The smell of fall is in the air. Leaves are falling, and yellow, orange and red are replacing the usual green foliage in forests and fields...
Though the Indian Summer landscapes have been plentiful, wildlife photo opportunities have been plumb pitiful. In our search for critters to photograph we traveled to some places that were reliable in the past.
Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park (SNP) just outside of Front Royal, Virginia is one place that we visited...
Despite our long history of camping and wildlife observation in SNP, and our exploration of the spots that have held whitetail deer during previous visits we did not locate a single one.
The next place we tried was Greenridge State Forest (GRSF). Located mainly in Allegheny County, Maryland, the scenery was excellent...
Below is the view from the original Town Hill Motel...
A typical road in GRSF is dirt and gravel...
The stream in the center of the next image (look for the small white structure) is Town Creek...
GRSF holds years of canoeing memories for me. Small mountain streams like Fifteen Mile Creek...
Sideling Hill Creek...
All of the canoeing photos were scanned from 35mm slide originals some taken as long as 50 years ago.
One is truly lucky to have long-lasting friendships that have endured for half a century...
Not to mention that Cheryl and I met over 41 years ago on a canoe trip...
Almost as an afterthought we explored the Frederick Municipal Forest (aka: Frederick Watershed) this morning and found the best colors of the season...
Thanks for stopping by, be well and come back soon.
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