Monthly Archives: March 2010 The story of Book’s Covered Bridge is one of rebirth and triumph. Built in 1884, the bridge has also been known as Kaufman’s Covered Bridge. Over the years it fell into disrepair on several occasions. In 1992 it was closed to traffic after an overloaded truck caused the bridge to break. It was reopened in...  This is an old farm house located on the corner of Passmore and Hoffmansville Roads in Bechtelsville, PA just north of Grandview Speedway. Google maps satellite view still shows the barn that was once located along the Passmore Road side of the farm. Someone is still farming the land and there were hay bales from...  I found this old barn at the corner of Route 184 and Caldwell Road in Trout Run, PA, a remote section of Lycoming County. The harvester wagon is loaded with corn that is commonly grown for feeding livestock, primarily hogs. It’s different from “sweet corn” which is meant for human consumption. I shot this as...  I saw this small shack near the Red Bridge Covered Bridge in Liverpool Township, Perry County Pennsylvania. It looks like it was built as possibly the cashier booth for a produce stand at one time. I love little wooden outbuildings like this. Part of my day trip through Perry County which included 14 covered bridges...  Father Osprey arrives back at the nest on the Manasquan Reservoir in Howell, NJ back on 4-18-2009. Mother Osprey was waiting quite a while for his return and had a few questions as to why he was not bringing her back a nice tasty fish. Thanks to SkeletalMess (aka Jerry Jones) for use of the...  From Wikipedia: Little Round Top is the smaller of two rocky hills south of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It was the site of an unsuccessful assault by Confederate troops against the Union left flank on July 2, 1863, the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg. Considered by many historians to be the key point in the...  I was out driving around Sullivan and Lycoming Counties in northern Pennsylvania on Saturday photographing covered bridges and barns when I stumbled across this old barn on route 184 in Trout Run in between state route 4008 and state route 613. Up to that point, the sky was pretty much clear and blue but shortly... |
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