Crossing the Susquehanna at Harrisburg PA

Usually traffic jams are unwelcome events that slow down a road trip…but we had and exception while we were passing through Harrisburg PA crossing the bridge over the Susquehanna River. I’ve always wanted to photography the river from that vantage point but we were moving too quickly. This time the traffic was stop and go (more stop than go) so I had time! There are a lot of bridges cross the river at this point.

Some pylons from older bridges remain. I was surprised by one that had a small tree growing on it…and birds enjoying it as perching place.

Just as we neared the far side of the river…..a train started to make it way across the river! Good timing.

August 2015 Road Trip

Our August road trip was from Maryland up to New York (south and south west) primarily for waterfalls in New York State Parks from a base in Mt. Morris NY. I have several subsequent posts planned about the state parks. I’m focuses on the drive itself today.

Our first rest stop had Monarch friendly milkweed among their plantings….but no butterflies.

The sunflowers were in all stages of development and harbored quite a few different insects:

Bees

Wasps

And wheel bug (with a much smaller fly).

Several other rest stops along the way had similar plantings.

My husband was driving leaving me free to take pictures while we were moving down the road. The drive through the middle of Pennsylvania is through the Allegheny Mountains so there are sections of raised highway and

Steep road cuts.

The day we drove up was sunny (and hot) with fluffy clouds building.

On the way back it was somewhat cooler because it was cloudy much of the time. The high humidity made it feel hotter than it was. I manage to get a picture of the replica of the Statue of Liberty on an old bridge support in the Susquehanna River as we zipped past.