We Say Goodbye To Pennsylvania

 Besides the terrific motorcycling back roads, it's views like this we will miss.  This stream is across the street and a few steps down the roadway from Four Seasons RV Campground in Scotrun, PA

In our final days campground even sponsored a yard sale for everyone complete with balloons and advertising.  I sold some stuff I didn't want to drag around anymore.

Close to the campground is this leaded glass store.  We wanted this Art Nouveau  shell lamp really bad so I had to drive down and take this picture of it.  It's still there if you want to get us a present.

NASCAR Pocono Raceway

 Through the Mount Pocono Harley-Davidson dealership I got a chance to ride on the Pocono Racetrack.  It was a sponsored Cal Schock Sr Memorial Ride (the previous owner of this dealership) with all proceeds going to Camp Cadet Troupe N (kids that want to be in law enforcement).  250 riders pre-registered for this event on August 25, 2013.  All bikes were welcome on this ride too.

 Here we are filing in at the racers entrance.

 We had to wait for an hour and a half until others has completed their allotted practice runs.

 I'm thinking that these formula looking cars were for classes someone has?

 We finally got on the track.  And we got to drive around for four laps as fast as we wanted to got.  I can tell you that at a slow 104mph the banked parts of the track sure came up fast.

Here I am standing in the winners circle.  I wondered how many famous drivers had stood in this same place over the years.

Candle Shoppe of the Pocono's

We went to see this candle shop.  It is supposed to also be haunted!  This entrance is just for the "museum" basement section with the main entrance on an upper level around to the right.  They wanted $13 per person to see a laboratory and an "actual monkey cage".  We didn't go.  But we did see the candles.  They advertised a 31' (yes) carved candle that I had to see.  I've seen big candles before but not bigger than 3-4'.

 Dr. William Redwood Fisher built the home for his family in 1897.  The home was built over a cemetery.  He was trying to find a cure for Small Pox and Yellow Fever.  He performed many valuable experiments, using animals for testing, particularly spider monkeys in the very early 1900's.  It is said the" basement is full of restless spirits of monkeys".

 The candles occupied every room of the entire house.  Lots of colors, smells, shapes, styles and sizes that you can imagine.  Every room I kept looking for the carved candle.  Since I didn't see it I was going to ask someone where it was before we left.  Maybe in the haunted basement?  I forgot to ask by the time we left.

 I had to have my picture taken on this giant chair that's located at the front of the candle shop.

Driving by a few days later I found the so-called 30 foot carved candle in the front of main entrance to the Candle Shoppe of the Pocono's.  Can you see it?  Now, also check just to the upper right of the castle picture above.