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Walking South up valley to some of Buffalo Creek Tributaries

2021 Winter snow melt, Spring is coming

Snow melt clip from today 2/25/2021

A friends post on Facebook earlier in the day left me curious about what might be going on, from what I read was it sounds like a jet engine and there is white billowing smoke with no sirens. I thought natural gas line rupture except the no sirens part, then I thought EMS training. turns out from what I later read it was a steam pipe that burst. it can be heard in this video.

Went to look at the ice on Lake Arthur in Moraine State Park

From my understanding a steam pipe burst causing the sound and steam.

Impromptu drive to Slippery Rock to hear what was described as a jet engine.

After Thunder knocked me over or I tripped which ever I made sure to plant my feet and spread my stance so he couldn't knock me over again.

On our walk I saw young white tail fawn prints in the snow and decided to point them out in contrast to Sam's paw print.

My dogs racing and chasing each other through the woods, agility play.

Medix Grade Road to Quehanna Highway and back towards Medix Run Pennsylvania off to look for Elk.

Thunder and I playing rough and if you've ever tried to walk backwards in snowshoes you know how difficult it can be let alone being hit by 100+ pounds of a young playful dog.

A slow drive up a snow covered Red Run Road from Mix Run Pennsylvania, birth place of Tom Mix (Western Actor who appeared in 291 films).

More White tail Doe further down the same stretch of road, near where Tom Mix lived.

Big Bull Elk from earlier now laying below the ridge line in the snow to the right side of the screen. The snow makes his body easier to see.

Bull Elk on ridge line standing and grazing, wish I had known the camera has a zoom when I shot this. He's hard to see honestly.

Driving my 2020 Jeep Gladiator Rubicon through a railroad culvert tunnel.

Language warning in the first 5 seconds, one F-bomb, get past that and you'll see some wild Pennsylvania elk really close. I wasn't expecting them to come of the rock wall to my right in front of and behind me.

Travel reduced to 10 mph driving with lockers locked, very nice winter mountain scenery in the Moshannon State Forest on Medix Grade.

Route 555 into Medix Run Pennsylvania and the Quehanna Highway to Moshannon State Forest Medix Grade (forest) Road

Winter driving time lapse sequence driving down Medix Grade towards Medix Run Pennsylvania

Driving further up Medix Grade Road in Moshannon State Forest to Jacks Dent Road where the snow got too deep and I kept sinking down to the differentials, that's where I turned around.

Getting the dogs loaded up into the Gladiator.

Stopped at campsite 4 and walked over to see Medix Run and broke through the ice where I thought the ground was solid, only got a wet foot thankfully.

Medix Grade Road (No Winter Maintenance Forest Road) into primitive campsite 4