Our trip to Briggs this year started with a Yankees game Father’s Day event with the Walpoles. One lone Red Sox fan and 5 Yankees fans took the train from Fairfield right into the heart of the evil empire. Oooohhh that stadium is big and impressive! I dressed discretely and clapped politely for the Yankees, even cheering a few times …
Getting closer
We drove from Fairfield to Nescopeck PA (home of the Briggs Farm Blues Festival) today. It was beautiful sunny day and the traffic was fairly light. We stopped at Nescopeck State Park and took a walk around their manmade lake. What a beautiful little park! The ranger was very friendly and gave us some maps that will be great for …
D&L Rail Trail
Drove to Jim Thorpe PA this morning to ride the Lehigh Gorge section of the D&L Rail trail. 26 miles of stonedust trail following the old rail line through gorgeous scenery. There is a very slight uphill grade heading North from Jim Thorpe but the Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway and several companies with buses shuttle passengers to points along the …
Next time let’s drink beer instead
We stayed at a Candlewood Suites that had a laundry room and a full sized refrigerator in the room so it was perfect for getting all of our food bought and packed for Briggs. We left early Thursday morning to be in line at 9AM for the 3PM campsite opening. Sounds crazy but we were definately not alone People were …
Great lineup for 2017 Briggs
The rain started early Friday morning and it was torrential! It started to let up around 7 and left quite a muddy mess. We chilled in our open concept kitchen and dining area as the sun gradually started to dry things out The weather stayed a bit unsettled Friday and Saturday but never came to much except some brief showers. …