Hurricane Irene Tears Up The Poconos

Last weekend Hurricane Irene tore through the Poconos like a woman on a mission.  The front end of the storm brought rain and winds, but the back of the storm brought strong winds that brought down many trees and power lines with them. Even though it’s a full week later, as of Saturday power was [...]

Spring equals snow in the Poconos

Did you get fooled?  Last week it we had a few 50-60 degree days and almost 70 degrees one day.  We opened up all of our windows, started some spring cleaning and started thinking about all of the fun things we’ll get to do now that the warm weather is upon us. In typical Pocono [...]

Finally Some Snow!

It has been an incredibly and rather oddly ‘calm’ winter in the Poconos thus far.  We got a bit of snow the day after Christmas – it wasn’t that much but it caused a lot of traffic problems and hazardous driving.  Prior to that we had very small amounts and not until this past Friday [...]

Happy “Frozen” Turkey Day Tomorrow?

3 years ago we decided that we would host Thanksgiving for my side of the family at our house.  We were excited that after a few years in our home and having a dining room we were set to finally be able to have the room to host a family holiday.  My family was set [...]

Fall In The Poconos Is Quickly Approaching

Although the official start of fall isn’t until September 22nd, the temperature changes over the past few weeks have definitely made it feel like fall is already here.  For the past 2-3 weeks there has been a battle between summer temperatures (96 last Thursday) and Fall temperatures (74 on Sunday), for the most part though [...]