Landing LifeLion

Engine 252 responded last week to Southampton Park to land LifeLion to transport an accident patient. In the time while awaiting the ambulance the crew did a little PR with some kids at the park. Once the ambo showed up it was back to business.

Hancock Rescue Squad

Hancock Rescue Squad, 6 East Main Street, Hancock, Md. Washington County Station 59. The Hancock Rescue Squad was established in 1967 and operates 2 ALS ambulances, 2 chase vehicles and a rescue squad reponding to Washington County, Maryland as well as neighboring Allegany County, Maryland. Responces are also made as mutual aid into Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird

Check. If you sit long enough and still enough you might get lucky. And luck is what you need the most. After watching him buzz the feeder numerous times. And sitting on the other side of the feeder. I think it finally got dark enough that he calmed down and feasted. I was there waiting.

Big Bat

Hey, when in Louisville... go to the Louisville Slugger Museum. And to get inside you can't miss the big bat. That would be a 120 foot tall, 34 ton steel replica of Babe Ruth's 34" bat. Getting a picture with no one else in it... impossible.

North Myrtle Sunset

Sunset from Cherry Grove Pier in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. December 28th.

Louisville Bats Baseball

 George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge. 2nd Street over the Ohio River into Indiana.

 Buddy Bat

 Jairo Asencio was eventually called up the Baltimore. Pitched one inning and was designated for assignment.

 Tides first basemsn Travis Isikawa. Travis made the bigs with the O's shortly after this game (6/18) The Yankees picked him up and released him to make roster room for Jeter. The White Sox then picked him up and send him to their AAA tam in Charlotte. We saw him before playing single A with Hagerstown.

If vacation hadn't gotten crazy enough we drove to Louisville, Kentucky for a baseball game. That would mean we got into Memphis at 5:30 pm Thursday and left at 1:30 pm Friday. 20 hours. It's a 6 hour drive to Louisville, the game starts at 7. No problem we may be just a little late. Oops, there is a time zone to be crossed. Make that 7 hours, we're gonna be late. So, 4th inning we roll into Louisville Slugger Field. The Bats are playing the Norfolk Tide, The Orioles AAA team. Signature food at LSF was a fried bologna Hamburger, didn't see that until it was too late, I already settled for a stadium brat. Well, the Bats lost 1-2, but they had fireworks anyway. We left Louisville by noon Saturday. That would calculate to about 16 hours.

Upper Path Valley Presbyterian Church

While driving up through Path Valley yesterday morning I detoured through beautiful downtown Spring Run. I at first noticed the old cemetery and the hand carved tombstones. But before leaving I captured some shots of the old brick church. The cornerstone told me that the church was founded in 1768. In 1768 this was the western frontier. The present edifice was built in 1856 and remodeled in 1884, 1926 and again in 1929. There was a newer addition off to my right. Thier website.