Beautiful Nature & History ~ Exploring the Delaware Canal

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2 ай бұрын

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@terrycharcalla9061
@terrycharcalla9061 2 ай бұрын
Lived right on the Delaware canal in Yardley back in 1977 my early 20s loved it.
@LilyWhisperwind
@LilyWhisperwind 2 ай бұрын
The canal reminds me of places in the uk. It's just beautiful! Those people must love living along there.
@57Banjoman
@57Banjoman 2 ай бұрын
Nice ride! Thanks for taking us along!
@wades4253
@wades4253 2 ай бұрын
Great job covering the canal by bicycle. Very enjoyable video. Hope you enjoyed the ride.
@alexandria8255
@alexandria8255 2 ай бұрын
What a lovely ride along! thanks for sharing with us. I really enjoyed it. God Bless 🙏🙏
@rikspector
@rikspector 2 ай бұрын
Cliff, Wow! lot of great comments by people who grew up along the canal. This one could be restored like it was in the sixties and seventies. Cheers, Rik Spector
@bruinsfan8278
@bruinsfan8278 2 ай бұрын
Great video Cliff, history and Wildlife, you got it all !!
@ladywisewolf3942
@ladywisewolf3942 2 ай бұрын
Wow that canal area is a real wildlife corridor! It's so important to have these because it allows wildlife to get from one ecosystem/ hunting ground to another safely in a suburban environment, and in this case with the added benefit of a water source. We just created the first man-made wildlife corridor here in So. California, ( north San Fernando valley) a bridge with native plants and trees over a busy freeway allowing wildlife, especially mountain lions, to cross safely and increase their territory. Really enjoyed this video Cliff. 👍
@my2cents945
@my2cents945 2 ай бұрын
That canal was fully functional and in tact in the 60's and 70's. We would paddle a canoe up and down on weekends. You could paddle the entire canal back then. We would do multi-day canoe/camping trips when I was a kid in the boy scouts. The canal would be very busy with loads of canoes on weekends. Many people who lived along the canal would run canoe rental businesses from their back yards. The state had planned to fully restore the canal before several destructive floods convinced them to abandon the idea. Hurricanes Floyd and Sandy did a lot of damage to that area. There was also a blizzard (36 inches of snow) that flash melted in a quick warm up and heavy rain storm in the 90's that caused widespread flooding.
@bradforddillman7671
@bradforddillman7671 2 ай бұрын
Love to see you in my current neighborhood. You’ve already visited my old stomping grounds in Columbia, Luzerne and Berks counties. Further north is another aqueduct which is technically a covered bridge listed in some of the Pa. Covered bridge books. Definitely unique.
@rickyt3961
@rickyt3961 2 ай бұрын
Thanks! Cliff nice ride through the park 👍🏾
@squidgameisaliarisawnosqui5341
@squidgameisaliarisawnosqui5341 2 ай бұрын
Very cool video keep them coming much needed ty Steve On To The Next YES PLEASE 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
@KennySmith_AKA_JerseyKid
@KennySmith_AKA_JerseyKid 2 ай бұрын
For those who haven’t grown up along the Delaware River, this canal was busy with barges, carrying logs to be milled downriver, iron ore to be smelled and other materials. They used donkeys or mules to be more precise, they were called mule barges They used the canals on both sides of the river, in New Jersey too but mainly used on the Pennsylvania side. I was born in 1960 and lived there in Trenton until I was 10 and moved to Yardville. But the canal, Bowman’s Tower and Washington Crossing State Park was my favorite place to go. Many generations of my family have walked through the Delaware River Valley, Lehigh Valley up to the Water Gap.my last hike in that area was with my older sister and I ended up doing 35-40 miles of walking. As kids we would have a big family bbq at the State Park and crossed the little stream and us kids would climb up the hillside to Bowman’s tower. Back then lol there was no elevator to the top. I went back there in 2003 and saw they put an elevator in. No fun if you can’t ascend it like they did in the past. So so many of my family still go there in the summer. I hiked in all weather
@joangravel2436
@joangravel2436 2 ай бұрын
Thanks awesome place I enjoyed watching
@kennethzullick6897
@kennethzullick6897 2 ай бұрын
Thanks Cliff!
@thesingletracker
@thesingletracker 2 ай бұрын
Rode right by my house Cliff. Should've stopped in for a beer😊
@KenK-mn3xc
@KenK-mn3xc 2 ай бұрын
This reminded me of something when I came down from NY to walk Morrisville to New Hope about 5 years ago -- I went out on the road at Wash. Crossing to get a snack at a Dunkin Donuts. When the clerk rang up my purchase, he stopped and said "whoops we can't have that!" -- my purchase had added to $6.66 -- so with some creative re-keying he was able to change it to a few cents less. I felt reassured that Pennsylvanian's are keeping a watchful eye to keep the devil out of the donuts! Thanks for another lovely trip, Cliff!
@monicalynn7187
@monicalynn7187 2 ай бұрын
Found you a few weeks ago and so thankful. I am from southeastern PA [Montgomery County], but have been stuck in NC for far too long. Makes me miss PA even more, but nonetheless, I enjoy your content.
@danjacobs418
@danjacobs418 2 ай бұрын
Glad to see my home county of Bucks county PA I grew up in Tinicum and Doylestown PA very nice area of PA
@sevzas
@sevzas 2 ай бұрын
When you do the next section between Washington crossing and new Hope, be on the lookout for two interesting spots: 1. Just north of Washington crossing there is a small cemetery with graves of revolutionary war soldiers that died from disease around the Washington made camp near by. 2. Just south of new hope, next to Odette's there is a spot between the canal and the river where there was a transfer point of canal barges across the river to the D&R canal.
@carolyncookcall2802
@carolyncookcall2802 Ай бұрын
Looking forward to watching your trip north on the canal. I lived in Southampton and Bensalem over 30 years ago and now I’m in Maine. It was nice to see some of the places we used to frequent!
@LemonExtras
@LemonExtras Ай бұрын
My dad grew up right around there. I remember seeing that floodgate with him as a kid and him telling me of them using it in the 60s/70s
@thesingletracker
@thesingletracker 2 ай бұрын
... also, they're doing work on the canal up above Washingtons Crossing. That's why no water. That Aquaduct at Hough's Creek is where the flash flood was that swept away cars and killed a bunch of people last year from Taylorsville road.
@lindamccaughey6669
@lindamccaughey6669 2 ай бұрын
What a fabulous towpath. Perfect for biking. So very pretty. Loved seeing your friends. Look forward to next lock. Thanks for taking me along. Please take care
@kevinsmith5288
@kevinsmith5288 2 ай бұрын
Greetings Cliff! Happy Memorial Day weekend 😊!
@natefarrell4056
@natefarrell4056 2 ай бұрын
I was just walking that trail today
@glennjudd2467
@glennjudd2467 2 ай бұрын
Nice bike ride .! Cliff ? Nice day for it !
@jamesley4969
@jamesley4969 2 ай бұрын
Alot of memories for me in this episode. You passed .my childhood fishing spot in Morrisville, rode under the Scudder Falls bridge where I worked before retirement and where I boarded my horse. The path you climbed down on was how I got my horse to the tow path from the stable. You were lucky that the geese did not chase you. The reason there is little or no water in some parts of the canal is because a hurricane came through and the flooding breached and damaged the walls of the canal.
@Nancy-kw8xz
@Nancy-kw8xz 2 ай бұрын
Hello cliff great beautiful bike ride love all the wild animals thank you for taking us along🐿🐢🦌🐸 take care love from upstate New York❤😊
@bwatcher1000
@bwatcher1000 2 ай бұрын
I wonder if i'm the only one who ducked when you went under those bridges. Great episode, thanks.
@nancymann5351
@nancymann5351 2 ай бұрын
I did
@darlenegood4101
@darlenegood4101 2 ай бұрын
Isn't much nicer going on a bike and you can get many miles in a shorter amount of time. Love seeing all the geese and their babies and the turtles were adorable.
@awadventures6230
@awadventures6230 2 ай бұрын
Always have a love for Bucks County! Great ride Cliff!
@heden1460
@heden1460 2 ай бұрын
It's nice you can point out the wildlife and say what we're looking at. You can do that with a lot of the vegetation as well. Awesome turtle picture.` I know I say it a lot, but all that beautiful green is lovely. to see.
@willmorrisusa
@willmorrisusa 2 ай бұрын
Nice one Cliff ! Glad you were safe & didn't put the " pedal to the metal " while peddling near the baby geese ! Mommy Goose gave U a Big HISS & almost got U ! 😂
@user-David-Alan
@user-David-Alan 2 ай бұрын
That was awesome. Thanks. Stay well and be safe.
@oldsman9465
@oldsman9465 2 ай бұрын
Excellent! Thank you for another great episode.😊👍
@roberteshaw9520
@roberteshaw9520 2 ай бұрын
The bicycle makes sense on paved surfaces. Taping the camera to the handle bar is a good steady cam set up.This is way more economical.
@577buttfan
@577buttfan 2 ай бұрын
They make awesome RAM mounts for that .
@703am
@703am 2 ай бұрын
interesting video. seems as if there is so much more to see and do in eastern Pa than here in western pa thanks so much for the videos
@nancymann5351
@nancymann5351 2 ай бұрын
I agree,not much for hiking.
@timpekarek9159
@timpekarek9159 2 ай бұрын
5:36 tree with lavender flowers is an Empress Tree, Paulownia tomentosa. Lovely, though non-native and considered an invasive plant.
@johnmefford4455
@johnmefford4455 2 ай бұрын
Great history
@donnasilver940
@donnasilver940 2 ай бұрын
These are nice videos
@CamillaTolf
@CamillaTolf 2 ай бұрын
I guess the redfox was going for the chicks.
@nancymann5351
@nancymann5351 2 ай бұрын
Beautiful ride. Id love to live in one of those houses. Wonder if the canal floods?I think you've seen more wildlife here than in the woods. The jeep is looking very shiny. Did you wax it yourself? If so,great job. This was one fantastic ride. I loved it. Wish I could have been there. By the way, I haven't seen you wearing the green Smokey Bear shirt. I have one too and was surprised when you got one. Have a safe and fun Memorial Day.❤❤❤❤❤
@danjacobs418
@danjacobs418 2 ай бұрын
Ringing Rocks would be a great video check it out. They drained the canal in spots and the army Corp of engineers was supposed to dredge it but never did
@thewanderingwoodsman7227
@thewanderingwoodsman7227 2 ай бұрын
Already filmed there several times.
@danjacobs418
@danjacobs418 2 ай бұрын
@thewanderingwoodsman7227 I'll look it up in your back videos! Thank you. I watch you every day for over a year now
@anthracitemafia
@anthracitemafia 2 ай бұрын
When can we get you up on Blue Marsh Flow Trails with that FatTire Mountainbike?
@SharonPadget
@SharonPadget 2 ай бұрын
What water source was used to fill the canal? Lovely place to ride a bike. Nice and flat.
@thewanderingwoodsman7227
@thewanderingwoodsman7227 2 ай бұрын
delaware river
@judyfalkosky-qf8tt
@judyfalkosky-qf8tt 2 ай бұрын
What are the flowering purple trees.? You always know the flowers.
@thewanderingwoodsman7227
@thewanderingwoodsman7227 2 ай бұрын
Paulownia tree or Empress tree.
@johnirby493
@johnirby493 2 ай бұрын
Darn. You didn't say that you would like to live there.
@willmorrisusa
@willmorrisusa 2 ай бұрын
Gonna watch your Mountain Lion Video after. U doing " Bigfoot " videos after the Mountain Lion Videos ? ! 😂 👊
@gordonmiles9995
@gordonmiles9995 2 ай бұрын
Cliff, do you find fat tire bikes more difficult to peddle? I have a fat tire e-bike but she's a handful when the battery dies.
@thewanderingwoodsman7227
@thewanderingwoodsman7227 2 ай бұрын
I haven't had any issues.
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