victorian heritage

 Today Pam and I did yet another of the trails on the Bethlehem Historic Trail. This time it was the Victorian route. The route was only 3/4 mile (1.5 round trip) so we needed to make it longer.

Tuesday when we were at the Tomb Pat noted what a mess it was. And she had grave cleaner. She would bring it today and clean the stone.  So we decided that would be our start point. It would add some distance to the walk as well.

We parked, and headed down First street to Lehigh Street. Out Lehigh to Main, and then out Church to the library.
 

 

There we encountered another story walk, and just like Tuesday we read it and did many of the movements.

Then we did some of the children's activities painted on the plaza.

After goofing off, we went to the front of the police station and began the walk. The audio files have been transfered into my phone. That's why it's next to my ear.

Basically this was a walk out Market street, and we learned about some of the people and their houses. And a little architecture. The house history is fascinating. There is a ton of information at the corner of Center and Market. One family battling it out for who has the biggest house!

Then we headed down Linden to Church. Ultimately we went into the cemetery to see Eugene Grace's massive grave since we saw his house Tuesday.

We then walked up Center to Market, back out Market to New, up New to Broad, and back to First Avenue.

 

At the Brewworks we discovered a poop-load of spotted lantern flies. They were all over the furniture and diving my head. I was so happy I had a hat on.

Then Pam went to her car for cleanup supplies. I thought she was just going to clean the grave. But she cleared weeds and brush as well. She was covered with spotted lantern flies, and we were both covered with tiny black bugs. I kept hitting her. Me, being terrified of poison, did very little.

Miles/Steps:    4 includes walk with Pat

Weather:         81, sunny, humid

PPE Found:      3 masks
SLF killed:       more than fifty in less than 3 blocks
Photos:           Pam Lott  (except last one)

$ Found:         25c on walk with Pat. She finds money nearly every day.