Bushkill Falls

Since Saturday was Matt & Lara’s wedding, we had today Sunday free. Lisa and I decided to head to Bushkill Falls in Monroe County PA. For those of you who don’t know, Bushkill Falls is kinda like a tourist trap, and its located in the Poconos. So, imagine what traffic can be like in the summer. And it lived up to the hype, in both respects. Nonetheless, it has trails that are a few miles long, and some really impressive waterfalls.

We had gotten to the area around noon, just as some churched were letting out, as well as people heading to Pocono Speedway for the Pocono 500. I forgot that the race was that weekend. Luckily, we were heading in the opposite direction, and were not backed up/stopped for 3+ miles. On the way home, we took backroads through the Shawnee Resort area, as we had done once before. Lisa did a great job with the map!

By the way, the new Forester handled great. Climate Control was awesome. By the time we got home, the car was 3 days old, and already had 500 miles on it. Ugh.

We decided to do the falls since it had rained pretty good on Friday, and the creeks would have been a little swollen. Other than the requisite number of Mullets & the like, its was a good trip. I think that we may have seen a nighthawk nesting on the rocks near one of the waterfalls (check the pictures).

It took us about an hour or so to walk the long path around the place. When I was younger, I seemed to have remembered it taking way longer. I was also way smaller then too. Cross another outing off the list.

Pictures here.