Month: September 2024

Memorials and public art in Atlantic City, New Jersey

9-11 Memorial near the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, N.J., in September 2024. It honors first responders lost at the World Trade Center in New York. - photo by Joe Alexander
9-11 Memorial near the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, N.J., in September 2024. It honors first responders lost at the World Trade Center in New York. – photo by Joe Alexander
There are a number of murals and other public art near the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, N.J.

The New Jersey Korean War Memorial and 9-11 Memorial are also just steps from the Boardwalk.

Dissent is Patriotic mural in Atlantic City

Dissent is Patriotic mural near the boardwalk in Atlantic City in late September 2024. - photo by Joe Alexander
Dissent is Patriotic mural near the boardwalk in Atlantic City in late September 2024. – photo by Joe Alexander
This is my favorite mural of those I found near the boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

“Dissent is Patriotic” is even more colorful if you get to see it when the sun is shining on it. I just happened to be passing through on a cloudy day in late September.

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Sunset at Canadarago Lake in New York

A late September sunset on the banks of Canadarago Lake in New York State. - photo by Joe Alexander
A late September sunset on the banks of Canadarago Lake in New York State. – photo by Joe Alexander
I spent a quiet evening in the back yard of an inn on the east side of Canadarago Lake near Richfield Springs, New York.

The lake is not far from Cooperstown and about halfway between Albany and Syracuse – but off the beaten path of the interstate system.

It was the last weekend of September and was still warm enough to enjoy the sunset without needing a jacket.

A late September sunset on the banks of Canadarago Lake in New York State. - photo by Joe Alexander
A late September sunset on the banks of Canadarago Lake in New York State.
A late September sunset on the banks of Canadarago Lake in New York State. - photo by Joe Alexander
A late September sunset on the banks of Canadarago Lake in New York State.

Fall foliage begins changing colors in Poconos

Trees beginning to change colors along Interstate 81 in the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania in late September 2024. - photo by Joe Alexander
Trees beginning to change colors along Interstate 81 in the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania in late September 2024. – photo by Joe Alexander
Some of the trees in the Pocono Mountains in northeastern Pennsylvania were beginning to change colors as I drove through on Interstate 81 last weekend.

The weather hadn’t turned cold yet but it looked like autumn with drizzly rain and fog.

Peak time to see fall colors is probably another week away at the higher elevations and later in October in other parts of northern Pennsylvania and southern New York State.