Thursday, September 16, 2010
Delaware River Family Campground, Delaware, NJ - June 24-25
We crossed the Delaware River to the western part of NJ in order to put the NJ sticker on our US map. I suppose it should be more than 10 miles across the border to count, but we don't have that rule! This was an adequate, fairly nice cg with lots of seasonal patrons. We are finding that to be fairly common in this area. It was very much the family cg as children were everywhere.For our one day of sightseeing, we went back across to the PA section of the Delaware Water Gap Natl Rec Area. The Delaware Water Gap was carved by the erosion & uplift of the level plains, forming a beautiful landscape filed with ridges & valleys. Much of the activity centers on the river, and there are numerous places to launch canoes, kayaks & rafts.
Our efforts were concentrated on hiking to waterfalls. We hiked to Upper & Lower Raymondskill Falls, plus to two smaller falls on another trail, all along Raymondskill Creek. We then hiked to Factory Falls, Fulmer Falls, & Deer Leap Falls in the George Childs Rec Site along Dingmans Creek. This was a lovely trail which went along both sides of the creek, with six bridges linking the trail. Finally, we hiked the boardwalk trail to Silver Thread Falls and Dingmans Falls, also on Dingmans Creek. All of the falls were magnificent, and we also admired the wild rhododendrons which were in full bloom along the trails. All of these trails were at the base of the Poconos.# posted by Doug and Willie @ 9:11 PM 
