Curtin Village

Hold My Calls

Originally uploaded by Athens Nikita

We lead lucky lives, most of the time. So, Saturday our plans were derailed by a bachelor party for a guy we don't know. Don't get me wrong -- he's an awesome guy. We're friendy now. But we didn't know him as of 2 p.m. on Saturday and by 7 p.m. we were at his post-bachelor hangout. Turns out one of his groomsmen is an old friends of my husband's and some other friends' and the mother-of-the-bride, who is a neighbor we hadn't met yet, connected the dots.

Anyway, the bride suggested a fishing spot to Chris. Chris really wants to fish, since we live in the fishing capital of Pennsylvania. I really want to be supportive, and spend some quality time exploring architecture.

Enter Curtin Village.

Chris got to fish in the gorgeous and tranquil Bald Eagle Creek, while I walked around and photographed darn near all of the Curtin Village historic ironworks. This site is really underrated, I think -- I'm used to historic sites that are sort of limping along, but this one is in pristine condition and open a surprisingly large amount of time during the summer.

Anyway, I played with my macro settings, goofed around with color saturation (since the sky was mostly a really lurid blue), and even tried a little action photography. It was a great way to spend an afternoon.


The photo stream at the bottom chronicles our adventures. Enjoy!