Jim Thorpe - The man
We awoke to a flurry of bird calls and one oriole stayed still long enough to get pixelated. We drove to the top of the D&L trail and 3 of us had a 35-mile ride down to the town of Jim Thorpe. The slight downward trail made it an easy fun ride. I am always amused when the rail trail we are riding crosses a running railroad. Waterfalls and views were the order of the day along with lots of people on bikes. The traffic was quite heavy at times occupying the whole width of the trail. I don't have any camera shots since I was busy riding when around the large groups. At one point a few miles from Jim Thorp the rails diverged and Robert Frost's memorable statement graced the tracks going to a town that may be a ghost town now. A passenger train leaves Jim Thorpe a couple of times per day to take passengers and tourists up river so they can ride bikes or walk the trail. We were interested but found the train fully booked for the time slot we wanted, hence ou...