Archive for October, 2007

The moon is bright

The decorations are quite a sight

I guess that means it’s Halloween night                                                                                                                              

The kids are planning they’re route

Goblins and Ghouls are out and about

The fun begins when the lights go out                                                                                                                                

The make up goes on

The costumes are tied

The wagon starts up for the Halloween Ride                                                                                                                       

Smiling faces knocking at the door

Pillow cases are filled with candy apples and treats galore

What more could you ask for                                                                                                                                              

There are pumpkins lighting up the windows

Witching flying when the wind blows

Scarecrows standing where the grass grows                                                                                                                        

You close your eyes cause you can’t believe what you’ve seen

You say to yourself this is all just a dream

When in fact it isn’t it’s just Halloween                                                                                                                              

Written by: Angela Kinney-Wilkes Barre Admin

So, I guess everyone is trying to catch up on those things we promised ourselves months ago and still haven’t gotten to.

    My boyfriend, Jeremy, and myself finally got our rear ends out there and kayaked the Delaware River through the Water Gap.  We did a total of eleven miles. We had been driving through the area and talking about it for long enough and since it was my weekend off and there was nothing on the calendar squares, we decided that now was the time.  We rented equipment from the Pack Shack and got a shuttle to Smithfield Beach and rode the river down to Portland, where we got picked up and shuttled back. It was a pretty amazing day. I sent two pictures from our trip, one of the river from our take-out point and one of Jeremy in the Gap. You can see that this is a very calm river. I worked at Pocono Whitewater for a summer a few years ago, being a river guide.They do trips on the Lehigh River, which is a beautiful place, but the river is not always so calm. After a summer of working the Lehigh, I find I prefer lake and calm river kayaking. 

    On Sunday, a bunch of the gals from work wanted to go down to the Jam On The Dam, in White Haven.  My son, Julian, loves to ride his bike, so we packed the bike in the back of the truck and off we went.  We got a bite to eat at the festival, hung out with the girls for a little bit, and went to explore.  I actually rented a bike of my own so I could go too, after all, why should the kids get to have all the fun?   Pocono Whitewater recently opened another base right in a White Haven, so I went to visit some old friends to get my bike.  We biked between the river and the railroad and took a few breaks by some streams, and small waterfalls.   Julian got out the trail fine but when we turned around to come back to the base, he started complaining that his legs hurt.  I think this was the first time I heard him get exhausted from bike riding.  It was a lot of fun, and we actually won a pass for Pocono Whitewater, so we are planning to go again soon for a whole day.  I sent a picture from the beer tent at the festival where the Sundance Vacations crew was hanging out listening to some live music.  The picture is (left to right) Liz Warne, Karen Cooper, and Sharon Davenport.   Allie Loughridge and Cheryl Zambotti were also there but I didn’t get any good pics. 

    So, there are definitely a bunch of cool spots right here in our own backyard that could keep us amused for a whole summer.  With the price of gas these day’s, we’d probably be smarter to look into what our own area has to offer and check out some local places we haven’t been to before, or just go back to some of our old favorites.

    We spent an entire weekend not traveling more than an hour away, and it was one of the best of the whole summer.  Let me know if anyone else has any suggestions and I will let you all know some more of my favorite’s.                                                                                                                                                 

Rochell Zambotti

Hazleton Phone Room

A couple of weeks ago John Dowd came up with this great idea to go to the Penn State game. So he rounded up a few of us to get together a little tailgate party and head south. The day started at 6:30am when we were all to meet here at the corporate office. Ron was driving all of us in his RV and that’s what time he wanted to head out. We were all here at 6:30am and there was no sign of Ron. He finally showed up at about 7:15 and we hit the road. That’s where the fun began. We had such a blast on the way up there. We even have a videotape of Jeff singing some Mr. Big for us. It was great. Once we arrived at Penn State we started up the grill and really starting have some fun. We played a few tailgating games before we headed into the big stadium. It was the first game of the season so everyone there was so fired up and ready for the New Year. WE ARE… PENN STATE is what you heard across the whole stadium. Everyone was on their feet chanting with pom poms in their hands. We decide while rooting for our favorite team we would do it Sundance style. We all showed up with our shirts on to represent Sundance Vacations. John decided to make a bet with Kristin, Lindsey and I. The original bet was that he was going to take the underdog. Right before we shook on it he decided that he couldn’t go against his team so he decided to take his team by 35 ½ points. The bet was he would have to take us three out to lunch if we won and we would have to take him and Tina if he won. We had this one in the bag. We were so excited and starting planning on where we were going to have lunch. Well it didn’t turn out in our favor. Penn State stomped the opposing team, which meant we lost pretty bad.  John came in the day we had to take him and Tina out to lunch saying he hasn’t eaten in 2 days and he was starving. He picked Red Lobster because he wanted to pick out his own lobster. He wanted steak and 4 appetizers and of course he wanted some dessert. He was milking this the best he could. We all had such a great time and learned a valuable lesson. Never bet against John Dowd!!!!                                       

Angela Kinney

Wilkes-Barre Admin

Recently we were informed that one of our good friends here at Sundance Vacations was leaving us. Kristin Bellino works in our Permission Marketing department, and puts together the sales and marketing newsletters. She recently found out she was relocating to Albany, NY. We are all going to miss her sooooo much and wish her the best of luck with wherever her new journey throws at her. I hope you keep in touch and come in and visit us as much as you can. I think I can speak for everyone and say that we are all going to miss her smiling face in the morning and of course all the wonderful pasta dishes she always had for lunch. LOL!!!! I will miss you very much Kristin and I really hope you stay in touch. You have been such a great friend to have and I hope we will always stay that way. Good luck with everything and don’t forget to remember that TGI Fridays is always open on Fridays……..                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

Angela Kinney

Wilkes-Barre Admin