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2 mile round trip mostly level walking on old and newer railroads, valley vistas and a little bushwacking.
You are about to begin your adventure at a point where history and mystery collide - the Suscon Screamer and the Sus Con railroad.
At your parking coordinates - N41 18 173, W075 43 955 - you will be standing where the "Little Black Bridge" stood. The bridge was part of a railroad which crossed Suscon Road. It crossed the road at such an odd angle, you had to come to almost a complete stop, beep your horn and proceed with caution. With the bridge came many mysterious tales of the "Suscon Screamer", who, according to legend, was a new bride or a girl who had gone to her prom - wearing a flowing white gown. The husband/boyfriend was supposedly murdered. The woman/girl then - on dark, lonely, foggy nights ran screaming across the bridge looking for her mate, her gown flowing behind her as she ran. The bridge and dangerous curve were removed in a 1996 Penn Dot project.
The old railroad bed which you will be following was orginally constructed to run between Kingston and Stroudsburg and ran through "Paddy's Land", now known as Suscon. The railroad was a spur of the "Susquehanna Connector", shortened to "Sus Con" by the telegraph operators. The spur was chartered in 1892, was 6.55 miles long and was in use only 47 years. The spur was also known as the "Huckleberry Line" because it would stop and let folks off to pick berries. More on file about this area in the "The Scrantonian", written by Charles A. McCarthy, circa 1968. The Stroudsburg run stopped in 1935. The existing railroad remains and was still in use until 1996 when the Penn Dot project took the bridge and straightened the road.
The existing railroad and old railroad bed provide great Wyoming Valley views, also some nice woodsy terrain, the last leg of the cache taking you near a pretty little stream; hope you enjoy the history/mystery lesson and the trip. Round trip will take you 2.0 miles. All parts of the cache will be on or very near old or existing railroads, with the exception of the last leg which will require some bushwacking. Terrain won't be a problem (except for part II - we will provide an alternate way to reach this one - for use during winter conditions or if you're not able to climb), good dog walking. Be extra careful, this area is heavily hunted. You are doing this cache at your own risk.
You will also be participating - if you wish, in a poker run. At each coordinate, you can take a playing card (yeah, we'll know what you did if you have five of a kind), please, just take a card and post your hand with your log for extra points. There are five small containers (three of them being decon boxes and two being plastic lunch boxes), the last being a regular ammo box, stuffed with goodies. First Finder has his or her choice.
At each point you will be given coords and hints to the next point; please leave this paper in it's container for the next cacher. You may want to bring a piece of paper to write hints, and on darker days, you may want a flashlight.
Have fun.
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