Joe Sells The Poconos
By Bill Deaton
April in Northeastern Pennsylvania marks the return of wildflowers to the area. Some are tiny, plentiful, and somewhat undramatic such as the Bluet (aka Houstonia) while others are large, rare, and flashy like the Red Trillium (aka the Wake-Robin, Trillium Erectus.)
Red Trillium are elusive and only pop for a short period. However, at close to 16-inches high and almost a foot in diameter, they are hard to miss when in bloom but only grow in specific locales. Bluets, on the other...
The recent weather has been generous to those that love winter recreation. The persistent snowfall that seemingly started in February and lasted all month has made for outstanding conditions for snowmobile enthusiasts. Locally, the trailheads have been packed with folks and their sleds and may be that way for some time to come.
The Delaware State Forest is home to nearly 115 miles of public snowmobiling trails. These paths, however, are not connected but exist in several loops and spurs due to...
Bucks County distillery leads farm-to-bottle revival of classic Keystone State spirit
Story and photos by Bill Zeiders
If you could taste Pennsylvania’s past, what would it taste like?
Herman Mihalich, founder of Mountain Laurel Spirits and distiller of Dad’s Hat Rye Whiskey, might have a suggestion.
“Just before Prohibition, there were over 160 licensed distilleries making whiskey in Pennsylvania,” Mihalich said. And through the 1800s, when Pennsylv...
