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Middle Fork of the Salmon River with Steve Zettel
Monday, July 16, 2018 Monday July 16, 2018 Visiting Ron Lowry last summer in Boise, he said, “You MUST float the Middle Fork with us next summer.” I had seen his pictures from previous years, and he has been going for 14 years, so it must be good. He goes with Steve Zettel and Idaho…
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Bike Greater Allegheny Passage
Thursday, June 21, 2018 After a night of very heavy rain, we waited until 10:00 to start biking. In the meantime I had to go see the slide, a natural shoot on Meadow Run. It is the most popular place in the park where you can slide down the river on the rocks. You are…
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Hike Kentuck Trail/Visit Kentuck Knob
Wednesday, June 20, 2018 We hiked Kentuck Trail in Ohiopyle State Park – about 4.5 miles after the rains stopped. It was cool, but very humid, and we were the first ones on the trail, so we got all the spider webs. The river is the main attraction of the park, but there are 20,500…
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Fallingwater – Frank Lloyd Wright
Tuesday, June 19, 2018 We went to visit Falling Waters, a summer house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for the Kaufmann family, owners of Kaufmann’s Department Store in Pittsburgh. The property on Bear Run was once a country club. Then Kaufmann bought it for his employees to use in the summer, who paid $1/night to…
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Ohiopyle State Park
Monday, June 18, 2018 Getting an early start, we hiked the Ferncliff Trail around Ferncliff Peninsula. This follows a big loop in the river going through a gorge. There were a few side trails down to the river. On one, we were lucky to be there when a group of rafters came through. This is…
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Tybee Beach, Georgia
May 15, 2018 We drove over the beautiful Moon River, for which Johnny Mercer wrote the song for the movie “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” in 1961. Mercer grew up here. We drove over to Tybee Island to explore. A nice lady at the Visitor’s Center told us where to go to look at pretty beach homes.…
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Savannah Trolly Tour
May 14, 2018 As we were driving out, a Barred owl flew across the road and landed in a tree. We managed to get a few pictures before it took off again. Taking the OldTown Trolly tour of the historic district of Savannah, we agreed to stay on the tour if we had a good…
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Savannah National Wildlife Refuge
May 13, 2018 Martha went for a kayak trip on the Skidaway River for about an hour and a half. She had two porpoises swim beside her for a bit. We then went to the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge. It was a hot day at 91 degrees at its peak. The sun was very intense,…
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Skidaway Island State Park
May 12, 2018 We rode our bikes to the watchtower that overlooks the Skidaway River and the Isle of Hope. There are the remains of a still from the 1930’s and mounds where the South tried to defend Savannah in the Civil War. After a quick shower, we went to Driftaway Cafe for a great…
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Beaufort, South Carolina and Hunting Island State Park
We took a long walk north on the beach at low tide. It’s amazing how flat this beach is, and thus how far the tide goes out. There are lots of shells, sea snails, starfish and little crabs. This makes great feeding for hundreds of birds. Then we headed off to Beaufort for lunch at…