Baltimore Harbor Lighthouse

Baltimore Harbor Lighthouse, built 1908
Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of Magothy River
Sandy Point State Park, Annapolis, Maryland
April 2025

Gunnar Henderson

 Gunnar Henderson (4 - Bowie Baysox - AA)

Welcome to the Show

Bowie, Maryland

May 2022

Baltimore County Fire Department, Station 10

Baltimore County Fire Department, Station 10, 2325 Putty Hill Avenue, Parkville, Maryland. BCoFD is a combination career and volunteer department. The first volunteer department date back to 1878. The BCoFd began September 1, 1881. The Department currently has 25 career stations with 1000 firefighters and 29 volunteer stations with 2000 volunteers. Departmentwide they responded to nearly 145,000 calls in 2018. Parkville Volunteer Fire Company began in 1911.  Station 10's original station was dedicated in 1954, this new station opened in 2005.

Baltimore County Fire Department, Station 17

Baltimore County Fire Department, Texas Station 17, 9835 York Road, Cockeysville, Maryland. BCoFD is a combination career and volunteer department. The first volunteer department date back to 1878. The BCoFd began September 1, 1881. The Department currently has 25 career stations with 1000 firefighters and 29 volunteer stations with 2000 volunteers. Departmentwide they responded to nearly 145,000 calls in 2018. The rightside bay was added in 2006. In addition to the Engine, Truck and Brush, Station 17 houses one of the three Swiftwater teams in the county. 

Lutherville Volunteer Fire Company

Lutherville Volunteer Fire Company, 1609 Bellona Avenue, Lutherville-Timonium, Maryland. Baltimore County Station 30. Organized in October of 1909, their first station was a carriage house on Franke Avenue near Morris Avenue. In 1928 the moved into their new firehouse on Bellona Avenue. The 1928 station has seen several additions and renovations since then, the latest dedication was October 10, 2015. One of 35 county volunteer stations working with the 24 career stations, LVFC coverage area includes Lutherville, Timonium, Towson, Stoneleigh and Ruxton.

Year 12, Day 3

 Daisies on the outskirts of Pittsburgh

 Turnpike Troubadours at the 2017 Wing-Off

Cumberland, Maryland

 Oriole Park at Camden Yards

Orioles vs. Cardinals

Baltimore, Maryland

 Towanda, Bradford County, Pa

 Sunflowers on the State Game Lands

Green Spring, Pa

 White Oak Lavender Farm

Harrisonburg, Virginia

 Family Time at Whitetail Resort

Mercersburg, Pa

 Eagle Watching

Conowingo Dam, Maryland

 Snow in the Dunes

Rehoboth Beach, Delaware

LOVEworks

Chincoteague Island, Virginia

 US Capitol

Washington, DC

 Groundhog Day

Punxsutawney, Pa

The neighborhood lighthouse

Wilmington (Bellefonte), Delaware

 Spectrum Field

Phillies vs. Orioles

Clearwater, Florida

 Vero Beach South, Florida

 Marlins Park

Marlins vs. Cubs

Miami, Florida

Lancaster City Bureau of Fire

Station 3

Lancaster, Pa.

Time for another year end review. Believe it or not Saturday marked my 11th anniversary here on the interwebs. Hard to fathom that I haven't run out of things to post. The past year has been busy. Not as much travel as I would like but I hopefully can make up for that this coming year. Plans are in the works for something new this fall and something else new next spring. I also foresee another trip to the Sunshine State before the end of summer. But as always more baseball, more firehouses, more of whatever I can escape to. As for the blogs: In the past year I posted 331 times and I had 28,682 pageviews (208,962 all time - 11 years), that's more than 5000 more views than last year. So cross your fingers and wish me well, look out Year 12 here we come.

Apparatus 2017 - EMS and Helicopters

Ambulance 53

Cumberland Valley Hose Company

Shippensburg, Pa.

May 1978

Life Lion

Penn State Hershey Medical Center

in Shippensburg, Pa.

March 2017

Indian River County Sheriff

in Vero Beach, Florida

March 2017

Medic 721

Indian River County Emergency Services

Gifford, Florida

March 2017

Special Events EMS, Inc.

in Shippensburg, Pa.

April 2017

Life Net 81

Hagerstown, Maryland

in Shippensburg, Pa

July 2017

Maryland State Police

in Baltimore, Maryland

June 2017

Header Review 2017

Time for the annual Header Review, 2017 version.

January - New Years 2015 in Shippensburg, 2016 in Chincoteague and 2017 in Dillsburg.
February - A local farmer flying the colors. Shippensburg, Pa.
March - The Historic Round Barn in Biglerville, Pa.
April - Sunrise on a Central Florida cattle ranch.
May - Ed Smith Stadium, Sarasota, Florida. Spring home of the Baltimore Orioles.
June - A Daisy field in Bridgeville, Pa.
July - Walnut Bottom's annual fireworks display.
August - Sunflowers on the State Game Lands.
September - The Natural Bridge Historic Hotel, Natural Bridge, Virginia.
October - A good year for black walnuts, Lumberdale, Pa.
November - Fall colors at Long Pine Reservoir, Caledonia, Pa.
December - Snow on a Brick Barn, Carlisle, Pa.