Cabin Run is a 4.5 mile long Creek running from Bedminster to outside Point Pleasant, PA. In the 18th Century it was an early site of log and stone cabins that housed settlers in this backwater of the Delaware River Watershed. At this location 300 feet from where it merged with Tohikon Creek before flowing into the Mighty Delaware, a town truss covered bridge was constructed in 1871. A way was needed to transport grain and flour to and from the mills along these streams that provided safe passage over all the surrounding watercourses in good and bad weather.
Things don't look much different than they did 140 years ago. The geology slopes toward the river, gently folding and rolling through a still heavy forest. The bridge painted red and white, 82 feet long and 15 feet wide, grants this bucolic scene a timelessness and peaceful beauty that immediately moves inside to calm the soul. The sound of briskly running water soothes and clarifies the mind.
Of course, having a perfect end of May day to cruise the back roads of Upper Bucks County, makes the discovery of this homage to an earlier time when life was harder, but simpler, almost magical. read more