Stayed in Palmerton, PA (one of my new favorite hiker towns.) The police officers let us stay in the basement of the Borough Hall (the old jail) which has showers. Every one in town was so nice. The morning greeted us to the steepest climb south of New Hampshire - Lehigh Gap. Walking along the top of the ridge - this is what we saw. The devastation was the result of a century of zinc smelting. In 1980, the EPA shut down the furnaces and stated directing funds to clean it up (making it onto their "Superfund" clean up list). Zinc is used in everything from face powders to zippers. Pretty,
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