Harrisburg
September 10,
2003. We
blasted off in the morning for Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, which
is the Capital of that state.
We drove around for about an hour
looking for parking near the world famous bike trail that runs
along the Susquehanna River, but it seemed to be hard to find,
and we were getting ready to jest leave and go up the road to
another city, when Gloria saw the parking lot of the City
Island Park, in the
middle of the river, then she found the bridge that took us over
to it, so we found a cool place to park, in the shade of lots of
trees, even, and the old folks went fer a ride. Photo
#1 shows the nice, shady place where we parked. Photo
#2 shows a sign about the Walnut Street Bridge, which is shown
in photo #3. Photo #4 shows the west end of the bridge,
but it is closed cuz a big iceberg hit it a long time ago and
knocked a bunch of it into the river, so it isn't very safe
anymore. Me and Sniffy went to check it out, but it was
reel scary cuz there are all sorts of weeds and bugs all over
it, and lecktrickal wires hanging down on one side. Photo
#5 shows some of the many bridges that carry trains and cars
across the Susquehanna River. Photo
#6 shows an old, crumbling, railroad bridge support that used to
take trains across a valley and to the bridge shown in photo
#7. The bike trail now follows where the lower track used
to go. Photo #8 shows a
"Welcome to Harrisburg" sign along the tracks of the
commuter railroad that brings folks from outlying areas into the
downtown area, where they might work, or maybe somebuddy might
have got sent there as punishment for doing something bad. Photo
#9 is of the Deluxe Restaurant, where people used to eat, but
right now, I don't think Jim would even park the van outside of
that building. Photo #10
shows the National
Civil War Museum,
high on top of a hill overlooking Harrisburg. We didn't go
through it, but we parked in their lot to eat lunch. Photo
#11 shows a sign on the side of a restaurant warning folks not
to eat frozen fish, probably cuz it might be hard to eat and you
could probably break some of your teeth. Photo
#12 shows some very complicated and dangerous-looking
scaffolding around the tower behind a church.
Sparky's
Photo Album of Harrisburg |
1. Parking lot at City Island |
2. Sign about the old bridge |
3. Old Walnut Street Bridge |
4. West end of Walnut Bridge |
5. Lots of river bridges |
6. Crumbling bridge support |
7. Railroad bridge over trail |
8. Welcome sign along tracks |
9. The Deluxe Restaurant |
10. Civil War Museum |
11. Frozen fish warning sign |
12. Scaffolding on church tower |
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