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 [...]

A visit to Callies Candy Kitchen and Callie’s Pretzel Factory

Last weekend was unusually warm for March in the Poconos (above 60 degrees) and after being holed up inside all winter we were more then ready to get out for some weekend fun.  My son was dying to play outside but the warm weather had caused all the snow to melt making our yard and [...]