North Catasauqua Fire Department

North Catasauqua Fire Department, 1066 4th Street, Catasauqua, Pa. Lehigh County Station 18. Organized November 15, 1909. The original building sat on 6th Street, it has since been demolished. This building was built in 1980. The Borough Hall building next door was built in 1913 for the North Catasauqua School and it was sold back to the Borough for $1 in the 1970's. The building was originally built to house the Fire Department and the Public Works Department. This didn't last long and by the 1990's the FD occupied most of the building. Charotin Hose Company currently run 2 engines, a mini pumper and a squad.

Cruising under the New Drawbridge

Going under the new drawbridge on the Chincoteague Channel. Built in 2010 it replaces the original drawbridge, a half mile south, built in 1922.

Ruhl's Photography

Ruhl's Photography on Centre Street in  Cumberland. Cool sign but empty building.

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.