Travels with Dad - Documenting the Back Roads of Susquehanna County, PA

Travels with Dad - Documenting the Back Roads of Susquehanna County, PA Take a trip with Dad and I as we drive to discover the numerous back and lost roads of this beautiful county in Pennsylvania. It is where I grew up. Or not?

Susquehanna County, PA is a beautiful part of Pennsylvania. It is the home of my roots. It is also an area strewn with many roads that appear to lead to nowhere. I have lived here so many years and continue to visit. Yet I have no knowledge of many of these numerous roads. This project started out of this curiosity and boredom. It also started as a way to connect with my Dad as he begins to age. I

t is an amazing journey to watch him either remember a place and tell it's story or look in awe at the wonders of this county. I want to share this with the Susquehanna County community. This is an amateur page to record our journeys. I am an amateur photographer and historian. Most photos will be taken from a cell phone. Many of you that live in Susquehanna County know these roads and the history of the lives on these roads past and present. Please share what you know. Invite us to your road. Tell us the history. I want to record everything and anything that comes out of this. This is your page as much as it is ours to share. I look forward to hearing from anyone. So, coming to a road near you - Travels with Dad.

May your Christmas be merry and your back roads be roads to new light.
12/26/2025

May your Christmas be merry and your back roads be roads to new light.

'Along The Back Road' đź‘Ť

May the blessings of today fill your tables, homes and lives. Then take a walk on a back road to settle it in yourself....
11/27/2025

May the blessings of today fill your tables, homes and lives. Then take a walk on a back road to settle it in yourself. Happy Thanksgiving Day!

Highlights of Susquehanna County Pa Artist Weekend Tour
10/15/2025

Highlights of Susquehanna County Pa Artist Weekend Tour


The day was perfect for a long route home.Today’s travels took me in the hills of Franklin Township w the B Dog. One ro...
09/15/2025

The day was perfect for a long route home.

Today’s travels took me in the hills of Franklin Township w the B Dog. One road led into another yet also revealed many more roads yet to be explored. That is for another day.

Get out and visit your world. We certainly enjoyed the trip today!


08/06/2025

I don’t remember where we were exactly only that we were headed towards Lawton, PA. Spending time with friends on a beautiful day is the best day!

The Long Hiatus has EndedI started this page years ago to document my travels with my father during his last years of hi...
07/28/2025

The Long Hiatus has Ended

I started this page years ago to document my travels with my father during his last years of his life over his beloved Susquehanna County backroads. The effects of Alzheimer’s disease, dementia and CTE took him from us and took his stories, of which he had many from his rich life. One day I got him in my car and took him for a ride down a dirt road. Half way down the road he came back and told a story he remembered. I had him back if only for a moment and he benefitted by finding lucidity which calmed him. Thus began our travels and this page.

He has since left this world permanently. Yet, there are so many roads in this county we did not see together.

Lately, I have started to make my own way back to exploring the roads accompanied now with a new four legged, over-eager, more than willing dog. Along with some divine signs I believe are from Dad, with this dog at my side, I will be adding more posts to this page. Please share and rebuild it if you like it enough.

Ely Lake Road was shown to me by a friend and I fell in love with it. Its a sneaky bit of a road. Saturday, dog and I walked to what I thought was the end until I asked myself “where the h&ll is Ely Lake?”. I looked and saw the road actually slid along the main road on the left, forming Bunnell’s Corners, and continued off the left up a hill. That part of the road turned out to be the best part of the trip! It was gorgeous up to what I was searching for - the cute Ely Lake.

So, to the Ely’s I know, Jennifer Ely and Guy, do you have anything you can add about the road I presume is named from your family? I invite you to share here…

May the road rise to meet you and may the wind be always at your back.

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08/07/2024

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Sponsorships are needed for this event to be a grand 200th special day for Montrose!

Individuals, businesses and associations are encouraged to donate or sponsor a full part of this event. You will be making yourself a part of history to be remembered into the next 100 years.

Thank you in advance!

01/04/2024

I am back from Facebook hell. Thank you to those who helped. Good to see you all again!

And another Friendsville, PA road. There will soon be a Christmas light display on this road in a few months.
10/19/2020

And another Friendsville, PA road. There will soon be a Christmas light display on this road in a few months.

Took a detour on the way home today in Friendsville, PA
10/19/2020

Took a detour on the way home today in Friendsville, PA

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