Ladee's Travels

Beautiful sunset light highlighting thistle while butterflies kissed each flower.  I couldn't get enough! I am sending the multiple views to you so that you could see how pretty they were.  I recognized the butterflies from the Butterfly Pavilion in Phoenix.  I don't remember these from growing up in this area, but it is probably because I didn't pay very much attention back then.  And we are more politically correct.  "Weeds" are now called "Wild Flowers".   These are all developed "in camera" with very little post processing.  The photos are of the same group of thistle with different camera settings.

Ohiopyle State Park is at the southern end of the Laurel Ridge.  The Falls are on the Youghiogheny [yaw-ki-gay-nee] River Gorge and are the centerpiece for Ohiopyle.  The "Yough" [yawk] has some of the best white water boating in the eastern United States.  The Park offers bicycling, mountain biking, rock climbing, horseback riding, fishing, hunting, picnicking, white water boating, and wildlife watching.  Sledding and snowmobiling are also available, weather permitting. This is a panoramic of the Falls area.  There are multiple deck layers providing great viewing areas.  Ohiopyle Falls, Ohiopyle State Park, PA - 2014  I saw this sign in the planter. It explains that The Yough flows north and carries seeds from the south.  The area has conditions that allow the seeds to take hold, and you will see plants in this area that you cannot see around other areas in PA.   Little cones.  Mom said that this has alread...

These photographs were taken as we drove from Jumonville to Ohiopyle. We left Jumonvilled and stopped at the flashing red light intersection on the Summit. Here is the Summit Hotel at, yes you guessed it, the summit. I took this though the window, grabbed the camera and clicked.  This is a mild warning about the Dangerous Mountain Road ahead. We drove in to Kentuk Knob, the location of a Frank Lloyd Wright home, to see what we could see but we couldn't see much for free.  We didn't have time to tour the house but did see an incredible unexplained tree.  This is just off of Kentuk Road. These types of fences are typical in Pennsylvania. The mist rising off of a pond in Chalk Hill.  Stone barn with a glazed tile silo along "Chalk Hill Ohiopyle Road".   The road turned in to Kentuck Road and stopped at Farmington Ohiopyle Road, Route 381.  The road becomes Water Street in Ohiopyle.   After Ohiopyle, we were finding...

I spent many weeks as a camper and a counselor at the camp at Jumonville.  I love to visit.  I researched wikipedia, and while the camp is listed, there are no photos.  I intend to put the current ones online, and add some historical ones from my time spent there.  Several friends are open to contributing also, so we should have a nice collection.  The entry gate looks beautiful with the pathway cut showing the cross on the top of the mountain.  This wasn't cut when I attended camp in the 70s.  It is a great idea because the tree growth would block the view. Small group conversation areas are scattered around the property.  The large Wesley Hall is in the distant background. Asbury Dining Hall.  I can still hear that large bell ringing when it was mealtime. Two small cabins are now used for Crafts and Pottery.  The property has been upgraded to be very accessible. You will see ramps throughout.  I was only a few pi...