Say No to the Poconos......

We really wanted to try to make it over to Niagara Falls on this trip - I've never been, and neither had Emily, but we just had limited time, and that would have taken us to west New York state, so we decided not to try it, but rather go to the "Niagara Falls of Pennsylvania" instead.  On our way up the state up Pennsylvania, after leaving Amish Heaven (sadly, I might add, again) we landed in the Pocono Mountains and stayed over a night there, in Tannersville, PA.  Em got her on her phone, looked up places to stay and found the "Chateau", overlooking the Poconos - and they had a great rate for the night!  $86 - we were thrilled - we've been paying an average of $139 a night along our route, so that was gonna be our first hotel bargain!

Traveling north through Pennsylvania was beautiful - it is very rural countryside, much like most of New England, with the exception of the big cities that most are familiar with:  NYC, Boston, Philadelphia, etc... Seems as though these people in this region of the country should kinda "spread out" a little - most are concentrated in those large cities, making for an abundance of charming, small New England towns.  As with most small towns in America, work is hard to find, I guess, and there are few "farmers" left in America, so I guess everyone just flocks to where they live on top of each other and fight for space.

Back to the Poconos - we ended up at the "Chateau" about 11 pm - it is very dark in these "Poconos" so we were glad to get off the winding road that lead to what we thought was gonna be our dream stop - we were promised a balcony overlooking the mountains.  I won't elaborate, cause it is not important, but it was no mountain view and the place was less than a chateau.....ha - our only bad choice in hotels, but we were tired, went to sleep, and woke up and hit the road out of the Poconos - we didn't leave anything there but wet towels from the shower - not even a good memory!  LOL

More later........we are doing and seeing so much its getting hard to keep up!  We were out of internet service for a day or two, so we are trying to catch up, but the road is calling us......we must get to Bar Harbor, Me and Acadia National Park today.......gotta start the car......hugs!