tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570370195138799792012-02-16T10:48:21.439-05:00We build "sensible" homes for "sensible" people...Centennial Homes PAnoreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257037019513879979.post-25662804299754822522011-02-26T13:33:00.001-05:002011-02-26T13:39:06.617-05:00The numbers are in. &nbsp;They look like this:<br /><br /><ul><li>150 Swimmers</li><li>400 watchers</li><li>$3,408.00 to Charity</li></ul>Visit the Pocono Record for more info.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110221/NEWS/102210322&amp;cid=sitesearch">http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110221/NEWS/102210322&amp;cid=sitesearch</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/257037019513879979-2566280429975482252?l=centennialhomespa.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Centennial Homes PAnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257037019513879979.post-47158722410745483592011-02-21T10:08:00.000-05:002011-02-26T13:37:33.756-05:00<h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 30px/normal Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="http://knighthuntr.blogspot.com/2011/02/polar-bear-plunge.html" style="color: #cc3300; text-decoration: none;">Polar Bear Plunge</a></h3><div class="post-header" style="color: #997755; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 488px;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AV6_Fmp_DYc/TWEtObGPciI/AAAAAAAAAAw/QHFXSMSOSWM/s1600/IMG_7332.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; color: #cc3300; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AV6_Fmp_DYc/TWEtObGPciI/AAAAAAAAAAw/QHFXSMSOSWM/s320/IMG_7332.JPG" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.496094) 1px 1px 5px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a>Sunday, February 20 was the date of the annual "<b>Pocono Polar Bear Plunge."</b><br /><br />Each year a group of hearty celebrants brave the sub-freezing temperatures and slightly warmer water to prove that they are surviving another winter in the Poconos. &nbsp;The event is cosponsored by MountainLife Real Estate and Robert Christians Restaurant. &nbsp;The plunge is sure to bring out a couple of hundred swimmers and more than twice as many watchers.<br /><br />This years event will draw enough of a&nbsp;crowd&nbsp;that shuttle buses will be used to get onlookers to and from the lake<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lFs4k5EuK_A/TWEt632NJsI/AAAAAAAAAA4/McEqsTpVZLo/s1600/IMG_7312.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="color: #cc3300; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lFs4k5EuK_A/TWEt632NJsI/AAAAAAAAAA4/McEqsTpVZLo/s320/IMG_7312.JPG" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.496094) 1px 1px 5px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></div><br />Swimmers are required to pay an entrance fee. &nbsp;Coffee and refreshments are served. &nbsp;Proceeds are donated to charity.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xjnRflZJrL0/TWEt3JXlFuI/AAAAAAAAAA0/jALTmRgoJWA/s1600/IMG_7343.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="color: #cc3300; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xjnRflZJrL0/TWEt3JXlFuI/AAAAAAAAAA0/jALTmRgoJWA/s320/IMG_7343.JPG" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.496094) 1px 1px 5px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></div><br />After the plunge and some clean up the group planned to retire to Robert Christians Restaurant on Route 940 in Pocono Lake, PA. &nbsp;There the brave would recant and no doubt&nbsp;exaggerate their exploits.<br /><br /><i>*** Note: &nbsp;The above photos were taken during the 2010 plunge.</i></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/257037019513879979-4715872241074548359?l=centennialhomespa.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Centennial Homes PAnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257037019513879979.post-45398521326169984402011-02-19T14:06:00.001-05:002011-02-26T14:08:29.227-05:00<div class="post-body entry-content" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 488px;">It's President's Weekend in the Poconos. &nbsp;I sure hope that all of&nbsp;our&nbsp;guests enjoy the Natural beauty. &nbsp;I'm a bit of an&nbsp;introvert, so I'll be avoiding the typical tourist spots. &nbsp;I'll come out of my hole on Tuesday morning. &nbsp;Be careful walking around the parking lots. &nbsp;Some of them are&nbsp;treacherous.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/257037019513879979-4539852132616998440?l=centennialhomespa.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Centennial Homes PAnoreply@blogger.com0