Riggins with little brother Charlie and little sister Sadie.

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Friday, November 19, 2010

TGIF

Got up to a nice sight this morning, it was predicted to be a sunny day, so I decided after the morning chores were done I would hop in the truck and drive up into the Pocono Mountains to the Borough of East Stroudsburg PA, this is a little town about 3 miles from the Delaware Water Gap and the border with New Jersey, which happens to be the Delaware River.

One of the things I wanted to see was the Lackawanna Railroad Station that had been damaged by fire and is in the process of being restored, also they have a wood Interlocking Tower that has been restored.

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                         Old Freight House

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Old Passenger Station, 40 feet of the right side was damaged by fire.

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                     Wood Interlocking Tower.

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Where the pipes that threw switches and signals came out of the tower.

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Right of way, used to have four tracks here, Water tower on left was used to fill Steam engines.

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                  Lackawanna Tavern & Hotel,

They had a neat restored downtown shopping block including the above Hotel and Tavern, talk about stepping back into the 50’s and 60’s. I just had to sit at the bar and have a glass of Youengling’s on draft, good old fashioned PA Lager beer.

Then I went next door and got a ten dollar haircut in the Hotel Barber shop. what a deal.

The drive up and back was nice but all the leaves are dead and off the trees, small patches of snow along the shaded side of the road are a sure sign Old Man Winter is just around the corner.

Tonight is Pizza night here at Wendy’s, so I will get on that as soon as the blog is finished. Not much else to report today. Be safe out there. Sam & Donna….

8 comments:

  1. Can ya stuff some of that pizza into the laptop, a bunch of us want a taste of it!

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  2. What a neat old fashioned town that is..and the old train station too...Boy I was hoping it was pizza night again...We gotta get smelloblogs!!

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  3. Looked like a great day for a drive. Glad you enjoyed it. Would have been better if Donna and Riggs were along.

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  4. I am with Donna..smellablogs is a great idea!!..pizza!!..yummy..we can smell it all the way up here!!

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  5. I sure like your Friday night pizza tradition!

    That $10 haircut sounds like a heck of a deal!

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  6. The beer sounded like a good idea.

    Pretty railroad station and town too.

    When we were kids my brother and I used to sneak up to the train sheds at the Junction to look at engines. He was train crazy ... steam of course and knew lots of things while I tagged along being a girl. *smile*

    You remind me of those days of innocence.

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  7. Nice day - I love exploring old towns, except I like to stop for an Irish Coffee in those old taverns!

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  8. The old train station in my hometown was moved & converted into a house but is still recognizable as the old train station.

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