Loggers hard at work, clearing enough ground to build a road and level part of the mountain.
This photo is epic, considering the perspective of two youngsters overlooking that much mountain and trees and streams and huge equipment that looks like toys.
(Epic, adj, “Surpassing the usual or ordinary, particularly in scope or size”)
A view up the hill from the bottom.
And lastly, a view north where the road is planned to come in.
On PA 865 North near Blandburg, PA… This is at > 2,000 feet, and the ice was covering everything (but the ground).
UPDATE: Lofty Heights Logging LLC. Now has a website!
Lofty Heights Logging hard at work clearing some ground for us. In this 1 minute video, you can see a tree go down. In person, the whipping sound made by the twigs was impressive, and the crash when it impacted the ground sounded almost like an explosion. If you are anywhere near the Altoona, PA area and need any timbering, logging, or tree cutting, I highly recommend you call Earnest Ebersole at (814) 201-0331.
This is a Springfield M6 Scout, chambered in .22 over .410, single shot break barrel. There is a place in the stock to store about 20 shells. It’s 100% stainless steel.
This gun was based on the design of the M6 which was issued to airmen in the US Air Force. More details here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield_Armory_M6_Scout
At a reclaimed strip mine shooting a Ruger Mini-14 Stainless, under proper adult supervision of course.
The (current) header to this blog is a picture that I took with my wife when visiting a very secluded area in West Virginia. We were staying in a cabin at Harman’s North Fork Cottages which was right on the headwaters of the Potomac. As we were taking a drive one day, I noticed a sign for “Dolly Sods”. What a strange name?
It was a gravel road that went up and up and up and up into the mountians. I think it peaked out at over 4,000 feet above sea level (which is high for the east coast). Anyway, the picture here was taken several miles up that gravel road. Wow.
And by the way, here is a picture of a flower taken the same time on the banks of headwaters of the Potomac.
For those of you who have a geographic interest, I found google maps to be very enlightening when it came to looking at the terrain. Look at how steep the mountians are… 
I couldn’t recommend it more for a quiet time away…
The Gahooa Perspective 