Newswatch 16 found folks at Beltzville State Park in Carbon County, where people were taking full advantage of the warm-up.<\/p>\n
LEHIGHTON, Pa. \u2014 As the sun makes an appearance, people are lacing up their walking shoes and getting outside.<\/p>\n
At Beltzville State Park in Franklin Township near Lehighton, the ice-covered lake is a reminder that winter isn’t completely in the past just yet.<\/p>\n
“I was surprised, I thought there would be no ice, but there’s ice, but that’s ok. We’re supposed to have another nice day tomorrow. I’m grateful for that,” said Claudia Uelses, Bath.<\/p>\n
The Stormtracker 16 Team says temperatures broke records reaching into the 70’s.<\/p>\n
After a long, cold winter, people say they’ve been waiting for a break from the cold, dreary days.<\/p>\n
“Just a beautiful day out and we’re taking the dogs out on a walk,” said Brandon Kotara, Palmerton.<\/p>\n
“I love to stop here because it’s so peaceful and beautiful, nature so close to nature,” said Uelses.<\/p>\n
Visitors at Beltzville State Park say the weather in March can be unpredictable<\/p>\n
So you have to take advantage of the nice days when they come around.<\/p>\n
“I mean, it’s still March, so I’m kind of used to it. I’ve been out here my whole life, pretty much, so and we also had a really bad winter, so it’s nice,” said Kotara.<\/p>\n
“It’s refreshing, yes, the weather is comfortable, and it’s a little warm walking today, but other than that, we’re glad to be out,” said Joan Gallue, Lehighton.<\/p>\n
Visitors say they’re counting down the days until the official start of the spring season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Newswatch 16 found folks at Beltzville State Park in Carbon County, where people were taking full advantage of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":515778,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,451,3,452,453],"class_list":["post-515777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=515777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/515778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=515777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=515777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=515777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}