Dearest Beloved;
How are you? Are you having lots of adventures? Are you learning lots of new things?
 Grandpa and Grandma are traveling to the Northeast. We have stopped for a nice bike ride on the Lehigh Gorge Trail on the border area of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York.
The Lehigh george trail runs down a path along the river that once had rail road tracks for the Reading Railroad. Do you remember seeing the Reading Railroad on a Monopoly Game? Did you know it was a real train for people and goods over a hundred years ago.
And before the railroad, people dug a canal along the Lehigh Gorge. The canal was used by wooden boats, which were floated up and down along the side of the river while pulled by mules.
One day there was a heavy rain and the bank washed away, A big pile of logs fell into the canal and smashed all of the equipment. After that no one could use the canal, so the railroad got built instead.
Now, people use the trail for play. People put boats in the river, hike, bike, and enjoy the scenery. Grandma and Grandpa rode down the river for 15 miles to a town called Jim Thorpe and then rode back up the trail to our car, a 30 mile bike ride.
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| Here is a picture of a Kayaker having fun putting his boat into the water. The Kayaker is sliding the boat down the step ramp backwards to show off his skill. |
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| Here is a picture of Grandpa looking at the trail map to decide how far we had gotten on our bike trip. |
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| Here is a picture of some mushrooms growing along the path. There were many interesting mushrooms after the heavy rains |
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