Our Anniversary. May 27, 2005. Five Years.

We went to Jim Thorpe, PA.

Jim Thorpe has nothing to do with the town. Asa Packer is the man of Jim Thorpe, PA. The town had been named Mauch Chunk, PA. (What a name.) It is a Native American name having to do with Bear Mountain, I think. So, it is different to our ears. Someone didn't like it and thought that Jim Thorpe would be better. Apparently, Jim Thorpe was an Olympic athlete back in the day. He probably never even heard of Mauch Chunk, PA. Anyway, the town's claim to his fame is that he is buried there. And to top it off, they paid to have his remains moved and buried there.

A bit odd in my book.