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I POCONOSByEloiseDeHaan
Even in bare winter, the Pocono Mountains offer fresh air and hospitality
that’s a short drive away for Lehigh Valley residents. Here are four destinations
offering Valentine’s Day and winter activities for February weekend getaways.
8 | INDULGE • FEBRUARY/MARCH 2016 REDISCOVER ROMANCE SEE REGAL EAGLES
The Settler’s Inn, in Hawley, Wayne County, is a Every year, up to 200 bald eagles visit this corner of
23-room bed and breakfast built in the Arts and Crafts Pennsylvania, coming from colder regions up north and
style and lavishly decorated. Escape the home routine attracted by fish in the reservoir. The Delaware Highland
with the inn’s Valentine’s Day package that starts with a Conservancy offers the Eagle Bus Tour — Marion
glass of wine, a basket of chocolate treats and a dozen “Becky” Finch Memorial Excursion, a heated bus that
red roses. The two-night stay includes a country breakfast transports visitors and a guide to spot these magnificent
each morning and a dinner for two on one night. creatures, often seen roosting in trees near the water.
Pack a lunch and bring binoculars. “People really
The inn, which is owned by the same family-run love it,” says Bethany Keene, a spokeswoman for the
company that owns the Sayre Inn in Bethlehem, aims Delaware Highlands Conservancy. “It’s fun for families.”
to provide romantic, “quiet time for the loved one
without influences,” Jeanne Genzlinger, managing The visitors center is in Lackawaxen, Pike County, and
partner of Settler’s Inn, said in an email message. is open weekends in February. The tour is Feb. 13, 10
“We allow them to “Disconnect to Reconnect’.” a.m. to 1 p.m.
THE
I POCONOSByEloiseDeHaan
Even in bare winter, the Pocono Mountains offer fresh air and hospitality
that’s a short drive away for Lehigh Valley residents. Here are four destinations
offering Valentine’s Day and winter activities for February weekend getaways.
8 | INDULGE • FEBRUARY/MARCH 2016 REDISCOVER ROMANCE SEE REGAL EAGLES
The Settler’s Inn, in Hawley, Wayne County, is a Every year, up to 200 bald eagles visit this corner of
23-room bed and breakfast built in the Arts and Crafts Pennsylvania, coming from colder regions up north and
style and lavishly decorated. Escape the home routine attracted by fish in the reservoir. The Delaware Highland
with the inn’s Valentine’s Day package that starts with a Conservancy offers the Eagle Bus Tour — Marion
glass of wine, a basket of chocolate treats and a dozen “Becky” Finch Memorial Excursion, a heated bus that
red roses. The two-night stay includes a country breakfast transports visitors and a guide to spot these magnificent
each morning and a dinner for two on one night. creatures, often seen roosting in trees near the water.
Pack a lunch and bring binoculars. “People really
The inn, which is owned by the same family-run love it,” says Bethany Keene, a spokeswoman for the
company that owns the Sayre Inn in Bethlehem, aims Delaware Highlands Conservancy. “It’s fun for families.”
to provide romantic, “quiet time for the loved one
without influences,” Jeanne Genzlinger, managing The visitors center is in Lackawaxen, Pike County, and
partner of Settler’s Inn, said in an email message. is open weekends in February. The tour is Feb. 13, 10
“We allow them to “Disconnect to Reconnect’.” a.m. to 1 p.m.
