The Whimsy Has Landed

On Saturday, author, artist and re-explorer Allen Crawford completed his 40-mile, 3-day kayak journey from the wilds of New Jersey and landed in Bartram’s Garden, planting his flag and claiming Philadelphia in the name of … Lord Whimsy. Visit lordwhimsy.com for plenty of pictures and audio recordings from the trip. See Crawford among the spatterdock and river clams, hear him at the Naval Yard, gawking at the mothballed ships (or, in Whimsy’s words, “recumbent goddesses of the sea”).

After the jump, a great shot of the old Philadelphia Electric Company Richmond Generating Station, as seen from the Delaware.