Here are a few more pictures from the genealogy trip that Ward and I took to Reading, PA.
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| About halfway home we stopped at the Conowingo Dam. The large hydroelectric dam on the Lower Susquehanna River is the largest in the state of Maryland. |
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| The dam's visitor center was guarded by this large eagle carved by a chainsaw. |
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| And it was flanked by beautiful flowers. |
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But the real interest of the group was seeing
how the dam worked--at least for Ward anyway. |
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This sign puzzled me at first because I wasn't sure what vultures would want with cars. A bit of research said that they can peck at the rubber from the sunroof and windshield wipers.
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| And speaking of things that can do damage, I saw my first spotted lanternfly on this trip. This is the fly with the wings closed. |
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And this is the fly with the wings open. The lanternfly is native to China and was first found in the US in 2014 in Berks County, PA, which happens to be where Reading is. The fly can lay its eggs on anything, alive or not, which is one reason it is spreading quickly.
And why should we be concerned with the lantern fly? Because it already doing a lot of damage to fruit crops. and adapting quickly to many more plant species. |
Well, that's it for this trip. Time to get ready for next weekend's family reunion.
Until next time...
