This weekend we went car camping with the
gang in Jim Thorpe, PA. Major props to Chris for
planning the trip.
It was a perfect
weekend to go - the height of the fall colors for this
area.
We arrived Friday night to set up camp, hang out by the
fire and catch up. Here is Jen and J discussing
the
finer points
of down booties.
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Here's the rest of the
gang wishing they had down booties. From left to right, Doug,
Amanda, Kira, and
Chris, our car camping concierge. A
seemingly peaceful crowd, we were informed by the
management
around 1am
that they had gotten a few complaints
about our noise level.
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Saturday morning we woke (late) to a beautiful sunny
day.
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Had a continental camp
breakfast of bagels and cereal, then headed off
to hike somewhere.
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Near the parking area of
our hike was this abandoned train tunnel. The front has either caved
in or
overburden has been pushed in
front to keep vehicles out.
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The tunnel exited the
side of a cliff
over the Lehigh River.
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Here's a time exposure
looking back towards the entrance. The tunnel was wide enough for
two trains.
You can see some of the ties are
still around.
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Here's the exit of the
tunnel. This picture was taken from the opposite side of the Lehigh River.
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The trail we were hiking was the Glen
Onoko falls trail. This was just one of the many
waterfalls and
water features
along the trail.
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This was the top of the trail
and the falls.
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Here's saturday night around
the campfire, though this time we had food - lots of
food.
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Chris
preparing some chicken to go with our veggies, potatoes, steak and
smores.
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Here are the potatoes cooking on the fire. Actually it's 8lbs
of potatoes cooking on the fire.
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With the potatoes off the grill and steeping on
the table, it was time to throw on the chicken.
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Sunday morning breakfast of eggs, bacon and guess what? More
Potatoes!
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