hi there welcome to the beaton trail in this episode we're going to cover
the minersville toy run this is the second event that they've done
with famous reading outdoors to revitalize the town get more activity going on in business
they opened up the saint cairns section that leads up to the incline temporarily
and this has been closed for a while due to mining reclamation i believe it's a temporary
closure but regardless we were able to drive down that path past the incline down into neighboring
minersville as usual the organization and road crossings were handled very well we had a group
of about a dozen individuals on our team we stayed in contact with radio and as we made our way down
into town it was clear that a lot of people were taking part in this event we brought an unwrapped
toy for the charity and for the town as we were going down there they're checking wristbands
we ran into the pa dirt riders hanging out with the redding staff and it was good to see that
there was a large amount of riders that were coming and going into town and it was just
really good and again we say it said it once we hope that more towns will take part in this to
bring the the off-road riding community into towns and to help some of these towns with business
it doesn't matter it could be part shop or fuel or food any kind of entertainment
that welcomes and offers parking for side by sides and atvs and so this day
they had police out there they were directing it the traffic correctly with certain streets
we were allowed to ride on they did label them accordingly with a stencil
for indicate the off-road vehicle path and we headed up to the firehouse and this was up
one little island of access in town and this was for cheesesteaks and so we made our way up there
and it was there was parking again it was well organized we thought it might have been an outdoor
type of grill but the cheesesteaks were in inside in a type of vfw hall in the firehouse
plenty of parking and we all got in there we were able to get our cheesesteaks in a
reasonable amount of time i think we just beat the rush but it was great
and the cheesesteaks and the food were great they're very very good and good value for what
we paid for them quick and efficient we filled out our tab paid for it and the food was out very
quickly did however see a big crowd coming after us so i'm pretty sure that the line got longer
but minersville is located about four miles west of pottsville originally settled in 1783 a small
town only about 4 000 and change according to the last census but i'm sure that has changed
we wanted to thank sean the mayor for putting this together and i know it helps the town but it also
helps the riding community if more towns adjacent to riding areas such as minersville and shimokin
actually do more of this it'll help the group it'll help the riding community it'll also help
the town and so obviously we donated to this cause which will go to minersville brought an unwrapped
toy they're doing an adjacent event on sunday just for dirt bike riders so they separated the
four wheels and two wheels but it was great we really appreciate it as a group and i think it's
excellent for the area to help revitalize the town so after we got out of town we enjoyed some more
riding in adjacent famous reading outdoors riding areas so enjoy the view i'm gonna
show a little bit footage here the way we're riding from st cairns in 901 and parts beyond
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