As long as Justin Teague had a fishing pole in his hand, he could get splashed all he wanted on the new fishing wharf at Conowingo Dam in Maryland. On these recent miserably hot days, who can blame him for being more interested in being splashed than catching a trophy fish?
Justin laid down his pole for a few minutes and security chased him off the pier. It's for fishing, the security man said, not for wading or swimming.
Tyler Brigham enjoys cooling off at the Graham Aquatic Center during a weekly swim trip by campers from Camp Pennwood. In operation since 1962, Camp Pennwood is sponsored by the Arc of York County, and hosts children with intellectual disabilities ages 6 to 21.
Tyler is one of my favorite people at camp. It's a joy watching these kids start camp at age six and see how they progress as teenagers.
Roger Shaffer is 96 years old, and has hours and hours of stories to tell about growing up in Hanover Junction train station. Trains rolling past at all hours, the passengers wandering the station's lobby. He'll tell you about things that happened nearly a century ago, and he'll sprinkle in details like it happened yesterday.
Here's a video of Roger telling just a bit of what he remembers.
The earliest memory of the station was riding a tricycle around the lobby before the passengers got there. He remembers its color, the sounds of the station and the ambience of the building. And keep in mind much of this happened before World War I, before Babe Ruth, and before automobiles became the Next Big Thing.
Since the York County Park system refurbished the station, he's supplied the station with model-size replicas of the Junction's buildings and other structures.
He's an amazing source of local history.
