White Blazed Rocky Trail – Rocks State Park

White Blazed Rocky Trail is a about a 2.25 mile long trail in Rocks State Park. There is some climbing and descent to the trail. I walked the trail on a weekday when traffic was minimal. 2 Runners and another walker were encountered during this walk. This walk started at the park office. There is parking at the park office and […]

Digital Image of the White Blazed Trail at Rocks State Park

Digital Image of Gnome Hill and Refreshment Stand

See Gnome Hill – Traveling the Torrey C Brown Trail

See Gnome Hill at the 11.6 mile marker in White Hall, Maryland. There is an assortment of gnome’s on site. One Gnome can be seen working the swing shift. Often, the traveler will see a refreshment stand in operation at this same location. Snacks and drinks are usually available. The fact is, it does one time the products have been put […]


Lake Williams – Jacobus Pennsylvania

Lake Williams – Jacobus Pennsylvania has a boat launch, picnic, parking area off of Water Street. This is a view of one of the picnic areas and the lake. We usually do a soft launch of our kayaks from this area. We launch and use Hurricane Santee Sport 126 Kayaks. There is a boat launch (for trailered boat launches) to the left […]

Digital Image of View of Lake Williams - Jacobus Pennsylvania

Digital Image of Heritage Rail Trail Park - 13 Mile Mark

Glatfelter Station – Heritage Rail Trail Park

Glatfelter Station – Heritage Rail Trail Park is a bit further North and off to the East (via side access driveway) of the trail from the 13 mile marker. The parking lot is clean, has a portable restroom, and a map board! Further up the trail at the 15 (2 miles from the 13), is the Howard Tunnel. On this particular […]


Santee Kayaks – Lake Williams – Jacobus Pennsylvania

Santee Kayaks are our chosen brand of kayaks. We have 2 each of the Hurricane Santee Sport 126 Models. This is our fifth trip out with these wonderful kayaks! First trip this 2015 Season. When we shopped for kayaks we chose the Santee because of it is well built! We went for the Sport model because the Sport mode features a […]

Digital Image of Santee Sport 126 - Lake Williams - Jacobus Pennsylvania

Digital Image Taken from the Susquehanna State Park Boat Ramp

Susquehanna River – Downstream

Susquehanna River – Downstream   A view of the river, boaters, Interstate 95, CSX, Maryland Route 40 and Amtrak Bridges. With a nice day we took a ride out to the Susquehanna State Park in Maryland. We walked the Susquehanna Ridge Trail (Blazed in red) starting at the Southern end Lapidum Boating Facility. The trail is a nice walking trail with climbs and […]