To a Town Called Jim
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Day 8: December 28, 2023 To a Town Called Jim Comment via blog |
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We got the day started with breakfast at the cool and shiny
Orangetown Classic Diner where our waiter helped with a
shot that included my son along with his wife and son.
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My son lives in Piermont and after breakfast we drove down to the pier
that gives the village half of its name. The other half comes from Tallman
Mountain. Acute turns are fairly common in the area and midway through one
of them drivers are presented with some good advice. The Governor Cuomo
Bridge is quite visible from the pier and there are several benches near
the water's edge. Today, due to the tide and a lot of rain, some were on
the other side of the water's edge. The rain also resulted in standing
water in a few spots. We passed by the blue fish marking my son's driveway
on the way to my hotel where I bid goodbye to Cris, Lucie, and Kaleb and
started for home.
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I had decided to start the drive west on US-6. I had reached the route via
the Palisades Parkway yesterday but did it today on US-9W.
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In Port Jervis, I stopped at the Erie Hotel for a brew and to verify that they still
rent room. I stayed here in
2012 and would have
happily stayed again if it had not been just past noon.
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Just beyond Port Jervis, I followed US-209 over the Delaware River and
into Pennsylvania. A long stretch of US-209 is inside the Delaware Water
Gap National Recreation Area and would be a beautiful drive on a sunnier
day.
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Not long ago, I read something about the excursion train that operates out
of Jim Thorpe, PA. So, having never been there, it was on my mind as a
possible stop on the way home. When I realized it was in the only
Pennsylvania county I had yet to visit, it became a definite. Soon after
Jim Thorpe, the athlete, died in 1953, Jim Thorpe, the town, was created
from what had previously been Mauch Chunk and East Mauch Chunk in order to
obtain Thorpe's body for what they thought would be a great tourist
attraction. It's not clear just how well that worked out but in 2015 the
town fought all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court to keep the body and the
name.
In the memorial park, panels telling of Thorpe's life and incredible athletic accomplishments surround a sculpture titled "The Spirit of Thunder and Lightning". There are also a couple of bronze statues of Thorpe (A third is imminent.) in addition to the marble sarcophagus. |
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