Interactive Ice Displays at Crystal Cabin Fever

From February 10 – 26, 2012 you can enjoy this one of a kind winter experience with family and friends. It’s an indoor ice display (so dress warmly) and ice slide, made with over 100 tons of ICE in Lakeville, PA. Every year they pick a unique theme for the Crystal Cabin and Ice Slide. [...]

Need Some Ideas Of What To Get Mom For Mother’s Day?

With Mother’s Day right around the corner, you may be scrambling to find ideas of what to do for mom if you live in the Poconos.  If you still haven’t come up with any ideas of what to do for your mom/wife, I’m going to throw a few quick ideas your way.  Luckily for us, [...]

A Children’s Museum In The Poconos – A Possible Reality

There is a local group that has recently formed to see if there is interest in having a Children’s Museum here in the Poconos.  It would be a destination of interest for local children ages 0-9, and is targeted to be both affordable and accessible so all children can have access to the museum. As [...]

Barrett Elementary Center Staying open for the 2011-2012 School Year

To put it lightly I was shocked to hear earlier this week that they were considering closing Barrett Elementary Center which is an elementary school in the Pocono Mountain School district that my oldest son attends. When we first took him there to take a tour of the school I was impressed with the school [...]

Pumpkin Patch Picking in the Poconos 2010

So last year pumpkin picking wasn’t really available due to the wet weather.  By the time we decided to get pumpkins all we could find were “pre-picked” pumpkins in patches.  They weren’t really available off the vine and although a pumpkin is a pumpkin, there is something truly special about being able to actually grab [...]