We looked at our calendar and realized that this weekend was our only free weekend until July, so we jumped in the car and drove up to Jim Thorpe, PA (the town formerly known as Mauch Chunk). Once famous for railroads and coal mining, now Jim Thorpe boasts itself as “Gateway to the Poconos” and carries some of the charms of a small European town, with narrow winding city streets and a camponile that plays Star Wars. It also doesn’t hurt that it’s squarely in the nook of towering hills, giving it that decidedly Austrian feel (only without all the Nazis).
Then it was off to Lehigh Gorge State Park where we hiked a fairly short way to see the famed waterfalls. I think I’ll let the pictures explain them. Check out the complete set at Flickr:
