For our one-year anniversary, Billie and I went to the Poconos (where we stayed in a normal Hampton Inn, not some kind of "romantic" hotel). Jim Thorpe, PA is where we spent most of our time and is basically in the closest part of the Poconos to where we live. The picture below is of downtown Jim Thorpe. As you can see, it was cloudy and raining on the Saturday that we were there.
Cold and rain in Jim Thorpe, PA.
Because it is close to us, Jim Thorpe isn't very far into the Poconos. This turned out to be a good thing because some people that I assume were coming from a higher elevation had snow on their vehicles, as seen on the hood of this truck. It was definitely
not rafting weather!
To escape the rain for a while we took a train ride. Unfortunately, we did not ride on this steam engine.
We rode on this normal-engined train.
The train was dry but it was not warm. Billie was forced to rely on her winter "scarf over the face" technique.
Despite the cold, there were some nice views from the train.
By the time we got off of the train the rain had mostly stopped, so we were able to walk around without an umbrella. Our next destination was the Asa Packer mansion, which seemed much more intricately detailed than today's mansions. For example, the wordwork in the main hallway was hand carved by a team of craftsmen who worked for 18 months. After the mansion we went to... JAIL!
Cold and rain in Jim Thorpe, PA.
Because it is close to us, Jim Thorpe isn't very far into the Poconos. This turned out to be a good thing because some people that I assume were coming from a higher elevation had snow on their vehicles, as seen on the hood of this truck. It was definitely not rafting weather!
To escape the rain for a while we took a train ride. Unfortunately, we did not ride on this steam engine.
We rode on this normal-engined train.
The train was dry but it was not warm. Billie was forced to rely on her winter "scarf over the face" technique.
Despite the cold, there were some nice views from the train.
By the time we got off of the train the rain had mostly stopped, so we were able to walk around without an umbrella. Our next destination was the Asa Packer mansion, which seemed much more intricately detailed than today's mansions. For example, the wordwork in the main hallway was hand carved by a team of craftsmen who worked for 18 months. After the mansion we went to... JAIL!
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