Jim Thorpe, PA

Last Saturday morning, Rachel and I got up early and drove up to Jim Thorpe, PA (about 1 hour and 15 minutes from our house) to hike in a state park. The hike was very nice, but steep. It followed a creek and ended at the falls pictured above. The weather was nice too, as the temperature was in the high 70's.

After the hike, we drove to the Jim Thorpe Memorial just outside of town. His grave and a memorial statue are there. The town was actually renamed for Jim Thorpe in the early 1950's after his death. He was born on an Indian Reservation in Oklahoma, but he attended Carlisle University, a school created for Native Americans. Carlisle was actually only open for less than 40 years, but Thorpe made it very famous. In 1912, Thorpe lead Carlisle over #1 ranked army and Dwight Eisenhower. For any reading this blog that may not know about Jim Thorpe, I encourage you to look up his story on Wikipedia or Google. It is truly amazing.

After walking around at the memorial for a little while, Rachel and I went into town for lunch. The town is a really neat, old town with lots of little shops and cafes. There are a lot of bike and canoe rental stores, too, due to the State Park and abundance of streams.

We ate lunch at a cafe called "Through the Looking Glass". It was an old house that had been converted into a cafe. The food was really good. Following lunch, we drove back home and chilled the rest of the day.













REFLECTIONS - Give a Hoot; Don't Pollute

Although the hike was beautiful, the base was a little discouraging. There was quite a bit of litter from previous hikers. It is amazing that people don't take any better care of nature than that. Very discouraging.