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One Tank Trip: Bethlehem By Segway
One Tank Trip: Bethlehem By Segway - Friday, August 1, 2008 at 1:11PM EST
Reported by: Jeff Chirico
Friday, Aug 1, 2008 @ 01:11pm EST
BETHLEHEM, NORTHAMPTON COUNTY --This week's one tank trip gives a modern view on an old steel city. has reinvented itself as a destination for young, old and now for those with --good equilibrium.
I worked in Bethlehem for a number of years. So I've gotten to know the city well. But I've never seen it quite the way I did this week --on a In tonight's one tank trip, we go back to the future in the Christmas City. Bethlehem thrives on it's past.
Tracey Werner/ "Bethlehem is a gem for Pennsylvania especially the downtown."
Where visitors shop for the unique, dine on the finest, and experience history. “It's got a hometown feel to it." “This was a preeminent community on colonial Pennsylvania frontier." ...founded by an enlightened group of religious settlers.
Charlene Donchez Mowers/ "We had the first pumped municipal water system, the earliest school to educate women, the first school to teach native American languages..." And keeping progressive -- a state of the art way to see it all.
"It's like history meets high tech in Bethlehem." A handful of gyroscopes keep me from becoming history. We zip through old steel lands, across bridges, past centuries-old homes. “I was white-knuckling the first time I was on the Segway but after a few minutes training it was great. I loved it." And it's fun.
Historic Bethlehem offers guided tours of the sites on to reach different demographics. "Now this is the way to see Bethlehem on hot humid days. We glide up Main Street, attracting stares, dodging people. “Hello. Try not to run you over."
Dana DeVito/ "Books are still our number one seller but we have expanded. We have a fine gift and accents, a Christmas room, deli, cafe"
Whether you see it on wheels or by foot... Toni Meddaugh/Massachusetts "I think it's beautiful. The atmosphere is homey, historic, wonderful."
The little town with big character.
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Musikfest in Bethlehem will be held August 1 through August 10. For details
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