On Wednesday, May 11th, we drove from our home in Warren PA to Leeper PA, a distance of approximately 47 miles. Our destination was the Rail 66 Country Trail trailhead. We parked off Route 66 in the Car Mate parking lot next to the trail. From the Leeper trailhead we rode our bicycles, south, to […]
It has been 8 months since I last published a blog post for ”Bicycling the beauty around us”. Our last bicycle ride in 2021 was in September. So far this year we have bicycled in our neighborhood, and we rode our bicycles at Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge on Assateague Island in Virginia. We bicycled a […]
Our wedding anniversary was this past Sunday, on September 26th. We decided to take an anniversary trip to Confluence PA, where we spent 3 nights at an Airbnb. We brought our bicycles with us. Around 10:00 am on Monday, September 27th, we left on a bicycle ride. Entry to the Great Allegheny Passage was a […]
We vacationed the week of June 25 through July 2 in Hudson, Ohio. We brought our bicycles with us, intending to bicycle the entire Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail in Cuyahoga Valley National Park several times during the week. Because of extreme heat and high humidity and rain we ended up riding only a […]
Yesterday we went on our first bicycle ride this year outside of Warren. We transported our bicycles to the Quaker Run area of Allegany State Park. We met our friend Liz at the Quaker General Store. The three of us rode the new Quaker Run Multi-Use Trail (3.2 miles round trip). We didn’t realize that […]
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11 Responses to “A Memorial Day Poem”
A beautiful tribute Linda.
Happy Memorial Day. Let's never forget those men and women who gave their lives for us and for our freedom.Hugs,Betsy
Lovely poem, Linda! Thanks for sharing. Happy Memorial Day!
I agree with all the sentiments here.
Thanks for sharing this wonderful Memorial Day post.
Very nice, thanks for taking the time to do the research to find that wonderful poem. May they rest in peace.
Very nice, thanks for taking the time to do the research to find that wonderful poem. May they rest in peace.
Beautiful!!
A very fitting poem.
Such a beautiful memorial, Linda. I'm afraid I didn't venture out on Memorial Day to pay such a tribute. Thanks for doing it for me.
Beautiful poem. I married Randy when he was in the Marines, so it hits close.Google killed my old blog's access, so I started a new one:http://gretchenstraveling.blogspot.com/