{"id":1462,"date":"2013-02-22T14:19:16","date_gmt":"2013-02-22T19:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.migrate.edwardbacon.com\/blog\/?p=1462"},"modified":"2016-01-22T16:09:00","modified_gmt":"2016-01-22T21:09:00","slug":"french-creek-at-st-peters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edwardbacon.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/french-creek-at-st-peters\/","title":{"rendered":"French Creek at St. Peters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A glacier pushed the boulders into the St. Peter&#8217;s Village area thousands of years ago. For centuries the French Creek winds its way through the rocks, wearing the granite smooth. The winter ice expands as it freezes creating fissures in the rock, splitting it eventually to make a new space for the spring&#8217;s flow.<br \/>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"1170\" data-carousel-extra='null' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1170px; height: 488px;\" data-original-width=\"1170\" data-original-height=\"488\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 440px; height: 488px;\" data-original-width=\"440\" data-original-height=\"488\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edwardbacon.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/french-creek-at-st-peters\/stpeters-4\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"436\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"484\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"1464\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.edwardbacon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/StPeters_19549_Edit_1997.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1443,1600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;22&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Edward F. Bacon&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1319465098&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\\u00a92011 E. F. Bacon \\\/ Nantmeal Village, PA \\\/ All Rights Reserved&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;1.3&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;StPeters&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"St Peters in the fall\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.edwardbacon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/StPeters_19549_Edit_1997.jpg?fit=620%2C687&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.edwardbacon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/StPeters_19549_Edit_1997.jpg?fit=940%2C1042&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.edwardbacon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/StPeters_19549_Edit_1997.jpg?w=436&#038;h=484&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.edwardbacon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/StPeters_19549_Edit_1997.jpg?w=1443&amp;ssl=1 1443w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.edwardbacon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/StPeters_19549_Edit_1997.jpg?resize=620%2C687&amp;ssl=1 620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.edwardbacon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/StPeters_19549_Edit_1997.jpg?resize=768%2C852&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.edwardbacon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/StPeters_19549_Edit_1997.jpg?resize=940%2C1042&amp;ssl=1 940w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.edwardbacon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/StPeters_19549_Edit_1997.jpg?resize=1385%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1385w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.edwardbacon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/StPeters_19549_Edit_1997.jpg?resize=570%2C632&amp;ssl=1 570w\" width=\"436\" height=\"484\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"436\" data-original-height=\"484\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"St Peters in the fall\" alt=\"The stream wears the granite boulders smooth.\" style=\"width: 436px; height: 484px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> The stream wears the granite boulders smooth. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 730px; height: 488px;\" data-original-width=\"730\" data-original-height=\"488\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edwardbacon.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/french-creek-at-st-peters\/snowice-6066_edit_2034\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"726\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"484\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"1463\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.edwardbacon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/SnowIce-6066_Edit_2034.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1067\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;29&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Edward F. 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Bacon \\\/ Nantmeal Village, PA \\\/ All Rights Reserved&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"French Creek Ice\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.edwardbacon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/SnowIce-6066_Edit_2034.jpg?fit=620%2C413&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.edwardbacon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/SnowIce-6066_Edit_2034.jpg?fit=940%2C627&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.edwardbacon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/SnowIce-6066_Edit_2034.jpg?w=726&#038;h=484&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.edwardbacon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/SnowIce-6066_Edit_2034.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.edwardbacon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/SnowIce-6066_Edit_2034.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.edwardbacon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/SnowIce-6066_Edit_2034.jpg?resize=620%2C413&amp;ssl=1 620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.edwardbacon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/SnowIce-6066_Edit_2034.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.edwardbacon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/SnowIce-6066_Edit_2034.jpg?resize=940%2C627&amp;ssl=1 940w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.edwardbacon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/SnowIce-6066_Edit_2034.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.edwardbacon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/SnowIce-6066_Edit_2034.jpg?resize=570%2C380&amp;ssl=1 570w\" width=\"726\" height=\"484\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"726\" data-original-height=\"484\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"French Creek Ice\" alt=\"The stream flow under a crust of ice and snow at St. Peters.\" style=\"width: 726px; height: 484px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> The stream flow under a crust of ice and snow at St. Peters. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div><br \/>\nClick on an image to see more &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A glacier pushed the boulders into the St. Peter&#8217;s Village area thousands of years ago. 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