Roll Call........Pennsylvania

Down here in Berks County, we used to party and swim at an abandoned quarry about a half-mile back in the woods.. There was a 350' cliff on one side and both sides sloped horseshoe-wise down to a flat area where you could park (back then--the 60's and early 70's-- we could drive cars in. The water was fed by two creeks and underground springs and was cold, but not as cold as the Big Falls. There was only one place you could wade out-- maybe 90'-- then it dropped off to over 90' deep. There were 20', 30' and a 90' cliff you could dive off. I never went off the 90' cliff, but some people did. Most got injured; a few died. I often went off the 30' cliff, but then you had to swim over 100' to get out. We used to go out Friday night after work and stay to late Sunday night, leaving only to get more beer, ice, cigarettes, hoagies and girls. We burned bon-fires all night and slept in the cars on in sleeping bags. There were dozens of abandoned buildings we tore down for firewood, plus there were dead trees.


Sometimes, we would push junk cars off the 350' cliff-- what a blast! I have at least 2 of them in there-- a 59 Chevy and a 53 Chevy. There must be dozens in there-- it's too deep to remove them, plus they disintergrated on the way down. It was neat as hell!

Finally, after too many people drowned, it was sold to the state and made part of French Creek State Park and fenced in. Now, it's patrolled by park rangers, but back then, the cops left us alone-- it was still private property.

I'd give a couple hundred dollars to have just one week-end like that back, but what good would it do? At least half of the people I ran with are dead, most from drinking or drugs. It doesn't matter-- I'll always have it in my memories.

 

yea.. thats rough.. but its the mems I guess... there's a place like that down in south carolina its on private property and what not and I dont htink anyones died...but its a blast down there.. I miss it... oh how I cant wait for summer!

 

I used to live on Otter St. in Bristol, which is right next to you.....

 

May Aizelle--I KNOW you wish for summer-- in Tioga summer is short, and still chilly at night. I love it there, but I would never winter it out unless I had 9 cords of wood, 10 gallons of kerosene for lanterns, plenty of candles, 100 gallons of gas for a generator, plenty of beer, whisky and deer meat, a lot of cool CD'S, beaucoup books, at least 3 cats, one dog and a sweet, intelligent woman.


Then, a Tioga County winter might seem like a blessing.

(Did I mention plenty of wool blankets, underneath we might sleep nude.!!!!)

Gee, I guess not.

 

May Aizelle-- My daughter-in-law knows where the swimming hole Blueberry is! She says it is upstream from The Big Falls-- on Stony Fork Run.


Is that right? She never heard of Woodhouse swimming hole.

 

Scccccrrrrranton Area here!

 

So, May Aizelle, we went to the snake hunt this year-- it was cold, cloudy and windy. Only got 5 rattlers-- not much size to them.Didn't go swimming at any of the holes-- too goddamn cold. But-- we still had fun , dear------missed you!


Maybe next year.

Oh--- my daughter-in-law is Carolyn Smith and I think she graduated high school around 1993 (?) from Mansfield High (?). I'll as her when I see her.

TA-TA!

 

mk yea was really cruddy I wound up working...... they might not really have it next year I heard too many restrictions and such..... dont know your daughter-in-law I dont think..

 

ive been to the rattle snake hunt a few times. i used to go to morris for the summer and stay at camp irwin which is a half mile or so down the road from the hunt.

 

born & raised in the Lehigh valley, go to college out at University Park.

 

lived in philly wayyyyyy too long
hopefuly movin into a schoolbus and teepee and headed for the mountains asap

 

are you talkin bout st. petes village?

 

Landed here in...'Wellsboro'?

Yikes.

 

I live in California, Pa. Go to school there, too.

 

Livin in Allentown, graduate soon and i'm lookin for a woodsy are to live with some happenin cats or a commune or anything. just thought i'd throw that out there
Peace n love

 

living on the edge of PA, a few more feet, I'd be IN Lake Erie

 

I live in New Hope. lets chill....when im back from Gemrany in July.hehe

 

I live in central PA near Harrisburg, anybody else?

 

Im Jenn, Living in Pittsburgh PA..Anyone else from PGH?

 

I'm removing information from myself in previous posts that I've made about where I might live because people find them in google searches and ask me if I will help them find drugs. I'm not against people taking drugs, but I have no desire to put myself at risk for the sake of helping strangers break the law. If you're a moderator and reading this, it would be cool if you would just delete my reply.