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Site title: Mama's Empty Nest – Redefining life after the fledglings have flown
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We’ve been to Baltimore, Maryland in the past enjoying a jaunt through that city on a summer vacation, but this time we visited New Baltimore – a nice village in Somerset County, Pennsylvania.
On our day trip in April, we wound up a quest to visit the last covered bridges we hadn’t viewed on that county’s list...
Celebrating Flag Day
in this 250th year of the birth of our nation,
the United States of America!
“When we honor our flag we honor what we stand for as a Nation — freedom, equality, justice, and hope.” ~ Ronald Reagan, US President 1981-1989
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Writing yesterday’s post highlighting Pack Saddle Covered Bridge caused me to think about all those horses who must have traveled pack saddle roads and trotted through all the historic covered bridges I’ve visited.
You might say it caused me to be back in the saddle again… at least in my mind. It’s been many years ...
Often as we two empty nesters travel around our home state in search of covered bridges, I wonder how those structures got their names. Many of them are referred to by last names of nearby land or mill owners. Others are named for the creeks they span. Still others might be named because of the road upon which they’re situated.