Sussex County

I (Amy) worked at Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area for 2 seasons when I was 19 and 20 as a volunteer the first season, and an official (stetson and all) interpretive Park Ranger the 2nd. I loved every minute of it. I did a lot of different things, but my favorites were canoe trips on the Delaware River, doing guided nature walks to Silverthread and Dingman's Falls, and working in the living history village. Pat and I rode our bikes from the campground up to the visitor center at Dingman's Falls. My 2nd year I lived in the house at Dingman's Falls with Jeanette McGeehan from Baltimore. I've tried to find her through the years on FB but have never had any luck. I googled the house A few years back....and it was gone. In its place was a new visitor center, parking lot ,and restrooms. It made me sad. I wanted to show Pat the falls and the place of so many great memories. We rounded the last bend in the road and the visitor center came into view. And right behind it....the house!! Shrouded in trees. It must have been hidden from satellite view by the trees. I was so overcome, I teared up, almost cried. It made me so happy to see the little house still sitting there after all. We stood on the porch and I showed Pat where we once pulled 3 picnic tables up to the house, put them end to end, covered them in newspaper and had a party. Jeanette's BF came up from Baltimore with coolers full of still-warm Baltimore steamed crab. It was heavenly. Pat and I walked to the falls. Silverthread was running a little heavier than normal. It was beautiful. We walked on to Dingman's Falls and found the boardwalk closed. Several people were there sitting and chatting. They said the storms a few days earlier had done some damage to the trail. It's very unlike me, but I had to try, so we ducked under the tape and kept going. We were almost to the falls, could kind of see it through the trees, when the path was blocked completely. Disappointing, but we turned around. Had a nice conversation with the group back at the closure. One couple lived in Franconia NH where we just came from! I was still just so happy the house was standing! We rode our bikes a few miles on the McDade trail and spent a few minutes on the beautiful riverbank.
***UPDATE***
As we left DWG, I searched Facebook again and found someone who lived outside Baltimore and looked like I imagined Jeannette might look like today. I messaged her. It took a few days before she saw the message and responded! See pictures below... I immediately called her and we reconnected for the next 40 minutes. She has a great memory! They are headed out west with their camper in a couple weeks and are going to try to come thru Nashville...I can't wait to see my sweet friend from so long ago!Read more