The D&L Blog

9 Reasons why being a D&L volunteer is awesome…                …it’s really ok to ask “what’s in it for me?” when asked to donate your time! You are working…

Guest post by: Mike Burnside, D&L Board Member Since you are viewing the D&L web site, it is very likely that you know what “geocaching” is all about, because people who love geocaching also love…

Guest post by Gary Blockus, January 29, 2016 A lot of people hate the snow, and the 31.7-inch near blizzard that hit the Lehigh Valley last Saturday is a pretty good reason why. But my…

Guest post by Tracy Eisenreich, participant in D&L Heritage Half Marathon on November 1, 2015 #IRun4Keegan . . . That simple hashtag has changed my life. I am Tracy and I am a runner. Through…

D&L Comment: Joelle has walked an amazing 13 half marathons! Get a veteran walker’s take on stepping it up a notch and becoming a race pacer.  Guest post by Joelle from her personal blog, Walking…

D&L Comment: On the fence about walking 13.1 miles? You can do it! Read how Luann Cahn – author, wife, mother, blogger and cancer survivor – tamed her inner bully and walked the D&L Heritage…

The summer of 2015 was filled with canal boat cruises, a summer camp for kids, Get Your Tail on the Trail events, and the opening of a new exhibit gallery in the National Canal Museum. Children attending Kids Canal…

Immigration and the refugee crises have been in the news recently, but these familiar stories are woven throughout America’s past, too, as waves of immigrants left their countries for the promise of a new life in a new land. Two of this summer’s…

Guest post by Paul Lumia, Executive Director of North Branch Land Trust Research shows that spending time outdoors doing some physical activity increases attention spans and creative problem-solving skills by as much as 50% and…

By Rebecca VanHorn, D&L Intern There are geese. Everywhere. I’m hoping that any day now I will see the results of the diligent efforts of the “Geese Police” who patrol Hugh Moore Park and keep…

Ahoy there mateys! It’s time for all ye land lubbers to step foot upon me canal boat to get ye sea legs on the Lehigh Canal. The Josiah White II canal boat sure is a…

By Rebecca VanHorn, D&L Intern The Immersion Days hosted by the National Canal Museum are well-known to local elementary school children and their families, but perhaps lesser known to the broader community. As a new…