A Hike Near Perkiomenville Mennonite Church

This afternoon I went hiking near the Perkiomenville Mennonite Church near and along the Perkiomen Creek. It was a beautiful, sunlit day and good to be out. :)


Tracks in the snow


The Perkiomen Creek


An evergreen twig


One of the many paths in the woods


A fern leaf in the snow


A beam of light


Red berries


seed pods against the sky

Hike at Nockamixon State Park, Sterner Mill Section

Yesterday afternoon, I went for a hike in the Sterner Mill section of Nockamixon State Park on the Quakertown side in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It was a beautiful, warm, sunny day with temperatures in the fifties. But the trails were still snow covered though melting. My shoes got quite wet.


The many holed tree


A weather beatened log over a small brook


Fungi on a log


A view across an inlet


Moss on a log


Fungi on a tree trunk


The turtle rock

A Hike on the Perkiomen Trail near Schwenksville

Yesterday afternoon I went hiking on the Perkiomen Trail near Schwenksville, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania going towards Graterford. These are a few scenes from that hike. It was a warm but mostly cloudy afternoon. The trails were wet at many places with all the melting snow.


A melting snow pond


A muddy side creek feeding the Perkiomen Creek


A forest scene


Lichen on a tree trunk

Transformation of a snowy night

An Early Morning Hike at Peace Valley Park

This morning between about 6:00 and 8:00 a.m. I went for a hike at Peace Valley Park near Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It was cold; I could barely take my hands out of my pockets to take pictures. But it was a good time of enjoying the outdoors and peaceful solitude.


Part of Lake Galena at Peace Valley Park


A section of the North Branch of the Neshaminy Creek
that feeds into Lake Galena


A snow and ice covered trail


Another Section of the North Branch
of the Neshaminy Creek


And another Section of the North Branch
of the Neshaminy Creek


A frozen snow and ice covered trail going back


Frozen footprints close up

East Branch, Perkiomen Creek, No. 2

These are some more pictures from my Monday hike along the East Branch of the Perkiomen Creek at the Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy grounds.


An ice scene along a rocky bluff


More ice scenes along the rocky bluff


An iced-over creek


Snow drifts


A creek bank ice display


Greenery in Winter


A close-up view from the underside


The trail out

East Branch, Perkiomen Creek, No. 1

This afternoon I went hiking along the East Branch of the Perkiomen Creek on the grounds of the Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy near Schwenksville, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Last Tuesday into Wednesday, we had some snow, sleet, and freezing rain and some cold temperatures since then. In the next post, I will show some ice pictures along the banks of the creek.


A section of the East Branch of the Perkiomen Creek.


Another section of the East Branch of the Perkiomen Creek


A weather-beatened stump along the creek


The trunk of a gigantic tree near the creek


A creek view


Another creek view


View of a grass field near the creek


Some tall brown grasses near the field