louise moore park

Today it looked dastardly outside. The sky was black and when Bonnie called it was raining in Allentown. Prospects for walking did not look good. Bonnie canceled. Lydia arrived. We checked the weather map. It looked like everything would be done in less than a half hour. It was. The sun even came out. But it is so humid you know that the storms will reappear.

The original plan was to do the whole Palmer Bike Trail. Last night when Bonnie and I talked, we thought we'd do an out and back. That was my plan this morning when we headed out in Lydia's car.

She knew we were going to Easton, so she took 22. Not the way I would have gone. So I said, since we're headed this way, let's check out Louise Moore Park. I've never walked there.

Louise Moore is the wife of Hugh Moore. He has a park too. And was the founder of Dixie cups. The park sits on their 125 acre farm (Slate Post Farm). She gave it to the county in 1973, after Hugh's death. Now when I read obits, especially modern ones, where they list a biography, I laugh and think it's foolish. But I have to tell you, hers is fascinating. She was deeply involved in stemming over population.

The park is 125 acres with a road diving it in half. One half has things like pavilions, tennis courts, ball fields. All the things you'd expect to see in a park. The other side has trails including a fitness trail. That's one of the ones we took. And we tried out the stations.

Clearly I'm not going to score any points for form. But it was fun.

We also took the nature path until it became so natural it didn't exist anymore. We exited covered in sticky thorny balls.

We were there over an hour and only walked 2.5 miles.

Tomorrow the Saucon Valley 10K. Last year I finished in 1:44. This year I will be walking with Bonnie. Hopefully it will not be raining. Maybe I can finish in under 1:40.