Knoebels Park

Met several other members of the Red Knights for a ride and outing to Knoebels Park in Elysburg. Knoebels is a family friendly amusement park which has free admission. It includes a campground, swimming pool, rides, picnic areas, shops, and several food pavilions.

On the ride up we took, for the most part, state highways. A few back roads were included. The most significant was our final leg of the ride, Pine Swamp Road. You can pick up Pine Swamp off of Middle Road. From Numidia, it is 3.4 miles to the intersection. Pine Swamp Road is in good condition and very narrow. It is barely wide enough for two cars but has plenty of shade and it ends at the parking lot of the park.

We spent several hours at Knoebels enjoying the rides and food. Before we left a strong rain storm came through the area which lasted over an hour. It even knocked out the power which stopped some of the rides. A few cars were stranded in the middle of the 'Flume' ride. The people in the cars could do nothing but sit in the pouring rain and wait for the power to return. While waiting for the storm to pass, we spent the time under one of the food pavilions and had a bite to eat.

When we left Knoebels it was still raining, so rain suits were in order. The rain continued until we got to the Frackville area and, as a result, it took much longer to return back to Lehighton. We presented quite a sight with the rain suits, bandannas covering our face to protect from the stinging raindrops, and anything else in our saddle bags we could find to stay as comfortable as possible. We laughed at ourselves along with the people driving by.

An eventful day to say the least, but one we'll remember for a long time.

Total mileage for the day was 113 miles.


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