Grab Your Skiing Season Passes Soon

We’re barely out of summer but school is back in session and the fall weather days are already starting up.  We’ve had snow as early as the beginning of October and winter always seems to creep up quicker and quicker each year.  For skiing/snowboarding enthusiasts now is the time to lock in your season passes [...]

5 Great Winter Activities in the Poconos

The Poconos has a bunch of things to do whether you live here or vacation here.  The Winter months especially offer a large variety of things to do.Here is my Top 5 list of of Winter things to do in the Poconos.Some of these are really obvious, and others are not so obvious, but all [...]

First significant 2009 snow fall in the Poconos

It’s here!!  In early October we got about an inch or two of snow, and now in early December we are finally getting our first snowfall that is much needed.  Right now the Pocono ski resorts are rejoicing, every skier, snowboarder and snow sports lover are getting ready to take advantage of it.  I am [...]

Stroudsburg Tree Lighting 2009

If you drove through downtown Stroudsburg at night this week you would notice that the Christmas lights are up on the trees!  I love the “old town” charm of the christmas lights on trees in winter, the flower baskets hanging off the poles in summer, those things that give Stroudsburg that  ‘small town’ charm feeling [...]

Shawnee Mountain Hot Air Balloon Festival

Shawnee Mountain has a variety of events throughout the year, one event that I wanted to get to but I’m just way too busy this weekend is the Timber & Balloon Festival.  This past week has been a mess weather wise – snow, rain, cold.  The festival ran from Friday night through Sunday, Saturday morning [...]

Apple Picking, Pumpkin Picking, Cut your Own Christmas Tree

Monday was Columbus Day so we left work a little bit early to head out to do some pumpkin and apple picking.  The problem is I really couldn’t find anywhere that had both available. PUMPKIN PICKING When “pumpkin picking” you really need to be sure that you read the fine print so that if you’re [...]

Free ski passes for 4th and 5th Graders

I recently found out about this program that provides free ski passes for 4th and 5th graders through the Pennsylvania Ski Areas Association Website http://www.skipa.com.  There is a $15 processing fee and requires the purchase of an adult ticket for most resorts as well but it’s a great opportunity if you’re a skier and looking [...]

Wi-Fi Hot Spots in the Poconos

If you are looking to access wireless internet in the Poconos you and are a PTD(penteledata) customer here is a current list of wi-fi spots: Alaska Pete’s Route 209 Marshall’s Creek, PA. 18335 570.350.7300 www.alaskapetes.com Barley Creek Brewing Company RR 1 Box 185 Sullivan Trail & Camelback Rd. Tannersville, PA. 18372 570.629.9399 www.barleycreek.com Best Western [...]

First big snowfall of the year, Where to find Christmas Lights in the Poconos

First Significant Snowfall It’s snowing!  We got a little bit of snow last week but this week is the first significant snow fall – we already have about 6 inches and we’re suppose to get heavy snow for at least another 4 hours. I am definitely a “get the bread, milk and eggs” type of [...]

2008 Pocono Mountains Run for the Red

The Pocono Mountains Run for the Red is an annual marathon and 5k road race in which the profits are given to the American Red Cross of Monroe County to be used 100% towards disaster relief in Monroe County. This is the third year running(pun intended) and the race will fall on May 4th, 2008.  If you [...]