Best State Parks in Pennsylvania. TOP 20
Best State Parks in Pennsylvania. TOP 20: Ricketts Glen, Ohiopyle, Kinzua Bridge, Nockamixon, Pymatuning, Leonard Harrison, Hickory Run, Worlds End, Tyler, Colton Point, Cherry Springs, Promised Land, Codorus, Ridley Creek, Laurel Hill, Cook Forest, Bald Eagle, French Creek, McConnells Mill, Moraine
Pennsylvania Day Trips | Disk Golf
Visiting and trying out the Frisbee Golf Course at French Creek State Park.
Camping at Hickory run state park
via YouTube Capture
Quick Little Stay at Tobyhanna State Park
We did a quick little camping trip at Tobyhanna State Park so that we could be close to Lost Trails offroad park. Our friend Jason’s wife, Beth Ann bought him an side by side offroad experience for his birthday. Jason was kind enough to invite Wilhelmina and myself along for the ride. After camping, we did a little pumpkin picking at a place we found on our way home from camping.
Here's a video I put together shortly after the Lost Trails experience:
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This video was shot with the following gear:
Sony A6500
Sony 18-105 F/4 Lens
Interview Shotgun Mic
Fotga Shutter Release Remote
Smallrig Cage
Smallrig Nato Rail Handle
SmallRig Wooden Handgrip
Neewer 7 Field Monitor
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site | Wikipedia audio article
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Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
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Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site in southeastern Berks County, near Elverson, Pennsylvania, is an example of an American 19th century rural iron plantation. The buildings include a blast furnace, the ironmaster's house and auxiliary structures including a blacksmith's shop, a company store and several worker's houses.
Hopewell Furnace was founded in 1771 by ironmaster Mark Bird, son of William Bird, who had been one of Pennsylvania's most prominent ironmasters. The site's most prosperous time was during the 1820-1840 period with a brief return to significant production during the American Civil War. In the mid 19th century changes in iron making, including a shift from charcoal-fueled furnaces to anthracite-fueled steel mills rendered smaller furnaces like Hopewell obsolete. The site discontinued operations in 1883.
In 1938 the property was designated Hopewell Village
National Historic Site under the authority of the Historic Sites Act, thereby becoming one of the
earliest cultural units of the National Park System.
Today, Hopewell Furnace consists of 14 restored structures, 52 features on the List of Classified Structures, and a total of 848 mostly wooded acres. Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site is located in the Hopewell Big Woods and bordered by French Creek State Park on three sides and State Game Lands 43 on the south side, which preserves the lands the furnace utilized for its natural resources.
2015 MASS Rattling Enduro
A little bit of video from the stages at the 2015 Mid-Atlantic Super Series Rattling Enduro in Lykens, PA. Not too sure how I feel about the under seat mounting for the GoPro though....
Bike is a 2013 KHS XC 104