From Harper's Ferry we moved to East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. It is located in the Poconos near the Delaware Water Gap and across the Border from Newton, NJ, where Penny hoped to find traces of some of her ancestors who had lived there a couple of centuries earlier. The drive was beautiful. We passed pretty hills, clear and rushing streams, and lovely, wide valleys.
There was a lot of road work along the way. This huge beam, probably intended for a new bridge, was not the only one we passed.
Along the way, we were passed by several of these van's. As it turns out, we arrived just prior to the NASCAR race at Pocono. The track was about thirty miles from our campground.
We discovered that some campgrounds in the NE charge for early arrival, so we stopped at a rest area for a couple of hours to avoid this. There was a population of Gypsy Moth beginning to build here. Since it is a pest prone to large and destructive outbreaks, Ted, the entomologist, reported it to the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. They replied and hoped he would volunteer to search for more.
Our park was hilly, and covered with a nice mixed stand of oaks, hickories, and maples. We parked between two large boulders. A few years earlier, we might have been quite intimidated trying to get into our space. Now, after eight years of experience under out belt, no problem.
At our first opportunity, we traveled to Newton, New Jersey. The town was full of interesting old buildings, like this one, but not much information for Penny.
I don't believe that we've been to a town of any size at all that did not have a monument to one or more Union regiments. Newton was no exception.
Note: The Delaware Water Gap was lovely, I suppose, but having lived in the Columbia Gorge, we are a bit jaded. We weren't even moved to take any photos.
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