GeneM Loc: Upstate PA

“Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world's great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time. On some of the rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs.

I am haunted by waters.”

- Norman Maclean (1902-1990)

I live in a valley in NE PA, and "a river runs through it." I shot these pics as I walked along that river on the Lackawanna Heritage Valley Trail, part of which follows the river for about a half mile in a local park (between 13 and 14 on this map).

A week before I shot these, the river was so low you could walk across without getting your knees wet! But a few days before, upstate from us was hit with 4" to 6" of rain causing flash flooding of all the feeder streams flowing into the river. The river level rose quickly. Even so, our county is still the driest in the state and we are still 6" below average rainfall for the year.

Each time I walk along this river, I'm reminded of the 1992 movie, "A River Runs Through It," based on the Norman Maclean novel. And yes, our river has native Brown Trout, like the fish seen in this clip, one of the best moments of the movie.

After viewing my pictures, you might enjoy watching this clip (Fishing with Father) and
this clip, (the ending) from the movie.

There are a lot of great autumn photos in the Autumn contest. Go there and vote for your favorite. I entered one of my river pics (A walk in the park: A River Runs Through It
).

Enjoy these. Comments welcome.

-- Gene

PS: If you haven't seen my previous posts of pics of this river, you might like to see these, these and these.

#1 - The Lackawanna River

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#4 - Walking upriver from the west end of the park.

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#5 - A walk in the park: A River Runs Through It

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#7 - We've reached the east end of the park.

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#8 - Going back downriver from the east end of the park

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#11 - The Heritage Valley Crossing bridge comes into view.

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#12 - The bridge connects two parks from each town on each side of the river.

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#14 - Crossing over from one park to another,

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#15 - Looking upriver from the bridge

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#16 - Looking downriver from the bridge

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Jay Pat Loc: Round Rock, Texas, USA

Beautiful Walk!!!
Plenty of color.
Pat

Hacksaw Loc: Pacific Northwest

Beautiful pics! Thank you!

xxredbeardxx Loc: San Clemente CA.

[quote=GeneM][b]
I live in a valley in NE PA, and "a river runs through it." I shot these pics as I walked along that river on the Lackawanna Heritage Valley Trail, part of which follows the river for about a half mile in a local park (between 13 and 14 on
A week before I shot these, the river was so low you could walk across without getting your knees wet! But a few days before, upstate from us was hit with 4" to 6" of rain causing flash flooding of all the feeder streams flowing into the river. The river level rose quickly. Even so, our county is still the driest in the state and we are still 6" below average rainfall for the year.
Enjoy these. Comments welcome.
-- Gene

Love these photos Gene.
Great movie. We are in a terrible drought here.
Wish we had some rivers. I lived in Pittsburgh
back in the 70's. They sure had a lot of rivers there.
Some covered bridges that made for good photo's too.

Thanks for sharing

Hoosier in GA Loc: Milledgeville, GA

Great shots. But, your name is distracting to the overall excellence of the pictures. Smaller? Move to one side? Just my honest opinion. As General Custer said 'keep on shooting!"

dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho

That is a beautiful area and you have shown it off well with your great photographs. Thanks for letting us walk with you today.

Dennis

GeneM Loc: Upstate PA

:-) Yes, a beautiful and pleasurable walk. Thanks for commenting and looking.

GeneM Loc: Upstate PA

:-) Thank you, and you're welcome. Thanks for looking.

GeneM Loc: Upstate PA

:-) We didn't hit drought stage but came close - by our standards. Yes, P-burgh does have some great rivers. Glad you like these, Mark, and thanks for looking.

GeneM Loc: Upstate PA

:D Thank you for commenting. Glad you think the shots are great, sans watermark. Thanks for looking.

Rohn Loc: Niles, OH

Those are beautiful pictures. I love streams and rivers. there just seems to be something peaceful about them. Thanks for sharing your walk.

GeneM Loc: Upstate PA

:-) You're welcome - glad you came for the walk. Its one of my favorites. A place we went even before the old coal mining and railroad land was reclaimed. Glad you like the pics and thanks for looking.

JerR Loc: Pittsburgh

Beautiful pictures Gene. Great color. We took a trip two weeks ago across PA route 6. Lots of photo opportunities in our beautiful state.

GeneM Loc: Upstate PA

:-) Thank you. Glad you like the pics. Yes, there's something about running water that soothes a person. Thanks for coming along.

GeneM Loc: Upstate PA

:-) Thank you, Jer. Lots of color when I shot these. You were on the Rt. 6 that passes within a mile of my house - and the river in my pics. Always plenty of photo-ops wherever you go in PA. :D Glad you like these and thanks for looking.