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A Pocono Mountains Weekend Part 4

We spent the weekend of May 5 through May 8 in the Pocono Mountains. As I have much to share with you, I plan to upload several blog posts about our Pocono Mountains weekend getaway. This is the third blog post about our weekend. You may read the first through third blog posts here, here and here.

From Raymondskill Falls we began our drive back to Stroudsburg, via Route 209 South. We stopped at Dingmans Falls Visitor Center. The visitor center and the falls are at the end of a 1-mile approach road off Johnny Bee Road, which intersects Route 209 near milepost 14, just south of the traffic light at Routes 209 & 739 in Dingmans Ferry PA.

Dingmans Falls Visitor Center
The visitor center had not yet opened for the season.

The visitor center’s 2017 operating schedule is May 26 through September 4. It is open on Wednesday through Sunday from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. The visitor center is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.

From the visitor center we walked along a wooden boardwalk to Dingmans Falls.

The first waterfall that we saw on our walk was Silver Thread Falls.

Bob and I on the boardwalk trail to Dingmans Falls.

The walk to Dingmans Falls was a pleasant and leisurely stroll. It began to rain while we were on this trail. We were prepared, though. Bob carried an umbrella, and I had my L.L. Bean raincoat.

According to Internet sources, Dingmans Falls is 130 feet tall and is Pennsylvania’s second tallest waterfall.

We returned to the visitor center by retracing our footsteps.

We left Dingmans Falls Visitor Center at 1:43 pm. We hadn’t yet eaten lunch. It was raining. Rather than have a picnic lunch, we decided to eat a late lunch out and save our picnic lunch for later at the hotel.

We ate lunch at Alaska Pete’s Roadhouse Grille in Marshall Creek. This was a very nice restaurant. Here are a couple pictures of the view from our table.

It was Bob’s birthday, and he ordered prime rib.

I ordered Chicken Parmesan and brought back to the hotel 1/2 of my meal. Bob and I could easily share rest of my meal for lunch and our hunger would be satisfied. The rain stopped while we were eating.

We made two stops before returning to the hotel. We stopped at Walmart and picked up Earl Grey K-cups and creamer. Our room at Flower Field Inn & Cottages had a Keurig coffee maker. Coffee K-cups were provided, along with sugar and dry creamer. Tea K-cups were not provided. I wanted hot tea available for rest of our weekend stay, which was forecast to be chilly and wet. We stopped also at Best Buy, where Bob looked for a charger for his Fitbit. Bob had forgotten to bring the charger for his Fitbit. Best Buy didn’t have a charger available.

The reason that we decided to come to the Pocono Mountains, Stroudsburg in particular, was for Bob to meet up with motorcycling friends who are members of the Northeast contingent of the Vulcan Riders & Owners Club (NEVROC). There was a Bug Run scheduled for Sunday, May 7. Each year, in the Spring, NEVROC rides the Bug Run in memory of Don “Foggy” Conner, a fellow rider and member of NEVROC. Bob made plans to go on the Bug Run a few weeks prior. On our way back to Flower Field Inn & Cottages from Best Buy I received a Facebook message from Brian, one of our motorcycling friends. He said that Sunday’s Bug Run was postponed, moved to May 13th. As it turned out, that run was postponed also due to weather. The Bug Run finally took place on May 21. This was the second year in a row that Bob attempted to ride the Bug Run. Last year he did meet up with his motorcycling friends for breakfast. A Bug Run was attempted but stopped early because of rain. Perhaps one year Bob will be able to ride the Bug Run with his motorcycling friends.

We returned to the hotel around 5:30 pm, where we relaxed for rest of the day.

Stay tuned! More details and photographs of our Pocono Mountains Weekend still to come!

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NE Pennsylvania Weekend Vacation: Day 2 – Dingmans Falls

On Saturday, April 20, we saw three waterfalls. The first waterfall that we saw was Raymondskill Falls, which I blogged about yesterday. The other two waterfalls were located at Dingmans Falls.

As I mentioned in yesterday’s blog post, my Facebook friend, Craig. suggested that we visit Dingmans Falls. On April 17, the date that Craig and I discussed Raymondskill Falls and Dingmans Falls, the road from Route 209 to the Dingmans Falls Visitor Center was closed. Craig wrote that if we wanted to see Dingmans Falls that he knew the way in from the top. He said that hiking in from the top would be quicker than walking from Route 209 up the road to the falls. The directions that Craig provided followed loosely established, unmarked trails. Yes, trails! We kept Dingmans Creek on our left, as directed, and eventually came out at the top observation point.

Top Observation Point – the head of Dingmans Falls

From the top observation point we climbed down onto a wooden walkway.

This photograph of Dingmans Falls was taken shortly after reaching the wooden walkway.

View of Dingmans Falls from the lower wooden walkway

What a beautiful view we had of Dingmans Falls from the lower wooden walkway! According to Internet sources, this waterfall is 130 feet tall and is Pennsylvania’s second tallest waterfall. It was while at this spot we learned from a man who was also visiting Dingmans Falls that the road in from Route 209 to Dingmans Falls Visitor Center was open. The road reopened a day after my Facebook conversation with Craig! The hike in front the top of Dingmans Falls wasn’t too bad of a hike. However, I was happy to NOT return to the car by the same route. Bob said he would hike back to the car and meet me at the Visitor Center parking lot. (I love that man!)

The walk to the Visitor Center parking lot was a piece of cake after the hike to the top of the falls 🙂

The boardwalk trail

Shortly before reaching the Visitor Center, there is another waterfall to see — Silver Thread Falls.

Silver Thread Falls is 80 feet tall.

Silver Thread Falls

Leaving Silver Thread Falls, you cross over a footbridge to the Dingmans Falls Visitor Center.

Dingmans Creek, as viewed from footbridge

Dingmans Falls Visitor Center

When Bob reached the Visitor Center parking lot, I took him over the footbridge to show him the Silver Thread Falls.

I will leave you with a video of Dingmans Falls and Silver Thread Falls. You will notice that the video is dated April 21, which would be Day 3 of our weekend vacation. I returned to Dingmans Falls on Sunday in order to capture some video of the falls.

There is still more to share with you about Day 2 of our NE Pennsylvania Weekend Vacation. In my next blog post, I will take you to Clinton, NJ, where we toured a historic mill, visited a state park and ate dinner with friends.