Day 3 Discovering Pennsylvania's Route 6

Warren is a really nice town, very picturesque with lots to do. One of the first sites is the beautiful bridge that spans the Allegheny River and is a modern replica of the original bridge. On the one side is the tree-lined Crescent Park and the other side its old fashion, yet vibrant business district.

The center of attention in its business district is a majestic triangular building named The Point with its new fountain. The fun part of the sculptured fountain is the bird at the top facing the heavens as water is released through its beak.

The neighborhood is wonderful to walk through. Stately homes and quaint Victorians are common place while buildings like the Library Theater, the County Court and several churches only add to their grandeur.

Eating at the Plaza Restaurant takes you back to another time. Resembling a diner inside with the mirrors and a nostalgic ambience, it is definitely a hopping place where the locals get together and pass the time away while enjoying great food.

You will definitely see more than one painting of this fine town.

After leaving Warren we stopped in the town of Sheffield. As I was taking a photo down the street of some obviously historic buildings, a fellow stood in the middle of the road and posed for me.

I couldn’t resist talking to him.

His name was William and he told me stories of the town and where people sat to relax during the day, how old some of the buildings were, and of a bridge that was closed down the street that folks walk to watch the water rush by.

While I was taking photos of the water, I noticed an unusually old, yet beautiful building off to the side. I was curiously snapping photographs when a fellow named Dennis came out of the door and introduced himself.

He told me that this was Sheffield’s old, retired, Pennsylvania Railroad Station. He shared his vision of creating a museum here and showed me all of their antiques and history they had collected. He spoke of how they wanted to have a miniature train club meet there, as well as community activities and holiday festivities. The funds were coming in from the 7000 pieces of slate they had to remove from the roof. Each slate sold would help pay for more renovations.

So if you are in Sheffield and you would like to help this project, buy a piece of slate or 50 to help a dream come true.

On our way to Wellsboro we were just driving toward Coudersport daydreaming when Tom and I saw a covered bridge out of the corner of our eyes.  Testing the brakes ability to quickly stop, and the ability of Tom not to drive into the creek, we pulled over as fast as we could.

Actually what caught our eyes wasn’t the bridge, but rather the huge lilac bush in full bloom framing this unusual bridge. Deep brown and eyewitness to a changing world, this bridge had character and beauty to spare.   I just know this will be one of my pieces, and it will always be part of my memories of traveling across Pennsylvania’s Route 6.

There’s much more to discover so please continue with us as Tom and I travel to Wellsboro, home of Pennsylvania’s Grand Canyon, a really cool Swedish sheep farm, and Wynken, Blyken and Nod.