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 [...]