located up the mountain from Raymond B. Winter State Park, the area is wonderful and relaxing. I loved this park and just breathed in the smell of the area brings in a calm relaxing feeling of complete joy. There are a few little trails that run through the park that are great to explore but this camp area is wonderful. […]
Swatara State Park is beautiful but without a good pair of hiking shoes, a horse, a canoe, or a bike; then you will have a hard time enjoying this park. The park is filled with wonderful trails for mountain bikers… The Swatara Rail Trail for hikers, bikers, and horse riders. The trails all through the park including a water trail. […]
Just down the street from Raymond B. Winter State Park, I had lunch at Sand Bridge State Park. It only has about 4 to 6 spots to park. But I loved it here. It had the wonderful Rapid Run!!! With a bridge that took you over it to a picnic areas. Up a little trail to the second picnic area. […]
As I drove into the park, my eyes feasted on the beauty of it. The tall streets, the picnic areas, rock walls, and so much more. Before you even get out of the car, you have these great views of the lake and picnic areas. Plus Rocky Walls as you enter the park. Two of the parking areas are across […]
I arrived at the park on a wonderful warm day. The water was clear and since the children were back in school, it was pretty empty which allowed me to social distance without any problems. It was a wonderful place to have my afternoon meal while watching the water and the birds. After a nice little meal, I took a […]