Saturday, October 14: Lansdale to Jim Thorpe, PA in the Rain

Well, I woke up up in Lansdale and we visited her mom 

and that was pleasant and we had some pretty strong coffee. They served there

 for free and we had that and then we decided we’re gonna go to Jim Thorpe 

anyway even though it’s pouring like cats and dogs out here we arrived at Jim Thorpe and oh my God it’s so goddamn crowded. I couldn’t believe it. I know it’s tor, but oh my God it’s really crowded I’m 

guessing because today’s the fall leaf festival that they have here. I mean there’s a packed house for the choo-choo train that comes through here. Went 

to the Turkey Hill to get a couple snacks and go to the bathroom. This is the best place to find the bathroom . Two guys are telling us it’s an hour long and it’s 20 bucks each for

 the train. We decided we’d eat our sandwiches in the car since it was pouring rain 

and we don’t want to be standing out in the rain, eating, etc. 

so that’s what we did it was fine then we went and did our serious walk, Mary and I walked 

down the streets of Jim to Pennsylvania. We saw where the Molly Maguires

 were hung for their union activism. This happened in 1877 as you well know. It’s now 3:35 PM and

I were getting ready to go home because it’s starting to get cold. It’s a good thing we came before November 5 because that’s when we have to turn our clocks back for daylight standard time. Anyhow, we got to see some cool looking buildings and really good Halloween decorations outside peoples house. They were very exceptional out here. This is a total tourist De section which I’ve never gone to before I just went to the other side which looks like any, small town in Pennsylvania. Within, went back to the turkey hill and got some more provisions before we were walked back to the

parking lot to get ourselves going. well, we headed back and arrived

 around 5:25 PM. We were going to miss the five something train so we just hung out and we took the Uber to Comar around 7 o’clock. The train ride was pretty rowdy for a commuter

 train. That’s because they’re a lot of temple students going back home was a stuffy of the morning commune train where if he talk too loud they look
 at you funny. anyhow we then walk back to her place and then I had to go back home to try to catch up on sleep because I didn’t sleep much of the weekend. Anyhow, it was

 a fun day despite the really exceptionally shitty weather. It really was.

Sunday, October 24: A Trip to Jim Thorpe Pa

Well I got myself up a little bit earlier so I could take care of business feed the cat etc. I had a 

little bit of cereal and then after all that I barely caught the 109 bus out towards 

Chester. I had to stop doing that. Anyhow the bus trip went smoothly



 it went through Lansdowne Clifton Heights and then Springfield. I got

 the best service on the rental car place. I was seeing right away the car 

was available right away and it was clean. I then took a very scenic route from the car rental place and also filled up with gas it was 348 a gallon which is now considered 


very cheap.  I got to the Ardmore House a Rental and 15 heard the call of mother nature and then got ready to try to head out sooner than 

later. It’s now 11:38 AM. And it’s getting ready and I’m updating Yesterdays blog posting and also this posting as well. It is mostly cloudy and cool. I’m hoping the 

rain will hold off. It’s now 12:01 PM. And it’s still cloudy and hopefully 

will be out of here by 12:30 PM. Did you know that SEPTA might have a strike soon yeah the day the union authorized

 a strike. The previous contract ends November 1, 2021. The last strike was in 2016. That lasted 6 days. 
God I hope they don’t go on strike. It doesn’t


 affect the regional rail so hopefully if they do go on strike they don’t go on strike
 till 

after  November 1 when I leave for California. We drove up street to the 

turnpike and it was a smooth ride. It didn’t rain which was nice. We arrived in the first went to the Jim Thorpe Memorial Park it was a tiny little area with a couple statues and plaques indicating

 the life and Times of Jim Thorpe. We went to the downtown area of the place and it was pretty nice we saw some cool old 
buildings in an abandoned church and some other 

novelties. I Sworl old abandon mill and some other cool things. I took a lot 

of pictures because there are things you see here that you don’t see 

background from. We then after that decided take a rest and I went to a place called 

Tommy’s steaks and subs and we both picked up some food to go. We got to go pick there’s so many people in there nobody was wearing mask so you really 

can’t eat in there. What is 430 and it’s not nearly as crappy as it was when we were 
last in there. What are the 
suns trying to peek out now and the Eagles are leading the Oakland Raiders seven nothing in the first. All I saw was an injured player. They’re playing shiny happy
 people on while I’m waiting. For my order. We ended up 

eating there because there were a lot less people hovering around the hoagie place. Tommy’s hoagies that is. The sandwich is really good and hit the spot  Real good. In 

between there we got to see a lot of sites. Later on after we ate we laughed and we saw the touristy part of Jim Thorpe 
Yea with the 

train and the cool looking train station. There was also a cute looking building it was extremely scenic. 
We must’ve approached Jim Thorpe another 

way because I don’t remember seeing it coming in. We ended up driving the Hyundai

 and it acted funny with its gears and I got tired behind the wheel so Lynne had to drive the rest of the way home. We got home around
8 PM. We watched a movie called King 
of hearts. It’s another movie with Alan Bates. He’s a Shakespearean kind of actor he’s very big in any all these British informed
films of Europe. I wonder what he’s like in a 



movie like an unmarried woman with Jill Clayburgh. This is the mid 70s relationship movies. Anyhow it was quite a day for sure