A Gap in the Water

Welcome back to my Poconos trip in October 2021. Today's blog continues our walk around the Poconos Environmental Education Center. There were a few more lovely shots of the leaves (not totally changed over yet, but you can see them starting) and a photo of the official Delaware Water Gap NRA sign. Delaware Water Gap is an interesting park. It formed over many years when local residents objected to Congress's plans for damming the river, arguing that there was enough recreational use without building a manmade reservoir. In the process, 2 separate but conjoined parks were created. Delaware Water Gap came first, and then the river itself was made into the Middle Delaware National Scenic and Recreational River. That eliminated any threat from the development of dams, and so this lovely natural landscape will be enjoyed by all as intended by nature. While the Middle Delaware NSRR helps protect the 40 miles along the river between Milford and the village of Delaware Water Gap, additional protections to the north and south ensure that further development there will not impact this location.

This was another layout in the Meggan and Tessa Croptoberfest class. The link is in the previous blog post. The left page is another of the laser-cut pages. It looks more complicated than it is. The hardest part is stringing the thin paper along the border edges. The leaves and acorns are backfilled with circles of colored cardstock. Luckily, they figured out the right size, so there wasn't much trimming.