April 17, 2015 the WooFDriver and his crew took the WooFPAK on a Mushing tour of the Swatara Trail in Pennsylvania. This trail is a rail trail from the 1820’s to connect the Schuylkill and Susquehanna Rivers to transport anthracite coal by the Swatara Creek. This branch of the Reading Railroad was destroyed by the flood of 1862 and never repaired.
The Swatara Creek is 72 miles long and flows into the Susquehanna River. Record heights of 26.8 feet near Hershey, Pennsylvania were reach on September 8, 2011 from the rains of Tropical Storm Lee and Hurricane Irene. There were two US Navy ships named after the creek. The first was launched in 1865 but later dismantled in 1872, saving some materials to built the second ship that was first launched a year later in 1873. USS Swatara was decommissioned in 1891.
Wikipedia’s Webpage to learn more about the Swatara Creek
Enjoy these videos of the Mushing adventure!
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