“I can’t imagine there has ever been a more gratifying time or place to be alive than America in the 1950s. No country had ever known such prosperity.”
~ Bill Bryson
~ American-British author
~ born 1951
A cool sign beckons travelers on South Delaware Drive – Route 611 – to The Canalside Cup, open seasonally in the spring and summer, in Williams Township, Easton, Pennsylvania, along the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor (D&L Trail) on a late October afternoon.
Sadly, The Canalside Cup is now permanently closed, but it dished up tasty fare with a cup of retro on the side.
The Canalside Cup served up ice cream, funnel cake fries, burgers, hot dogs and the like with a retro vibe, as 1950s music played over speakers outside where shaded picnic tables invited patrons to soak up the scenic view while they noshed.
I captured this shot after setting off from the Wy-Hit-Tuk Park Trailhead, Easton of the D&L Trail.
The trail is positioned between the Delaware River and Delaware Canal, which was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1978. The site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America.
Running from Wilkes-Barre to Bristol, the D&L Trail passes through the Lehigh and Delaware rivers and their canals in Pennsylvania.
Wy-Hit-Tuk means “river” in the Native American language of the Lenape, the American Indians who lived throughout the Delaware River Basin at the time of European contact.
