On Monday morning, there was light snow that had accumulated on the ground, so having the day off due to President's Day, I took Kipper my dog on a walk on the Struble Trail in Downingtown, PA. Seeing the mostly pristine area covered in white while enjoying time with Kipper was enjoyable.
My mother's family resided in New Tripoli, PA, a small town located in northwest Lehigh county. Because of that, I visited a lot during my childhood, especially to my grandmother's house, which was located on Camp Meeting Road.
The video shows a walk I took on Camp Meeting Road back in the summer of 2016. I was walking in front of my grandmother's house, which now belongs to a different family. One thing I always found so special about this street was the panoramic view of the Lehigh Valley. You can see miles of fields in the distance with Blue Mountain as the backdrop in all directions.
When I was a student at American University in Washington, DC (2004-2006), I lived in Bethesda, Maryland. During my free time, I discovered a lot of great parks to explore the outdoors. One of my personal favorite places to hike and run at was the C & O Canal Towpath, which runs 184.5 miles from downtown Washington to Cumberland, Maryland, in the western part of the state.
The part of the trail I frequented the most was around the Seneca Special Landing Park, about 20 miles or so away from Washington. I loved the serenity of the woods and the beauty of the Potomac River.
This video is of me walking the trail on an afternoon in July, 2016. The music are some of my own compositions.
This card is dedicated to Kerri Jacob, my new and dear friend from Rhode Island. Here is wishing her a wonderful 43rd birthday and a wonderful year to come!
Today, I am on a field trip with students from the ELS Language Center in Philadelphia, where I work. We are at Ocean City, NJ. Tomorrow is the official beginning of Autumn, but the weather is still warm.
Above is a picture of the ocean, taken from the Boardwalk.
In a touch football game at the Dairy Fields in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles grinded out a 22-20 victory over the Slow Geriatrics at Play.
The teams were tied at 14 with under two minutes to go when TMNT scored a go-ahead touchdown and made a two-point conversion. The Slow Geriatrics at Play were able to score a touchdown as time expired, but the two-point attempt was unsuccessful.