Boundary Line

Pennsylvania State Game Lands 169. Upper Mifflin Township, Cumberland County.

The Gates of Graceland

The gates of Graceland have been tagged. And tagged. And tagged. Apparently it it is OK to vandalized an American legends home in Tennessee. If it wasn't moving it was graffitied. The portrait was stenciled on the crosswalk from Elvis, Inc. across Elvis Presley Boulevard to Graceland. The caricature and the love note were on light poles.

Clarysville Volunteer Fire Company

Clarysville Volunteer Fire Company. 16304 Clarysville Road SW, Frostburg, Md. Allegany County Station 14. This is the Clarysville Station 1. Station 2 is in nearby Eckhart Mines. CVFC is currently fundraising and planning on building a new station just west of Station 1. Station 1 house an engine/tanker, a brush truck a utility and a UTV.
UPDATE: Claysville Volunteer Fire Company was closed in July 2014.

Near Miss

I ain't lying when I said there were so many gulls at Conowingo Dam the were almost running into each other.

Gone Fishing

At the Conowingo Dam, when the generator pumps are running, fish get sucked in on the upstream side and get flushed out on the downstream side. Some are dead, some are just stunned. All are easy pickings for the Eagles, that's why so many hang out here for the winter.

Wild Horses

Yuengling Brewery in Pottsville, Pa., one Saturday last September. We stopped by for a tour, but passed on that when the girls didn't comply with the "No Open Toe Shoes" rule. There was quite a crowd there to see just how America's Oldest Brewery makes it's magic.

Conowingo Bald Eagles

I made my sort-of-semi-annual trip to Conowingo Dam, in Darlington, Maryland, on Friday morning. It was the first time in two years since I had been down and the first time on a weekday. We arrived just as the sun was clearing the horizon and were greeted by hundreds of gulls just swarming the generator wash. Not the best of days for eagles, though. We did see, maybe, 20 or so. This juvenile gave me the best picture opportunity when he circled around. There were 3 or 4 other guys there where I was but they had the BIG cameras and lenses. They chuckled that this juvie flew too close for them. I'm not complaining