GhostDakota
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Phoenixville, PA | Bethany, DE
(All my photos were taken with my Nikon D2x with a 50mm 1.8 Nikkor lens. I had left the ISO at 800 from a shoot the previous night. White Balance was left on Auto. Aperture Priority)
So we had a great turnout for the Centralia trip on Sunday, 12/14. We met at Quadratec and began our journey to Centralia at 11:15am. We arrived in Centralia around 1:30pm after taking a food/bathroom break. We explored the old portions of Centralia, including areas that have obvious signs of mine subsidence. There were some Russian people from New York who had an RV and a wardrobe, they were doing a photoshoot in the middle of this area. Some people ventured into one of the 3 cemeteries in town. In total we had 5 XJ’s (Cherokee), 1 YJ (Wrangler), and 1 Chevy 1500 pickup:
Me (Photo by Tommy B):
The group then headed down to the closed portion of Route 61. We parked the vehicles in the middle of the roadway and headed off exploring the woods nearby. We found quite a few very active area’s where the mine subsidence had definitely shaped the landscape. There were some vents at the north portion of a valley where the temps exceeded anything we could tolerate. The heat was hot enough to melt boots! We returned back to our vehicles where Tommy B decided he wanted to jump his Jeep. He did this twice and got some good air. Unfortunately his best air was on the first jump, which was not documented:
So we had a great turnout for the Centralia trip on Sunday, 12/14. We met at Quadratec and began our journey to Centralia at 11:15am. We arrived in Centralia around 1:30pm after taking a food/bathroom break. We explored the old portions of Centralia, including areas that have obvious signs of mine subsidence. There were some Russian people from New York who had an RV and a wardrobe, they were doing a photoshoot in the middle of this area. Some people ventured into one of the 3 cemeteries in town. In total we had 5 XJ’s (Cherokee), 1 YJ (Wrangler), and 1 Chevy 1500 pickup:
Me (Photo by Tommy B):
The group then headed down to the closed portion of Route 61. We parked the vehicles in the middle of the roadway and headed off exploring the woods nearby. We found quite a few very active area’s where the mine subsidence had definitely shaped the landscape. There were some vents at the north portion of a valley where the temps exceeded anything we could tolerate. The heat was hot enough to melt boots! We returned back to our vehicles where Tommy B decided he wanted to jump his Jeep. He did this twice and got some good air. Unfortunately his best air was on the first jump, which was not documented:
and/or myself to be held liable if someone hurts/kills themselves or their Jeep falls into a sinkhole 200 feet deep by 10 feet wide. People have been severely injured and killed in this location before. It's an incredibly dangerous location. If it were the Pine Barrens or something like that, that's a different story.
