Saturday, February 22, 2020

You Might Be From The Susquehanna River Valley If....

You Might Be From The Susquehanna Valley If...

Growing up here in the Susquehanna Valley, there are so many things we take for granted.  Plenty of Farmers Markets, Loads of HistoryA Festival For Everything (we even have festivals for the first and last Fridays of the month) and plenty of places to bike, hike, and kayak.   We have dozens of thrift stores, SO many waterfalls, and  charming covered bridges and one room school houses

But that's not all.  We have a lot of unique, weird, and interesting traditions, events, and spots, that most locals have visited or done at least once.

You Might Be From The Susquehanna River Valley If You Have Done More Than Twenty Five Of These Things:

  1. See The Ice Sculptures At The  Lewisburg Ice Festival 
  2. Watch Thousands of Snow Geese Land In A Field
  3. Eat A Fastnacht
  4. See Maple Syrup Tapping  Demonstrations At Montour Preserve
  5. Shop At The Street Of Shops in an old Woolen Mill
  6. Have Pizza (or Ice Cream!) In Diner Full Of 50s Memorabilia
  7. Shopped at An Auction That's Not An Auction
  8. Drive to Centralia to spray paint on Graffitti Highway (And for many of us, when were younger, see flames come out of the ground)
  9. Get Amish Made Doughnuts From A Roadside Shed
  10. Bid At  The Beaver Run, Amish Run, Consignment Sale
  11. Have A Pig In A Blanket
  12. Driven Under The Hadany Arch At The Mall
  13. Stroll Through The Arts Festival in Lewisburg
  14. Go To A Farmers Market
  15. Hike Ricketts Glen
  16. Have Seen The View From Mt Pisgah
  17. Swim In the Ice Cold Water At Half Way Dam
  18. Explore the abandoned bunkers in what was once Alvira
  19. Have A Fish Sandwich At The Fence
  20. Slowly drive by the local farms to watch the  Camels 
  21. Driven Past a Fort That Stood During The Revolutionary War
  22. Kayak Or Tube Down The River
  23. Drive past the  Elk in Milton
  24. Shop At A Flea Market
  25. Have A Teaberry Ice Cream Cone
  26. See A Rodeo in Benton
  27. Go For A Ride On The Hiawatha
  28. Drove To The Pennsylvania Grand Canyon
  29. Watch A Parade
  30. Swim in the Haystacks And/Or Rock Run
  31. Take a Boat Ride Through the Caverns At Penns Cave
  32. Go To A Crosscutters Baseball Game
  33. Drive To An Overlook to Watch the Sunset
  34. Have Lunch on The Porch Of An Amish Run Country Store
  35. Ride the Phoenix At  Knoebels
  36. Watch a movie on an outdoor screen
  37. Go to a Little League World Series Game
  38. Conquer A Corn Maze
  39. Visit the Bloomsburg Fair
  40. Take A Bike Ride On A Rail Trail (Try Lewisburg To Mifflinburg for an easy start)
  41. Chase A Hot Air Balloon
  42. Took A Hayride To Pick  A Pumpkin
  43. Seen the statue of Liberty standing in the Susquehanna River
  44. See History Come Alive At Fort Freeland Heritage Days
  45. Enter A Pumpkin In The Pumpkin Roll
  46. Tour a Victorian Mansion in Williamsport or Berwick or Lewisburg
  47. Took A Toboggan Ride In Eagles Mere
  48. See the Christmas Lights At Candy Cane Lane
  49. Visit Christkindl In Mifflinburg
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1 comment:

  1. I swam in the haystacks once, but not of my volition due to an unfortunate slip while mapping the haystacks during a geology field school. LOL

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