the trail to nowhere

Angel and I decided that we'd walk today after she finished work at 3:30. I picked her up, then we headed to her house for the teen. The teen was sitting on the neighbor's porch and I didn't recognize her! By then it started to drizzle. The original plan was to go to Louise Moore Park, but we didn't want to get caught in the open if the skies opened.  Where to go?

Since I had to go to Jersey for gas I suggested the Morris Canal Trail. I saw a story about a trailhead outside of Phillipsburg. I also remembered seeing something about it when we did the Warren County hike on the Highlands Trail. Remember, it's the summer of new trails.

According to Wikipedia, The Morris Canal (1829–1924) was a 107-mile (172-km) common carrier coal canal across northern New Jersey in the United States that connected the two industrial canals at Easton, Pennsylvania, across the Delaware River from its western terminus at Phillipsburg, New Jersey, to New York Harbor and the New York City markets via its eastern terminals in Newark and on the Hudson River Jersey City, New Jersey.

After a few false starts, we found it. It's next door to Norton's Cork and Bottle, in front of the Sewer Treatment Plant. Bet it smells great on a hot, sunny day. The trailhead is large enough for about 25 cars. There's a bunch of informative signs, and maps. There are a few cut outs that the teen enjoyed playing with. Then we hit the trail. This section is maybe a generous half mile and runs along the Lopatcong Creek right into an industrial neighborhood. We saw a cool bridge, but it was locked. Bet it went to the sewer plant. I'm sure if we go back in five or ten years this will be a booming trail, like the D&L. Not yet. Rome wasn't built in a day.

The sign above said that the trail continued west (right). But we were walking in an alley that would take us back to south Main Street. There was a paved path that went behind a school. Maybe that was it. It was all very confusing. So instead we went to Steve's Cafe.

Steve's Cafe is a neighborhood bar (I'm almost certain there is no longer a cafe) with a lot of character that Angel wrote stories about when she worked for the Free Press and the Chronicles. (The lamps were vintage Schlitz Beer, as was the banner over the bar.) The walls were vintage faux paneling, and every inch of wall space was covered with framed articles, tributes, posters and bar-style signs. The former sitting area was piled with boxes. There was no place to sit but the bar. Maryanne, the owner, was ill so couldn't stay and chat.

Then it was back out to the sidewalk and we headed back to the trail head.  There was no trail going the other direction, and we think that we might have had to go up the hill to continue but we weren't sure. The map provided is small and it really needs details of each trail head if they want people to walk it.  But without a good map, we weren't going.

We drove down Main Street, to the train station. We thought we could find the trail again. Not really. But we did find the Morris Memorial Arch. Sort of.

We were walking on the tracks (no trains today) and there was a path into the woods. The teen took it. We followed. We were now facing a bunch of large stones. We climbed up them. We had found the arch. It was UNDER us. We were standing on top.

There were two stone walls and a separation in the middle. If you weren't careful you could fall in. Well maybe not me, but certainly Angel. She's so skinny.

After confirming that there were no trains today, the teen used the railroad tracks as a balance beam.

We explored some more and then headed back to the car and home.

Miles/Steps:   Maybe 1.5. No more than 2
Weather:        low 80s, medium humidity, overcast and drizzle
Bathrooms:    I-4.5 for cleanliness at the train station. I used the men's room. Really, there was nobody else there; let's not stand on formality. But it did stink. I think that has to do with the heat. 

morning walk

This morning I walked with Bonnie in her neighborhood. We wove thru the streets ultimately ending up walking on Emmaus Avenue. When we were close to the Daisy Mart, we turned up a street and worked our way back up to her house. It was very sunny with minimal shade.

Miles/Steps:   2+
Weather:       Low 80s, sunny, medium humidity, and minimal shade
$ Found:        1 penny. several times. I had no pockets and kept dropping it.
Wildlife:         Bunny, squirrels
Extra:            Bonnie has a new FitBit that checks her heart rate. Apparently hers was 97 while walking. So mine should have been similar. I was keeping pace with her.

before the storm

The last three days I've been doing a deep clean on the kitchen. It looks worse now than when I started. It's gone from ugly to embarrassingly ugly. But now all the cupboards close. I've pretty much decided  to get a part-time job and all the money I earn will go into the kitchen fund.  Or maybe a miracle will happen and everyone who I "loaned" money too will pay me back. $30K here, $10K there, it adds up to a kitchen.

Last night I had planned on going to Aqua Zumba, but it was cancelled because of yet another storm. It had been sunny all day. Instead Lydia and I went for a short walk up to the playground and back. I picked that because it was flat, and there were many options to turn around and make a beeline home if the storm materialized.

Additionally, I've been seeing a old cop car -- maybe early 50s -- on Stanley Avenue near the park. It's doors read "Zombie Response Team". I thought it would be fun to take pics of it.

We had just passed the old American Legion and Lydia yelled "Gayle. Look." I turned around and saw nothing. Then I followed her finger. Behind the houses was one of the Pink Heals fire trucks. We headed to the alley to try and find it.

We did. The man was trying to get it started. He was really nice and even allowed us on his property to take pictures.

Having success there, we headed up to see the Zombie cop car. It was gone. My guess is that it's at a show for the weekend. I might have to wait till mid-week to take pictures of it. One of Lydia's friends has a red 75 Ford Torino -- the Starsky and Hutch car. We might walk in her neighborhood to go look at it. I'm not much of a car person. Really, modern cars are meh. But classic/vintage cars are cool. And I love it when I get the pop-culture references.

Lydia swung for a while and then we headed out. We had reached Bergen street when the raindrops started to fall. Insteaof going out Delaware, we beelined it to Broadway and went straight home. The downpour happened within minutes.

Miles/Steps:   1.7
Weather:        high 80s, you could cut the humidity with a knife, dark, black clouds
Bathrooms:    I-4.5. The Fountain Hill park bathrooms were open and really, really nice. Not what I remember from childhood.
Extra:             The park was open for evening programs. The program aids were bored. No kids.

surprise in the mail

Last December I signed up for the 401K Challenge thru the AVA. Basically the goal was to walk 401K, or 250 miles,  in 2018. It was an online registration which you had the option to sync it to your tracker. I did. I pretty much forgot about it.

Until today.

A package arrived in the mail with a t-shirt and a congrats letter. I have no idea when I reached the goal.

i haven't had to water

I'm starting to think about building an ark. It's been raining since Saturday afternoon. They had to close Hershey Park and Knobles because of flooding. That's a lot of rain. And it's a weird rain. It pours while the sun is bright, as well as when it was dark and cloudy. The wind kicking up is the only true sign that the rain is on it's way.

Today was the first day since Saturday that there was a serious break in the rain, and I wasn't on a print deadline. I seized the day and decided to work in the yard. It was starting to look like no body lived here. Lydia helped. Then we packed up the car with the plant matter to go to the compost center. Oh, and we took the dog.

The dog wasn't allowed in the compost center.

Then we headed to Monocacy Park. We didn't do the natural trail because it was mud. We just walked in the park. It wasn't far, and for the most part it was not flooded. Some places were muddy.

The creek was trying really hard to stay put. The rain after we left almost guaranteed.

They are doing a lot of work in the park stabilizing the creek beds, and establishing natural wetlands on either side. I fear all the rain will undo all the works that's been done. The waterfowl was actually bobbing down the creek which was running fast.

Miles/Steps:   1
Weather:        low 70s, overcast, with 75% humidity
Wildlife:         4 American Pekin (Long Island Ducks),  Neroida (water snake), and about 12 Canadian-American geese
Extra:             This park is heavily used, especially weekends. Lydia went to throw out the dog poop and the cans were all full. Wouldn't you think that emptying the trash at city parks would be Job #1 on Monday?

 Clearly the snake didn't want his picture taken. He's yelling at me!

volkssport swag arrived

The last time I did a Volkssport walk ... Easton, I think ... I finished my 200 Event book and sent it to Texas. My certificate, patch and pin came yesterday.

new location challenge: polk valley park

No Million Clicks walk today. It rained all evening and thru the night. Mother Nature did the watering work for me. I might get to skip another day since they are calling for afternoon/evening/night rain.

Today I planned on meeting Pam at the Hellertown Park and Ride to go do the Polk Valley Park trails.  However, Pam was ill and couldn't come, so I decided to go alone and check it out alone. After all, this is my summer for finding new locations to walk. (I've lost track of how many I've done: 2 in Macungie, South Mountain in Bethlehem, lots of places on vacation, the two gardens ...)

It was easy to find the park. It is just outside outside of Hellertown. When you head out Main Street from Bethlehem, you make the left a McDonalds. It's at the top of the hill with a lovely view of "Education Park". (The name of the acreage where  K-12 buildings and the athletic fields are. You never leave the property. Just switch buildings. Cool and weird all at one time.) Originally we were also going to check out Kingston Park, near I-78, but I discovered the other day it had no walking trails.

I pulled into the park and parked at the first lot. It said meadow trail straight ahead. And it was: Uphill a half-mile later. I quickly discovered that there were multiple parking lots (with a port-o-potty), mostly labeled for the athletic fields. At this park are soccer, lacrosse, and baseball fields, a playground, pavilions, a dog park, and the walking trails.

Like most parks in 2018, they have stopped mowing the massive lawns and have left the weeds ... I mean wildflowers ... take over. (Saves labor, $, and ecology. A win-win!) Actually, in this case they might have actually seeded some flowers, because there were actually areas with flowers. Not just weeds.

Ultimately I had a choice between the meadow trail and the loop trail. I chose both. They started together. First I chose the grassy path through the flowers which made me think I was on the meadow trail, but it quickly turned to cement. But to the left was still flowers and a grassy path. Who knows. I returned and the second time took the cement/asphalt path and made a loop. This was clearly the loop trail. I had set my MapMyWalk app to measure the distance of the loop and it was about 1.25 miles. The meadow was about a half. If I did it correctly. Maybe I missed part of it. Coming back around I saw another entrance to the meadow trail, between where I started and the dog park. Maybe the meadow trail is U shaped? Maybe I wasn't on the meadow trail at all.

All the trails are hilly. The way I did the loop it was about 75% downhill. For more of a workout, you could do it the other direction. The meadow trail was not quite as hilly. But there were a few elevation changes.

Hot an confused, I found my way back to the car, and headed to the Saucon Valley Farmers Market at the Water Street Park.

Instead of doing that I should have gone up the hill to Reservoir Road. Another park with a 1-mile loop is there—the Alfred J Fitchman Reservoir Park. I didn't realize it was about a mile away until I turned on the computer to see if Polk Valley had trail maps. I think I went looking for this once. They have a car show there in June so it should be easy to find, right? Maybe I'll look tomorrow and Pam and I can go another day.

52-hike challenge:   38/52
Miles/Steps:   a little less than 3 miles when you add it all up.
Weather:        low 70s, overcast, with 75% humidity
Bathrooms:    P-4.5 and handicapped accessible. Yep it was a double wide! (@Playground lot) That might be a tad high, the storm blew in a lot of organic matter onto the floor. But the area to take care of business was clean, and it had hand sanitizer.
Wildlife:         six cardinals, swallows, robins, sparrows and a ground hog. Oh, and lots of happy bees in the flowers
Extra:             if you go to this park, take the road in to the very last parking lot. Follow the signs to the "playground" or "Pavilion". Save yourself a lot of walking
Extra 2:          There is a Little Free Library box shaped like a stack of books near the playground. I would have made a deposit had I known. I would have made a withdrawal if I didn't need to carry them in my sweaty arms a half mile.

million click walks, day three

Day 3/11 and I haven't killed any plants ... yet.

The Allentown Million Clicks program doesn't have "clickrs" in every park,  so I might have to repeat or go elsewhere. But at Lehigh Parkway I have about threes sections I can do, so that will help keep the count going.

Today's walk was at Jordon Creek Park. It's about where 6th and 7th streets merge together by the old Lehigh Valley Dairy building. It's kind-of a long and skinny park. There's baseball and basketball, pool, playground, outdoor gym, walking trail. Lots of lawn space.

I came in from the east side over the Hamilton Street Bridge and went out the American Parkway to sixth. Don't you know that the park has not parking lots/driveways on 6th? I looked and thought that the Mexican restaurant and the park shared a parking lot so I took a chance. They did. There was a huge pothole. Hopefully they don't have a license to sell tequila there. (one day I need to go there at a meal time ...)

I parked, and headed toward the entrance sign and down the sidewalk next to the park. The last time I used the "clickr" there the post was at the pedestrian entrance. Not anymore. I headed down the trail. It had to be somewhere. I kept walking and noted how dry the creek was. This shot doesn't really show it, but it does show the rock steps that I really wanted to cross. However, since I was alone, I didn't do it.

The "clickr" was near the pavilion. I think street side was too easy for people to roll-up, click and go. This way you need to park and walk. At least a little.

I followed the path out and around the creek side and into the parking area adjacent to Seventh Street. Then I walked thru a serious of lots to arrive at the pool and the playground. This park apparently has no bathrooms outside of the pool area. Or at least none that I could find. I find that quite odd. They have pavilions to rent, a playground, and ball fields yet no toilets that can be accessed without a pool entry fee or during pool hours. Theoretically, what do I do with my 4-year-old that needs to pee? I certainly can't take him the block to the fast-food chicken place on the corner. That will get expensive. And the children would always need to pee.

Then I went to the outdoor gym.

I wanted to go there first but there were actually people using it. For real. Wearing exercise clothes and everything. I think that there is a dozen stations. Many have gear that you can change the resistance. The ladies that were using the equipment had the resistance turned way up. Initially, I couldn't get the elliptical to move until I turned the resistance way down. Same thing with the stepper.

Now each of the stations has a sign with a couple of pictograms, but it directs you to a website for instructions on "how-to-use". That's all well and good if you have unlimited data. Not so much if you are cheap like me. But if you know you are going, and you know what equipment is there, you can watch them before you leave for the park.

I decided to make you a video of the stuff was there. I'll warn you, my video skills stink. And I sound like Minnie Mouse. But I made it anyway. My online class is now requiring us to use video feedback so I need all the practice I can get. Except I had no pause function on my phone so there's a lot of nothing as I walked to each station. Probably not good to watch if you don't like a whole lot of movement in videos. Make believe a drunk was filming. Francis Ford Coppala I'm not.

And granted, it would be better if someone was on the equipment. Me, for example, looking the fool. But I was alone, so that is not happening.

Here it is. I posted it on the Screencast site I use for school, so if it's not here at some point, that means I ran out of space and deleted it. The free version has storage limits.

Miles/Steps:   2, or a little more. Using the gym knocked off my count for Fit-Bit.
Weather:       69, sunny at start, clouds rolling in as I went home.
$ Found:        1 penny

million click walks, day two

I am still watering the garden at my brothers house, so my City of Allentown walks continue. I'm going to do all of the Million Click walks. I have a clicker, might as well use it.

My sister Sharon is housesitting, so when I finished watering I dropped her off downtown at the hair salon. I chose to walk out Walnut till it ended at Fourth and then came back Hamilton. I parked on Walnut under a tree.

Because Allentown has been under construction for at least 5 years, there are always things being torn down and built up.  In the process ghost signs have been uncovered, and sometimes knocked down. All the buildings going up are high, so the new skyline will probably cover it up again.

I've never heard of this store. Barb? (My sister Barb worked downtown for many years at both Hess's and an insurance company.) I googled it, and all that comes up is Dorney Park.

I can't even read this one (Between 8-9, on Hamilton, opposite side from Hess's.). I think it starts with BR.

These signs are also at every intersection on Hamilton. Very welcome signs indeed. But can you add scooters and bikes to it. I've never been nearly knocked down by a skateboarder.

Last night was to be a Aqua Zumba night. I was all dressed in my new-to-me swimsuit and Lydia yelled up the stairs, "don't change". The instructor posted on FB that class was cancelled. The pool had to close because someone threw up in it. They weren't going to reopen. Do people have no common sense? If you're feeling ill why did you go to/into the pool? And barf in the grass or the sidewalk where it can easily be cleaned up. Not in the pool.

52-Hike Challenge:   36/52
Miles/Steps:   2
Weather:       70, sunny, but very humid

cover your eyes.

I've gone to a couple Aqua Zumba classes in P'burg and Hellertown. I've been wearing exercise shorts and a exercise top. Now I've been invited to a pool party. So a suit was needed if I were to say yes to entering the water. But I said yes, with no intention of going into the water. I will not ruin anyone's dinner.

So I was offered a used suit. Twice. Then I was dared to try it on. So I did. It's fine for Aqua Zumba but I'm still wearing my below knee white pants and a long cap sleeve top to the Pool Party.

Which do you like better. The panty bottom that came with it, or my exercise shorts. Vote in "comments".

This is the bottom that came with it. Sorry you have to see this much of my legs.

These are the exercise shorts. I personally would like bike shorts better because they are a bit longer.

I have a serious "walkers" tan.

they wear uniforms to summer school?

For the next 11 days I have to water the garden at my brother's house in East Allentown. This week they are calling for spotty storms, so I decided to water first thing in the morning, and then take a couple different routes walking in Allentown. I'm going to wear out my "Clickr".

I was up and ready to leave at 7. My roommate had different ideas. The carpenter is coming to fix my kitchen cabinets and she decided we need to clean the kitchen. Today. Before he came. Okay but he isn't coming today. He still hasn't told me a price for the hardware, yet alone labor.

But we cleaned up the kitchen. Now I need to clean the cupboards before they are done. But, as always, I digress.

I headed to my brothers house at 8:30, and didn't get to walk till at least 9:30. The coolness of morning was gone, and there was minimal shade in East Allentown. As I walked down Cedar Street to Irving, I noticed the students at the high school had on their uniforms. Say what? It's summer school for Pete's sake. At least they allowed khaki shorts. That's something.

Last night was Fit Camp. Only two participants this time. And they didn't allow us any slack. After class I went over the Minsi Trail Bridge and down Apple Butter Road. I was looking for the Kingston Park near the Lutz-Franklin one-room schoolhouse. I thought it might have some walking potential. Not really. It's just a spot to have a really cool party with a one-room school in the background.

52-Hike Challenge:   37/52
Miles/Steps:   My fitbit said 3 miles. I think that was wrong.
Weather:        75, sunny at 9:30 am.
Wildlife:          a deer ran across the road driving home. Bunny at the park.

back at franco farm

Bonnie and I had planned to walk today, but she ended up having an appointment at 10:30. I needed to pick someplace close to her house. So I chose Franco Farm. It's less than two miles from her house.

It's the first time she had been to Franco Farm to walk. She didn't even know you could. (If she read my blog she would!) We took the one-mile loop that goes around the outline of the property, twice. Once forward, once backward. Since it's so close to her house she's planning to take her grandchild there to walk. He loves to walk!

52-Hike Challenge:   36/52
Miles/Steps:   2
Weather:       78, sunny at 7 am. It was 90 by dinner time.
Wildlife:         2 bunnies, 2 robins. Lots of rustling and singing.

golv: glen onoko falls

SPLAT! Again. I'm starting to get a reputation. But I digress.

Today was the Get Out Lehigh Valley Glen Onoko Falls walk. The last time I did this section of the trail we were on bikes. It was 2010.

Earlier this week, maybe even last week we received an email saying we weren't going to the falls. We'd stick to the D&L. Glen Onoko has a lot of accidents. I'm guessing a bean counter holding an insurance policy said "no way José."

I met Pam and Lisa at Pam's place and we drove up to Jim Thorpe. Driving to the falls I mentioned that the Jim Thorpe statue was pretty impressive for a town like JT.  We decided to stop on the way back.

After checking in, and the standard talk, we were off. We walked down to the river, and then thru the woods to the old hotel ruins. Some then went to the falls, and the rest of us continued on the D&L. From the river we could see the old railroad tunnel. I mentioned I knew how to go in it. Some were interested.

Christine put us in charge of the front of the pack and told us to walk 1 mile from that point and stop. That would be the turn around point. So we did. I guess I was moving a little too fast. They were quite a bit behind me. And it was so sunny and hot.

On the way back the three of use peeled off to go to the railroad tunnel. Maybe half the group followed. Since this wasn't a "sanctioned" portion of the walk we were on our own. I warned them that it was dark and rocky. It's only maybe a block long.

The tunnel was darker than I remembered. And the entrance steeper. I didn't have my walking stick, and I was wearing my sunglasses. It was rocky and uneven and I didn't remember the railroad ties at all. We walked carefully toward the bright light and arrived safely at the rail.

Coming back it was easier and harder. There was no bright light to walk toward, which made it easier on the eyes. But I had my sunglasses on, so it was dark. I decided to turn the flashlight on, on my phone. Instead of stopping, doing, and then moving, I tried to do it while moving and I missed seeing a rock.

Pam yelled "Gayle a rock" but I was already headed toward a free fall.  My hat flew off. And my glasses. And my phone. In my typical fashion I got up and tried to go on my way. I skinned both legs. One deeper than the other. Mostly it was dirt. It was everythere—clothes arms, face, legs.

Everyone wanted to fuss over me. It's nice, I gues it's better than being ignored totally. But golly I hate being fussed over. I could walk. Nothing was busted. I'll clean it up when I get back. We were a 1/4 mile away from the car. That didn't quite work. Fuss they did. Especially since we lost Lisa in the tunnel. The photographer was doing her thing with the iPhone. (She took these cave photos and many of the others.)

We finally headed toward the lot, and then it was time to get fussed over again. This time sitting on the cooler. I didn't mind it quite as much because most of the group had left.

Finally it was time to leave, and as promised we went to visit Jim. What I didn't notice the last time was how bad the typography was on the signage.

52-hile challenge:  35/52
Miles/Steps:   about 4 with the trip to see Jim.
Weather:        high 80s, sunny. Humidity hadn't rolled in yet.
Wildlife:          head many birds and swooshes thru the woods, but saw nothing
Extra:             I have a first aid kit in the car. We ended up using the one someone else had. Good thing. All the "medicine" in my was expired in 2010-2011. One was 2013. All the ointment, aspirin, burn creams .... expired. All the wet naps dry as a stone. It was useless. Even the band aids aren't the best. I used two of them on my leg and they kept peeling off. I think the glue is drying out. I think I need to put them in the house and just refill the whole kit.

aqua zumba, hellertown edition

The heat wave continues. It's not nearly as bad this week than it has been, but the weather is taking a toll on my weight. Regular eating patterns + no exercise = weight gain. So I've decided to do this Zumba thing every week. In Hellertown.

I conned Lydia into going with me. Now Megan and Pam want to come one night. Lydia wore her new two-piece. I wore workout clothes. The class lasted 50 minutes, and we never stopped moving.

In many ways it was like the Lopat class. In other ways not so much. For me, I did most of the arm movements. And I kept my feet moving. Not necessarily doing what they were doing. How the hell do you do a grapevine in the water?

This class was W-F. They now have another instructor for M-T. Apparently there is a large enough class to warrant it. There was at least 30 people there last night. And at the end the instructor dove in. She's in the white two-piece in the front. Stripped right at the edge of the pool. We sang the da-da-da-da stripper song.

the laundry hustle

Do you have yearly tasks you hate? I do. One is changing all my passwords. (Yes, I know, change them monthly. I'm lucky they get done yearly!) Another is washing and drying all the winter bedding. My sister has a lot of bedding. She sleeps under two blankets, a quilt, and a down comforter. Sometimes she adds an afghan. There is more heat in her bed than in my entire house. That's one reason why the winter bedding waits. I have one quilt. She has six things.

The laundromat is about four blocks away, but I take the car. I guess I could walk using a grocery cart, but I take the car. Then I fill the triple washer, check the time and head out for a walk.

Today I did the Fountain Hill easy loop. I only had 35 minutes. I walked out Broadway to the former Bottom Dollar, then back Smiley/Stanley and down Clewell back to the laundromat. It had one minute and ten seconds to go when I got back.

Then everything gets folded -- wet -- and loaded back into the car. I brought home to hang it on the clothes line. It's a little tougher now that I have the umbrella kind instead of the straight line.

I have one more load of quilts to do. Handmade ones that were given to me. Not quite sure yet what I'll do with them. The summer is ticking away fast. Gotta do those passwords.


Miles/Steps:   2. I think I'm being generous
Weather:        78, sunny. Humidity hadn't rolled in yet. It was 7:30 in the morning.
Extra:             I guess this is a tip. When hanging blankets and quilts use the clip-kind of clothes pins, not the sloted-kind. They hold much better. And wood. Not that crap plastic crap that breaks in a heartbeat. I used 6-8 on each piece.

a morning in easton

Today Bonnie and I did the Easton Volkssport walk. It was the first time we've walked together in a while. It's supposed to be a recurring event, so maybe you'll see some more blog posts.

We parked here, by this little bird (?) It was an appropriate space since it looks kind-of like one of my doodles, but a little more precise. We arrived about 7:30 and the parking meters don't open till 9. Yeah us!

This was Bonnie's first time signing in at the Grand Eastonian. I was excited when I saw someone from Tennessee did the walk. I love when I see out of state/town names and addresses. I hope s/he liked it.

We did the 5K and Bonnie got to see all the new murals, and the Star of David window at the church. The walk course she's very familiar with. Across the free bridge, back the paid bridge, thru Scott park, Center Square, and part of the arts trail.

It was at Bushkill Drive and Bushkill Street that we saw the top sculpture. I think it's a new addition to the arts trail.

It was also on Bushkill Drive that we saw this sign. I scanned the QR but it's an actually app that you have to download. It's augmented reality, geo-triggered, and doesn't use data.  Might be fun if you have tweens that are glued to their phones.

We came home Freemansburg Avenue hoping for sweet corn and it was ready. I had it for supper. Delicious.

52-Hike Challenge:   35/52
Miles/Steps:   2.5
$ found:          1 penny
Weather:        78, sunny.
Extra:        It was hot walking so I took off my FitBit and put it in my pocked. After dinner, I remembered it was there and went to put it on my wrist. The actual FitBit was gone. Thankfully, it was in my pocket.
Wildlife:          Nothing but squirrels and city birds on the walk. But when I put the car in the garage I thought that there was a dead leaf on my gate. It turned out to be a dead leaf moth (Paonias excaecata). S/he is beautiful and I had to share him/her.