Mineral Springs Park

 

My visit to Mineral Springs Park yesterday had been a little intimidating due to the sign above but when I came home and re-checked the Gravity Trail map, I found that it went straight through this park as indicated by the red blaze on the post.  So I decided to brave the danger and was rewarded with a really nice walk about a half mile up the Gravity Trail.

 

 

  

It was good that I took some photos of the pavilion on my way up the trail because on my way back, it was occupied by an amorous teenage couple.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Egelman Park

 I have the map of the Gravity Trail from the Berks Conservancy Council and decided to check out this park today.  The trail runs right through it but I had never heard of it before.  I don't know if I want to go there too often since I did see several cars with men reading newspapers - something that makes me very uncomfortable.  I was really tempted to start taking photos of the cars to see if they would fly away!

 

 

 

 

Earl Poole Sanctuary

 Took a nice leisurely walk through the sanctuary this morning.  I was surprised at the number of flowers still blooming.  Everything was very lush and green, probably helped along by the nice rain we had last night.

 

 

 I wonder what happened to cause all of these evergreens to die.

 

 Pretty little pool was fed through this stone opening.

 

 Back to the beginning!

 

 

A Little Bit of Neversink and Mt. Penn

I took a short walk on the Neversink North Trail - on a section I had never walked before.  Probably only about a mile and a half round trip, parking at gate 2 and turning around when I reached the West Woodland Trail.  Saw this lovely green water tank on the trip and also some more wonderful ruins.

 This view of the Pagoda was the highlight of my walk.

 Next I headed over to Aulenbach Cemetery and took this picture of the city from its high spot.  It is times like this that I wish I had a better camera to capture the beauty of the city below.

 I moved up the road past Pendora Park to the Viaduct and saw a Gravity Trail Interpretive sign.

 

Found a lovely little waterfall in Pendora Park.

 

 

  

 Then I moved up the road another tenth of a mile and found the East End AC with this little structure, perhaps a spring house, next to it.

 My meanderings stopped here as the sign on the pole ahead of me indicated that there was danger ahead!

 The turnaround took me past this neat little Pagoda sign painted on the road.