Each week, for awhile, I will feature at least four photos which were taken in the area. The sites will be reachable from an improved road and probably seen by you as you travel about the area. Your task, if you choose to play, will be to establish the location. There will be a prize at the end of the contest so get your travel guides and start paying attention to the sites along the road.
Last week's photos were:
Photo 1 - Warriors Path: This sign appears on route 150, at the overlook to the Joseph Foster Sayers Dam. View the water with the Bridge to Howard on your right, turn 180 degrees and between you and the road will be the sign "Warriors Path."
Photo 2 - Hammermill Sediment Basin: This site, at sunset, appears on Route 220 South between the Lock Haven and Mill Hall exits. The view was captured from the 220 bridge which crosses the Bald Eagle Creek.
Photo 3 - Manure Storage Facility (A Poop Pit): This angle will appear when traveling North on 150 between Beech Creek and Mill Hall. The facility, one of the first in this county, is on the Les Irvin farm. This treatment of animal waste is considered to be good stream conservation. Mr. Irvin was recognized with a "Clean Water Farm Award" from the Clinton County Conservation District. At certain times these facilities emit a rather pungent odar which cannot be appreciated from the photo.
Photo 4 - Sign: This sign is at the entrance to the beautiful mountain development of The Forest Of Bald Eagle. The development is at Eagleville just beyond The DeHass Store. Travel through Blanchard, turn right and pass the Woolrich Plant. Turn left at the next intersection and cross Bald Eagle Creek. Continue up the mountain road until you reach the sign. Take a tour while there.
So, how did you do?
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Here are this week's freebies lets call the series "Here and There": This exercise was like taking a picture of a place where in fact I was taking a picture from. ...Huh? You say. Do you know the Borrow Pit which now appears as a bare smooth exposure of continous rock on the mountainside? I think it was created when The Route 220 Bypass was constructed, that is the bypass part around the "Greater Metropolitan Area" of Lock Haven, Flemington and Mill Hall. You can see it easily from Route 220 just before or after the Lock Haven Exit (depending on your traveling direction). It used to bear the graffiti "Save The Whales" and is a favorite spot of 4 wheelers. I'm told they practice doing donuts at high speeds. The other landmark is Route 120 and Guardlock Drive.
For photo 1 I stood on the flat at the Borrow Pit, in the middle of a donut track. I shot across the valley to the next mountain. You can see Bald Eagle Creek, Route 220, a Munro farm (formerly Crissman farm), the road connecting the Castanea Fire Company Social Hall and the Island Road, Guardlock Drive homes and Route 120 homes close to the Keystone Motel.
For photo 2 I stood on Guardlock Drive at the side yard of the Peter Bates, Jr. property. His yard and an abandonded foundation are in the foreground. The Susquehanna River, a pretty valley, and Route 220 appear in the center and the borrow pit is about one third up the mountain in the background, just where I was for photo 1.
Photo3, also from Guardlock Drive is a zoomed shot of the Borrow Pit. By the way I do not recomment the pit for picnic or camping outings. It is just kind of nice to look at - from a distance.