road trip

The Yuengling Lager Jogger 5K was today. Friday was packet pickup at 11 am Pottsville. But I now have a class at 3 at LCCC on a Friday. I didn't want to drive to Whitehall twice.

Angel came her, and we took both cars to Betsy's, then left Angel's there. And headed out on our way. When we arrived at the Pottsville Ramada, I quickly realized that I was dressed warm enough for the Lehigh Valley, but not Pottsville. There was a strong head wind.

First stop, of course, was the Ramada. That was the location of packet pick-up. It's a huge ball room, with lots of tables. The local volunteer fire departments sell t-shirts and raffles. The Kiwani's were holding a racers spaghetti supper. We picked up our mugs and tees and received our beer id bands.

We took our items back to the car and decided to walk to the brewery. You get a free tour with the race entry but we did that last year.

From the street I see this ghost sign on the side of a building. Let's walk up there so I can take a picture. (Above.)

So we climb this long steep hill (22 floors on Fitbit) to the brewery. But once we get tot he top of the hill, we can no longer see the sign. I think you need to be on the other side of the highway, at the bottom of the hill to see it.

Since we were at the brewery, we walked thru the complex, and down the hill to the store. But it wasn't there. They've moved it across the street to the ice cream building.  In fact, they've restored the whole building. The tour check-in, museum and store is now all over there. Like a proper 2016 visitor's center. It's lovely. It will be even lovelier when it's done. But I missed the quaint, homespun feel of the old cluttered cave-like space. Bet there is even a proper potty there.

After checking out the new digs, we headed down the hill to the car and back to Betsy's. After a quick stop at Target, I headed to work.