Day 5- Clarks Summit to East Stroudsburg PA

Day 5 was another beauty. We're splitting hairs here, but this was probably the most perfect weather of the week- sunny and in the 70's. Lot of climbing again today- 4000 feet for the day, including a 1200 foot, 4 mile long climb of Moosic Mountain (see photo of Ken and roomie Jack Hayon at the summit) and then the rest of the day cycling through the scenic Poconos. We actually descended today more than we climbed (4600 feet of descending), including a wild 4 1/2 mile downhill (see road sign below). Now that's a downhill!!


Some beautiful scenes from today, including scenes from a water stop in the Poconos with this lovely pond, perfect for a rest (for the bikes too) and some contemplation.

And some fun photos of the day- People love their guns in PA, even the mailboxes are loaded! See also a photo of Jerry Val-ee: Jerry Foster and Val Ferraro posing at one of our favorite ice cream stops right before descending into Stroudsburg. Tomorrow we'll be crossing the Delaware into NJ!