52 Weekends in the Poconos
Another local ghost story centers around a little-known graveyard in Hickory Run State Park, on a small hill across from the main office on Route 534. It’s said that the ghost of a little girl named Lizzie Gould is sometimes seen walking the road or heard playing amongst the graves. Of course I wondered—could it be true?A friend and I decided to find out, but we didn’t find much. The cemetery is unmarked, but you can see low steps of sunken stone sinking their way up the hill if you look close....
Just received a wonderful testimonial for Brian McCardle, Associate Broker with my Hazleton office. Brian told me a while back about a FSBO that he met with who thought he would not be able to look at houses and make an offer until he sold his. Brian listed the home and immeidatley found one the buyer wanted to move up to. Here is what his client said:
"He not only is a great agent/broker/realtor,...he is a great person. Brian was about the only realtor that truly reached out to me and mad...Living in the mountains for years, you’re bound to hear some ghost stories. Maybe tall tales, maybe not. This October I decided to finally follow some up while at the same time trying not to…scare anything up.
So we started with the closest and more forbidding story about an abandoned graveyard on North Church Rd. in Weatherly. Rumor has it that during a full moon, you’re in big trouble there. I have no desire to tempt the terrible, so I went during the day to locate the spooky spots as quickly...The Pocono Mountains are packed with tons of fall foliage, Halloween and other harvest time events to revel in. Last weekend a friend and I escaped with my grandsons, taking a long but gorgeous ride to Country Junction’s Great Pocono Pumpkin Festival, which started Sept. 29th and runs Saturdays and Sundays through October 28th from 11 to 6.
We got there right after it opened Sunday morning, and there was already a nice crowd. But not crowded! The festival is set up to the left of the store a...
Some nights are special because of who you’re with, or what you do. Some nights, it’s because of where you are. Penns Peak is one of those places. This vista-filled venue packs in an eclectic mix of national and regional talent including live bands, comedy acts and other enticing entertainment…with room for 1,800 partygoers, no less!That doesn’t mean that every night is a concert, and sad as it is, I haven’t been to one of their bigggies yet. But actually, you don’t need one! You can see the lin...
Whether you’ve ever been to a drive-in movie theatre, think you heard of them, saw one on Happy Days, or don’t have a clue what I’m talking about… it’s time to go, people!A drive-in movie theatre is like a trip back to the 50’s, or okay, maybe the 70’s, 80’s... Who knows when your neighborhood got rid of these hot spots, but ours are still happening. I haven’t been to one in ages, so it was well past time to rediscover this childhood treat.My first visit was to the Garden Drive-In off of Route 1...
This is the week that quite Long Pond in the pristine Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania turns into the 2nd largest city in Pennsylvania, Pocono Raceway Pocono 400. With a huge base of loyal fans, Nascar races draw tens of thousand of people to our resort area. And I just read an interesting fact - the biggest toilet facility in the "world," known as the Long John, has 1000 stalls so there is no waiting. I haven't been to a 500 race in a long time so if someone can let me know, are any of those st...
