Hike #313 10/28/7
10/28/7 Bristol-Holland PA with Cathy Fisher, "Amish Paul" and Wyatt Hassler, Fred Hafale, Jim "Mr. Buckett" Mathews, Jason Itell, Larry Butler, "DJ Ray" Cordts, Lucy Ruinge,
Taking a break
This trip would take my group and I back to the southernmost continueous point we'd ever gone once again, Bristol PA. We met at "Amish Paul" and Wyatt Hassler's house in Holland PA; joining me were my girlfriend, Cathy Fisher, Amish Paul and Wyatt, Fred Hafale, Jason Itell, Larry Butler, Jim "Mr. Buckett" Mathews, DJ Ray Cordts, and Lucy Ruinge.
Brackish wetlands in Bristol, south end of Delaware Canal
Brackish wetlands at the south end of Delaware Canal
Bristol PA
Bristol PA
Bristol PA
Former bridge for Delaware Canal in Bristol PA
BristoL PA
Pathway along the east end of Silver Lake
Silver Lake
Silver Lake
Silver Lake Park
Silver Lake
Silver Lake
Silver Lake Park
Concrete foundations in Silver Lake Park
Silver Lake Park
Trail in Silver Lake Park, Bristol PA
Mill Creek Greenway
Mill Creek Greenway
Mill Creek Greenway
Mill Creek Greenway
Mill Creek Greenway
Mill Creek Greenway
Mill Creek greenway
Resting
Taking a break
Captain M'ke
I think this is Mill Creek Greenway too
Bridge crossing
Foot bridge over either Mill Creek on Queen Anne Creek
Crossing wet areas on the creek greenway
I do not know what Jason is doing. Camouflage?
I think this is along Queen Anne Creek
Old dam or something on Queen Anne Creek
Taking a break
Near the Queen Anne Creek
Edgeley PA trying to figure out a way to cross a creek
Chicken Foot Park
Creek crossing in Chickenfoot or Oxford Valley Park
Oxford Valley Park
Oxford Valley Park creek crossing
The Sesame Place bouncer!
Entrance to Sesame Place, Dunlap PA
Along the tracks heading from
Along the tracks in Langhorne
Graffiti at an underpass
Very active passenger line we passed over
Passenger line we crossed
Passenger line we crossed
Former Pennsylvania Railroad in Oxford Valley. And Jason is being a hoodlum.
Rail line
Train passing below us
Walking the tracks at a junction site
Abandoned former Pennsylvania Railroad
Abandoned former Pennsylvania Railroad
Former Pennsylvania Railroad
Abandoned former Pennsylvania Railroad heading to Holland
Abandoned former Pennsylvania Railroad
Abandoned former Pennsylvania Railroad
Neshaminy Creek from the rail bridge
Neshaminy Creek from the rail bridge
Badly abandoned car...
Former Pennsylvania Railroad
Former Pennsylvania Railroad
Former Pennsylvania Railroad
Former Pennsylvania Railroad
Neshaminy Creek
Old rail bridge
Old rail bridge
Old rail bridge
Near Playwicki Park, Holland PA
Along the road near Playwicki
Old rail bridge
Mill Creek Greenway in Holland PA
DJ Ray in Literhosen
At Amish Paul and Wyatt's house
At Amish Paul's house in Holland
At Amish Paul's after the hike
TEETH!
Mr. Buckett and Larry brought their cars to Bristol where we started near the end of the Delaware Canal, all filled in at this point. This was also my annual costume hike, and I dressed up in my Starfleet Captain's uniform which I had not worn on a hike since 2001 on hike #41. We checked out some of the marshes along the Delaware in Bristol, then walked along the Delaware Canal Trail along the filled in canal to where there was a school built over it, and then we followed a street north toward Bristol Pike. We cut through a grassy little park and crossed the Bristol Pike to Silver Lake Park and turned right following a paved trail along the lake. We continued walking, and turned into a little road that led to a concrete paved area, which we could'nt figure out what it was. We then cut through the woods along a fence line looking for the next section of trail, but ended up having to turn around. DJ Ray found a giant mushroom much like the one we'd found the previous week, and bunted it again, but I missed it. We continued out to the next road heading west, but it ended up being a dead end so we turned around and headed back. There was some sort of southern Baptist church thing going on, an we asked a guy headed in how to get out, and he directed us. We walked across a sort of driveway and out to Lakeland Ave across part of Silver Lake. We then turned right on Bristol Valley Road alongside the lake. We crossed over the PA Turnpike by Black Ditch Park, and climbed down to alongside the Mill Creek on a trail.
We followed the trail along Mill Creek for some time, and I took a fall into some mud, fortunitely not damaging my Star Fleet uniform. We continued until the trail led us out to an open mowed park. The greenway continued northbound along Mill Creek, close to roads. We did'nt have to walk the roads because the greenway was in place. There were many manholes along the way as a sewer line had been placed in the greenway. We continued north to Falls Road where everyone took a bread and headed out to some stores for food and such. They were taking far too long and I was getting annoyed. We walked under the bridge the creek used for Falls Road and found an open manhole on the other side. I climbed down but knew I did'nt want to walk through it due to the smell. We ended up coming out directly on the other side of the road, and followed the creek's greenway on to the north. Somehow, we ended up taking a wrong turn, and instead of following the Mill Creek, we ended up along the Queen Anne Creek heading north. I realized this when we reached Edgeley Road, when I could'nt find where we were on the map, still thinking I was along Mill Creek. When I finally realized, we turned left on Edgely Road and I planned a new route. We turned right off Edgeley into Chickenfoot Park on a trail and made our way sort of north, and somehow we ended up leaving Chickenfoot Park into Oxford Valley Park alongside another tributary to the Queen Anne Creek. We got to a point where we had to cross the creek, but could'nt find a way. Some used sort of a stick across the creek to slowly get over, and others used a pile up of large branches over the creek downstream. I jumped across where a bar of small stones made it a bit narrower, but no one else would try. When Cathy was crossing on the sticks, I tried to help her across, but I ended up slipping into the water over my knees....oh well. We made our way out to Trenton Road and turned right. Mr. Buckett walked ahead and found a bar where he went in and bought some beers. We turned left on Oxford Valley Road and followed it north passing Sesame Place after crossing Lincoln Highway at a place called Dunlap. We descended to the former Pennsylvania Railroad tracks and turned west. There were four tracks I believe, and we stayed on the southernmost set, which looked to be just freight use. We cracked open some beers and continued west to the underpass of PA Turnpike, where we crossed over to the other set of tracks because the one we were on was making a more southerly turn. There were some kids spray painting very artistic graffiti under the bridge, which was interesting, and their are was quite impressive. I don't mind graffiti if it's tasteful. We continued on the tracks west, and when we got to a bridge overpass over another railroad, Jason was dropping sticks down to his the electric wires to see if he could shock it. He ended up having the stick catch fire and fall to the tracks below! This area was called Woodbourne. We continued west and a right of way appeared below the active tracks to the north, which we followed clearly. It took us just north of Langhorne in Middletown Twp. We crossed Rt 413 on a bridge and the tracks led us along the Neshaminy Creek for quite a while and parallel with Playwicki Park where it crossed the creek on a large bridge. It was getting dark by this time, and we turned off the tracks heading down a road on just on the other side of the bridge over the Neshaminy, and turned left into a Green Acres project land. Cathy, Lucy, and DJ Ray waited for us along the road while we walked up a gravel road, which became a farm lane in some fields along another creek called Mill Creek. It was quite pretty, and we ended up on private land having to cut to the road through a yard to Rockville Road in Holland. We turned right and then immediately left on Lakeview Drive, where Amish Paul and Wyatt live. Paul went to pick up the other three while we waited, and we all hung out and ate some pizza before heading out. On a side note with that, we had figured that someone ate more than they were supposed to...but later realized we did'nt account for one person!
1.) The marsh along the former Delaware Canal in Bristol PA1a.) Another view of the marsh (FH)2.) Walking through Bristol2a.) More walkin' in Bristol (FH)3.) Historic marker for Lock 1 on the Delaware Canal4.) Bridge the canal used to pass under in Bristol5.) Lock 2 Historic Marker, Bristol6.) Along Silver Lake, Silver Lake Park6a.) View of Silver Lake (FH)7.) Silver Lake8.) Another Silver Lake view8a.) In Silver Lake park (FH)8b.) Silver Lake view (FH)9.) Some sort of weird concrete base or foundation in Silver Lake Park10.) On the concrete foundation11.) Along Silver Lake Park11a.) In the woods near Silver Lake (FH)12.) Silver Lake Park along Lakeland Ave13.) Trail along Mill Creek near Black Ditch Park13a.) The trail along Mill Creek (FH)14.) Mill Creek just north of the PA Turnpike15.) The trailway was really really wet as it had rained hard in the previous days15a.) The trail opened up to a suburban greenway (FH)15b.) Crossing a road in the Mill Creek greenway (FH)16.) Taking a break along the Mill Creek Greenway, I think the area is called Mill Creek Falls, or the neighborhood or something.16a.) Takin' a break (FH)17.) The group goofing off on the swings. Video format.18.) Me in my Starfleet Captain's uniform18a.) In the greenway (FH)19.) Some of the group on a bridge20.) One of the pedestrian bridges over the Mill Creek21.) A video of Larry jumping over one of the tributaries to Mill Creek21a.) Crossing a tributary (FH)22.) Jason with a giant stick...I don't know why he was carrying it...23.) Jason and Larry at the Falls Road bridge along Mill Creek23a.) The Queen Anne Creek (FH)23b.) Where we realized we went the wrong way on Edgeley...(FH)24.) In Chickenfoot Park I think25.) The group trying to cross a tributary to Queen Anne Creek in Oxford Valley Park, using logs and such25a.) Trying to cross (FH)26.) Lucy crossing the creek on a log26a.) Cathy crossing (FH)27.) Cathy crossing the creek on the logs and sticks27a.) The entrance to Sesame Place at Dunlap! (FH)27b.) Oxford Valley Mall...it's getting more exciting every shot!!! (FH)27c.) We reached the tracks (FH)28.) On the tracks just west of Dunlap29.) DJ Ray with some graffitti under the PA Turnpike30.) Another railroad from a bridge on the former Pennsylvania Railroad in Woodbourne30a.) Looking south from the former Pennsylvania Railroad bridge at a station site in Woodbourne (FH)30b.) Another view north on the lower level tracks (FH)31.) Jason screwing with sticks, dropping them from the bridge to the electric lines below, this is the bridge in Woodbourne31a.) A train passing beneath us on the lower track (FH)31b.) The train heading south (FH)32.) At a connector track to the lower line in Woodbourne33.) On the railroad abandonment near Langhorne34-38.) Heading west on the abandoned railroad near Middletown38a-38b.) Not sure what body of water this is...maybe the Neshaminy (FH)39.) An abandoned car along the rail bed39a-39c.) Along the former Pennsylvania Railroad bed heading toward Holland (FH)40.) Cathy on the bridge over the Neshaminy Creek at Playwicki Park40a.) I think that's the Neshaminy Creek there (FH)41.) Bridge underpass near Playwicki Park41a.) The bridge underpass (FH)41b.) Another shot at the underpass (FH)41c.) Still on the bridge (FH)41d.) Wyatt and I after descending from the bridge near Playwicki Park (FH)41e.) Cathy and Lucy near where they waited for Amish Paul to pick them up (FH)42.) In the Green Acres land in Holland along another Mill Creek, different one43.) DJ Ray at the Green Acres land wearing Literhosen!44.) Larry and Jason at Amish Paul's house45.) DJ Ray and Lucy at Amish Paul's46.) Hangin at Amish Paul's47.) Amish Paul with his teeth in his Laboratory!
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