I like to think I have an appreciation for all types of artwork, but my favorite has to be photography. This is one of the reasons I am a fan of Dakota Ridge, a fine art photography gallery located in the northern Lehigh Valley locale of Jim Thorpe.
Dakota Ridge is run by photographer Dan Hugos, a friendly man [...]

It was about this time last year that I was ready for a vacation but didn’t have the money to really go on vacation, so I did the next best thing: I booked a “Raft and Stay” package for Kent and I at The Inn at Jim Thorpe.
The package was incredibly affordable. For under $200 [...]

It had been years since I rode a bike. Of course, as the timeless saying suggests, I had not forgotten. Accompanying six attendees of the Pennsylvania Bus Association, I made my first tracks with Pocono Whitewater. We started from the White Haven trailhead and rode a stretch of the Lehigh Gorge Trail through [...]

While most college students head to the beach for spring break, I went to Canada … and visited my first prison. While some people actually pay money to sleep at the Ottawa Jail, I preferred touring the location and learning about its haunting history.
A couple years later, I went back to jail. My guided tour of the Old Jail Museum [...]

Now, I’ve played paintball before. I’m not a total newcomer to the sport. I know the in’s and out’s and I get the gist. But when I leave Skirmish Paintball in Jim Thorpe, I’m always surprised, by something.
My latest trip saw me and 4 friends taking to the legendary fields of Skirmish. [...]