Bucks County Covered Bridge Festival

Bucks County Pennsylvania is having a Covered Bridge festival.

JUNE 9-10, 2007

TINICUM PARK
ROUTE 32 (River Road)
ERWINNA, PA 18920

Events planned:
• Guided walking tours of 2 covered bridges - Erwinna and Uhlerstown Covered Bridges
• Trolley tours of 5 covered bridges - Uhlerstown, Cabin Run, Frankenfield, Loux, and South Perkasie
• Hundreds of fine hand-made arts and crafts booths
• Live entertainment Daisy Jug Band, Jonathan Sprout children’s concert
• Timmy Kelly concerts (1 show each day)
• Give and Take Jugglers (2 shows daily)
• Magical Illusions of Kyle and Kelly (2 shows daily)
• Face painters, pony rides, petting zoo
• Lots of great food
• Wine tasting, hot air balloon rides, lots more fun for the whole family!!

View the way the bridges looked back in the 1960s and 1970's -
(This is my first attempt at making a video)



You can still purchase tickets for 1/2 price here. Its still a bargain even if you pay fullprice, it is $15.00 per car which includes parking, and the tours of the covered bridges.

All proceeds from the festival will go to help preserve the covered bridges in Pennsylvania. The festival will benefit the Theodore Burr Covered Bridge Society of Pennsylvania, and The National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges, among others.

There are many bridges in Pennsylvania that need restored, and rehabilitated, and as you know from one of my previous post, another covered bridge was damaged in May 2007.
Pine Valley Covered bridge which is located in Bucks County was damaged earlier this week by an oversized truck.

Make Plans now to come out and enjoy youself while helping to preserve historic covered bridges, many being built in the 1800's.

Bucks county has 11 covered bridges still standing, and will have 12 as soon as Mood's Covered bridge is restored since being destroyed by arsonists in 2004. At one time Bucks county had 36 covered bridges standing.

I know if my Grandfather Fred Yenerall was still alive today, he would already have his tickets purchased. I wish I was able to make the festival, It sounds like a great time for the family.