{"id":145040,"date":"2025-09-09T23:06:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T03:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=145040"},"modified":"2025-09-09T23:06:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T03:06:18","slug":"solace-of-the-valley-by-joe-scrizzi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=145040","title":{"rendered":"Solace of the Valley | By: Joe Scrizzi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Photography by: Joe Scrizzi<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Solace of the Valley<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;Just like the creek finds its way through stones and trees, we too can trust the flow of life to carry us exactly where we\u2019re meant to be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~ Korie Urban<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Location: Bushkill Stream \u2013 Jacobsburg Park \u2013 Belfast, PA.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-image-carousel  su-image-carousel-columns-3 su-image-carousel-has-spacing su-image-carousel-crop su-image-carousel-crop-4-3 su-image-carousel-has-lightbox su-image-carousel-has-outline su-image-carousel-slides-style-default su-image-carousel-controls-style-dark su-image-carousel-align-center\" style=\"max-width:100%\" data-flickity-options='{\"groupCells\":true,\"cellSelector\":\".su-image-carousel-item\",\"adaptiveHeight\":false,\"cellAlign\":\"left\",\"prevNextButtons\":true,\"pageDots\":true,\"autoPlay\":3000,\"imagesLoaded\":true,\"contain\":true,\"selectedAttraction\":0.007000000000000000145716771982051795930601656436920166015625,\"friction\":0.25}' id=\"su_image_carousel_69fb721d4a15e\"><div class=\"su-image-carousel-item\"><div class=\"su-image-carousel-item-content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Bushkill.1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Bushkill.1.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Bushkill.1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Bushkill.1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Bushkill.1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-image-carousel-item\"><div class=\"su-image-carousel-item-content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Bushkill.2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Bushkill.2.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Bushkill.2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Bushkill.2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Bushkill.2-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-image-carousel-item\"><div class=\"su-image-carousel-item-content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SOTV_Bushkill.3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SOTV_Bushkill.3.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SOTV_Bushkill.3.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SOTV_Bushkill.3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SOTV_Bushkill.3-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><script id=\"su_image_carousel_69fb721d4a15e_script\">if(window.SUImageCarousel){setTimeout(function() {window.SUImageCarousel.initGallery(document.getElementById(\"su_image_carousel_69fb721d4a15e\"))}, 0);}var su_image_carousel_69fb721d4a15e_script=document.getElementById(\"su_image_carousel_69fb721d4a15e_script\");if(su_image_carousel_69fb721d4a15e_script){su_image_carousel_69fb721d4a15e_script.parentNode.removeChild(su_image_carousel_69fb721d4a15e_script);}<\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photography by: Joe Scrizzi Solace of the Valley &#8220;Just like the creek finds its way through stones and trees, we too can trust the flow of life to carry us &hellip; 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