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Joyce Bradley

Indoor Water Park Update

The 365 day a year indoor water park being erected at The Resort at Split Rock is moving along at pace. I will take some photos and post them next week. The three tubes which the leave the building and return are the water slides and alreday installed in all of the very noticable primary colors of Yellow, Red and Blue (geared i suppose toward the expected child-like audience for such a facility). The largest of these tubes (the Yellow) will hold four people at at time to go down the chute in a rubber raft/tube. With added interior pools, play areas and an interactive water system the facility should be a fun place to spend time when you are not engaged in the many other area activities like skiing, golfing, tennis, boating, fishing, hunting, hiking, etc.

Easter Egg Hunt - Lake Harmony

Easter Bunny Greetings

The Easter Bunny Greeting arriving children at the Annual Easter Egg Hunt sponsored by the Bradley REALTORS(R) Team and another local REALTOR(R), Maureen Kennedy, , for the local area children. In addition to the treats/toys found in all of the the eggs, 1st, 2nd & 3rd place Easter Basket prizes are awarded to the lucky children finding the special eggs.

Checking for loot

Some of the many children checking their egg contents. Four age groups, 1600 eggs, and 12 special eggs make up the day. ALL of the eggs were found again this year (which is great as we do not need to go around to find them after the event).

Some Late Winter and Early Spring Activities - Lake Harmony

Here are some of the goings on in the area, in addition to the skiing, ice-fishing, and tubing - so we all do not get cabin fever in the winter:

Cardboard sled prep

This is a cardboard version of the Bud Dragster about to be entered into a cardboard sled race at Jack Frost Mountain (over 7500 people attended) and this one was only good enough for 3rd place foe design! One was a double decker bus with people on the upper level (all in cardboard, except the people, they were real)

"Bud" dragster going up hill for the race

Here they are taking the sled up the hill for the start of their race heat.

Some Lake Harmony Photos

An Aerial View of Lake Harmony

Lake Harmony is about 125 acres in size and while that is small, it is the largest natural lake in the Pocono Mountains. It is a spring fed lake, with over flow going into the Tobyhanna Creek .and Tunkhannock Creek Watershed. It is about 15 feet deep at the moment (it has been deeper but storm water runoff is having its impacts). A local group, Lake Harmony Concerned Citizens have been actively monitoring, measuring and treating the lake for some time now. It is improving in condition and only stands to return to its full glory with continued agressive control of what goes into it.

Views of Lake Harmony

The above views of Lake Harmony are taken from our Neighborhood Website. Clockwise starting upper left they show: the docks at Nick's Lake House (our pontoon boat is the one with red roof on the end, the docks owned by Lake Harmony Estates Home Owners Association, tennis courts for LHE HOA and their private beach on the lake.

Access to and Boats on the lake require a yearly boat tag and must be owned by property owners in Lake Harmony as it is a private lake.

131st Annual Fireman's Association Convention and Parade

Lake Harmony and Albrightsville Volunteer Fire Companies applied to be and were selected as the hosts for the 131St Fireman's ASssociation of Pennsylvania's Convention and Parade in September 2011! The exact dates are 923 and 9/24/11 (yes it takes that long to get approval and logistics effort underway). This state-wide event has never been held in the Pocono Mountains and is quite an accomplishment for local volunteers. State-wide, professional and volunteer fire companies will be sending representatives to this convention, to be held at the Galleria at The Resort at Split Rock. The parade will feature over 300 poeces of firefighting and rescue apparatus, 3000+ marcing firefighters, marching bands and more. The parade route will begin with staging near Big Boulder and proceed along South Lake Dr to The Galleria. Prizes are awarded in many different categories of apparatus and highly competed for by the various fire companies. Over 10,000 people are expected for the event. Put this on your calendar as it will be one to remember. The event will be a marvelous economic boost to the area while also raising funds for the Fireman's Association of Pa who use the proceeds for their various charitable works. Congratulate the local volunteers when you see them and contact them if you can be of assitance in the effort or want to be a sponsor.