Balloon Ride - July 9 2019

Ben Franklin Bridge - Today's Walk

Ben Franklin Bridge - Philadelphia

Bridge starts at 5th & Race Streets
Looking EAST over the Delaware River to NJ

Looking West from Start of Bridge

New Apartments build along the bridge (South)

New Apartments in old Wilbur Chocolate Factory (North)

3rd or 4th Street (South)

At least 8 city blocks before you're actually over water. Looking west from 2nd street

The Bridge Looms

Towers on the PA side.  The bridge shakes for large trucks and trains.

Nothing but Air.   There are no guard rails or netting once you're on the bridge. The wall is about 3' high.

View over the wall. Marinas on Delaware Ave. Walt Whitman Bridge in background. Camden waterfront on left.

Train Tracks on Lower Level

End of the razor wire... nothing but air on both sides of the walk way.

End of marina pier

Same Marinas; view from mid-span

The bridge was almost endless.......

The Camden waterfront

What do they keep in the towers ? Police bicycles. On the NJ side.

The walk back:

New Graffito.  This was not there when i walked to Camden.

Pine Street

Looks like it might have been the Commodore Barry hotel (?)

Red Bricks on Pine.  

4 signs on the bridge.

Trap Pond - GPS track

Total Distance Covered:  3.9 miles.
Total Time: 2 hours

Trap Pond, DE - Kayaking

7/18/18 - Trap Pond (Part of Delaware State Park system)

Becky and Robert venturing up the Terrapin Branch (returning back to park office)

 Cypress Trees, Algae, Thumb, and Paddle.

Cypress "Knees"

A cypress knee is a distinctive structure forming above the roots of a cypress tree. Their function is unknown, but they are generally seen on trees growing in swamps. Some current hypotheses present that they might help to aerate to the tree's roots, create a barrier to catch sediment and reduce erosion, assist in anchoring the tree in the soft and muddy soil, or any combination thereof. (Source: Wikipedia)

On the Pond.

Reading the map.

Following the Trail after consulting the map.

Still following the trail to the end.

Wandering.....

In search of "old" Ventnor.

Taken from the Boardwalk near the Fishing Pier.

All 4 appear to be originals. Ventnor looking across Atlantic Avenue

Wissahickon and Ventnor Aves. Known as "Mrs. Mayberry's".

Across the street from Mrs. Mayberries - this apartment style is still all over V, AC, and M.

This has been here FOREVER. Used to be known as "Louie's", but the sign always said "White Star Liquors".

This has been here FOREVER. Used to be known as "Louie's", but the sign always said "White Star Liquors".

Great house.

Great house.

Public Utility decoration.

Public Utility decoration.

4 on Ventnor Ave. All look original.

4 on Ventnor Ave. All look original.

Seriously ?

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A dinosaur ?

Seriously ?

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A dinosaur ?

From the Boardwalk

 From the Boardwalk

Atlantic Avenue

The orange cone is from the 1/2 Marathon.

Details, Details, Details.