We camped in the Delaware Water Gap which straddles the New Jersey and Pennsylvania borders. It was so beautiful. We love camping on grass. The Delaware River is behind the bushes.

We took a short hike on part of the Appalachian Trail. It takes about 5 months to hike the whole thing. Even though I would love to do the whole thing, realistically this is it. If the rest of it is only half as beautiful as the part we saw……

Beautiful countryside:

Waterfalls:

New Jersey and New York are famous for their diners. Driving through New York today we decided to stop at this one. Four old men sat at a table next to us in loud and passionate conversation. Topic? Hillary and Trump.

If you are like me, you’ve heard of the Poconos but don’t know anything about it. It is a honeymoon destination. But I don’t think there were too many newlyweds in Hickory Run State Park. But before that, we visited the Martin Guitar factory. Thoughts from John:
This was on my bucket list and I was so stoked. The museum had “authentic artifacts” from Roy Rogers, Gene Autry to Eric Clapton and Courtney Love along with detailed history of CF Martin himself. So cool! The factory tour displayed the precision with which each guitar is made. Only a picker can truly appreciate all this. Thanks to Diane for accompanying me.

And on to the Poconos.
Hiking:

On our way to another hike:

For six months we have been illness and injury free. On this hike, I rolled my ankle on a rock and down I went. Hoping this is just a sprain and glad it was my wrist and not my ankle. Ouch!!!