Travel: Jim Thorpe, PA
August 18th, 2008 | 
Author: Back in May, Dan and I took a trip to Jim Thorpe, PA, a beautifully restored Victorian-era town in the mountains of southeastern Pennsylvania. Dan had been there a couple of times before with friends, to go kayaking on the river, but this was my first time there. Here are a few pix of the trip; one of these days, I’ll get a bunch of them put into an online photo album, but here are some for now:
Jim Thorpe, PA
This is an overview of the town from the top of a nearby mountain. The mansion in the upper center, with the red roof tiles, is the Asa Packer Mansion, now a museum; to the right of it is his son’s house, the Harry Packer Mansion, which is now a bed and breakfast inn that hosts murder mysteries, and to the right of that, with a cupola on top, is the carriage house, where we stayed.
You gotta read the story of Mary Hannah Packer Cummings (1839-1912), Asa’s daughter. She was a feminist before her time 
The Carriage House.
The Falls (can’t remember the name – Dan?)
Sample of the gorgeous Victorian architecture and Painted Lady paint job of a house in downtown Jim Thorpe.
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JT is one of my favorite places year round. You should come up for the fall leaves or even at Christmas the town shines.
The falls were located at the trail head in Rockford. So, lets call them the Rockford Falls?
Ooooh, it would be great to see fall color there! I dunno if I want to go to the mountains in PA for Christmas, though. I don’t have the right clothes!
Rockford Falls works for me!
Correction…Rockport, not Rockford.