{"id":290,"date":"2009-08-26T09:41:33","date_gmt":"2009-08-26T16:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maceras.xpozd.com\/?p=290"},"modified":"2009-09-09T09:44:14","modified_gmt":"2009-09-09T16:44:14","slug":"wite-water-rafting-crystal-cave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.maceras.xpozd.com\/?p=290","title":{"rendered":"White Water Rafting &#038; Crystal Cave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Rafting on the Lehigh River\" rel=\"lightbox[pics290]\" href=\"http:\/\/www.maceras.xpozd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/rafting_pww.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment wp-att-291 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.maceras.xpozd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/rafting_pww.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Rafting on the Lehigh River\" width=\"200\" height=\"155\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Rafting on the Lehigh from in the boat\" rel=\"lightbox[pics290]\" href=\"http:\/\/www.maceras.xpozd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/water_08.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment wp-att-317 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.maceras.xpozd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/water_08.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Rafting on the Lehigh from in the boat\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" \/><\/a>We had a short but <strong>ACTION PACKED<\/strong> camping trip last weekend in the Lehigh Valley.\u00c2\u00a0 We camped for two nights in Hickory Run State Park but did not get much time to explore it, other than the famous Boulder Field.\u00c2\u00a0 We had some heavy rains just after setting up the tents and canopies, but had good weather for the rest of the stay. On Saturday, our second day, we went wite water rafting on the Lehigh River, with <a title=\"Whitewater Rafting on the Lehigh River, Pennsylvania\" href=\"http:\/\/www.whitewaterchallengers.com\/lehigh\/lehigh-whitewater.asp\" target=\"_blank\">Pocono Whitewater Rafting<\/a>. We had a <strong>great<\/strong> time, and team Fabian\/Macera worked well together navigating the Class III rapids (due to a dam release), until one of the last rapids, where we got stuck on a rock, had our boat fill with water, then\u00c2\u00a0had to get out of the boat to push us off.\u00c2\u00a0 We survived <strong>until<\/strong> the next rapid, when three of us were thrown from the boat. After bouncing off some rocks, we managed to get to shore to bail out our boat, and continue on to our destination.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Crystal Cave\" rel=\"lightbox[pics290]\" href=\"http:\/\/www.maceras.xpozd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/crystal_cave_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment wp-att-294 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.maceras.xpozd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/crystal_cave_1.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Crystal Cave\" width=\"133\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>On our third day, we packed up camp, had lunch on the\u00c2\u00a0Boulder Field and then headed home, with a side trip to <a title=\"Crystal Cave, Pennsylvania\" href=\"http:\/\/www.crystalcavepa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Crystal Cave<\/a>. I had not been there since I was a kid, and the girls had a great time asking our guide a lot of questions, and learning a lot about geology.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Camp Flag at Hickory Run, PA\" rel=\"lightbox[pics290]\" href=\"http:\/\/www.maceras.xpozd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/camping_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment wp-att-292 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.maceras.xpozd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/camping_1.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Camp Flag at Hickory Run, PA\" width=\"133\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Boulder Field at Hickory Run\" rel=\"lightbox[pics290]\" href=\"http:\/\/www.maceras.xpozd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/boulder_field.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment wp-att-293 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.maceras.xpozd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/boulder_field.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Boulder Field at Hickory Run\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Crystal Cave\" rel=\"lightbox[pics290]\" href=\"http:\/\/www.maceras.xpozd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/crystal_cave_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment wp-att-295 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.maceras.xpozd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/crystal_cave_2.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Crystal Cave\" width=\"133\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Crystal Cave\" rel=\"lightbox[pics290]\" href=\"http:\/\/www.maceras.xpozd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/crystal_cave_3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment wp-att-296 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.maceras.xpozd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/crystal_cave_3.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Crystal Cave\" width=\"133\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Crystal Cave\" rel=\"lightbox[pics290]\" href=\"http:\/\/www.maceras.xpozd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/crystal_cave_4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment wp-att-297 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.maceras.xpozd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/crystal_cave_4.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Crystal Cave\" width=\"133\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Crystal Cave\" rel=\"lightbox[pics290]\" href=\"http:\/\/www.maceras.xpozd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/crystal_cave_5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment wp-att-298 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.maceras.xpozd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/crystal_cave_5.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Crystal Cave\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had a short but ACTION PACKED camping trip last weekend in the Lehigh Valley.\u00c2\u00a0 We camped for two nights in Hickory Run State Park but did not get much time to explore it, other than the famous Boulder Field.\u00c2\u00a0 &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maceras.xpozd.com\/?p=290\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family","category-photos","category-trips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.maceras.xpozd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.maceras.xpozd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.maceras.xpozd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.maceras.xpozd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.maceras.xpozd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=290"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/www.maceras.xpozd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":305,"href":"http:\/\/www.maceras.xpozd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290\/revisions\/305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.maceras.xpozd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.maceras.xpozd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.maceras.xpozd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}