Eat and visit in Union

No Slack Guide Service is a fishing guide business on Raystown Lake, owned by John Joivell of Calvin. The Huntingdon County Visitors Bureau listing says the service has helped anglers fish the lake for 40 years and specializes in striped bass and lake trout. The listing gives a PO Box 149 address in Calvin.

At a fundraiser on Feb. 10, 2024, Joivell presented a $500 check to the Pennsylvania Striped Bass Association, which restocks striped bass in Raystown Lake. In 2015 he teamed with the Mapleton American Legion Post 322 and the same association for the second annual Wounded Warriors Fishing Trip, taking out nine warriors and a guest for each of them.

The listing gives two numbers for booking a trip, 814-643-0230 and 814-599-9413. In the 2024 article, Joivell says he wants the sport of striped bass fishing to continue and grow on the lake.

• Specializes in striped bass and lake trout, according to the bureau listing. source
• Presented a $500 check to the Pennsylvania Striped Bass Association at a fundraiser on Feb. 10, reported Feb. 15, 2024. source
• Teamed with Mapleton American Legion Post 322 and the Pennsylvania Striped Bass Association for the second annual Wounded Warriors Fishing Trip in June 2015. source
• A fishing pole and reel credited to the business appears on a March 2023 auction list for the PRIDE telethon. source

“I just want to see the sport of striped bass fishing continue and grow here.”John Joivell, Huntingdon Daily News, 15 February 2024

“has been helping anglers of all ages fish Raystown Lake for 40 years.”Huntingdon County Visitors Bureau listing, Huntingdon County Visitors Bureau (raystown.org)

“Our warriors had a fantastic time and the whole event went off without a hitch.”John Joivell, Huntingdon Daily News, 20 June 2015

Terrace Mountain Alpacas is an alpaca farm on John Bum Road near Huntingdon, according to its listing with the Huntingdon County Visitors Bureau. The listing says visits are free and invites people to pull up a chair and talk about the animals, which it describes as friendly and calm. The storefront describes the farm as breeding for the future of alpaca fiber.

The storefront says it has items made from the farm's fiber and products made in Peru, and that it had sweaters, scarves, socks, hats, bed blankets and hand loom rugs. The storefront gives its own hours as Friday and Saturday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Sundays after noon to 3 p.m., and says the store is open "most days, by appointment or chance."

The listing gives 814-643-2854 as the phone number, and the bureau description says the farm is at the barn 7:30 to 9 a.m. and 2 to 3 p.m. daily. The storefront asks people to call the house number to order or ask about an item, and says its online store has closed.

• The listing says the alpacas are friendly and calm animals. source
• The listing says visits are free. source
• Items made from the farm's fiber and products made in Peru are sold in the store. source
• The listing's season field reads Year round. source

“Pull up a chair and stay awhile, we love talking about alpacas!”Terrace Mountain Alpacas (listing text), Huntingdon County Visitors Bureau

“Get alpaca kiss from one of our 24 alpacas, which are friendly, calm animals.”Terrace Mountain Alpacas (listing text), Huntingdon County Visitors Bureau

“Shop for that special person, yourself or just come to browse.”Terrace Mountain Alpacas, LLC (storefront text), Openherd

Three Crosses of Mapleton is a point on OpenStreetMap tagged as a tourist attraction. Its listed street is The Peak / Jack's Mountain, with the Mapleton postcode 17052.

The Mapleton Depot PA website has a gallery called Views from the Peak, dated October 2013. It shows hi-resolution views stitched together from individual photos. The gallery does not mention the crosses.

The status is unverified, not closed: nothing read says the crosses are gone.

• OpenStreetMap lists the street as The Peak / Jack's Mountain, with postcode 17052. source
• The Mapleton Depot PA website's Views from the Peak gallery is dated October 2013. source

“Individual photos stiched together into hi-resolution views.”Gallery caption, no byline on the page, Mapleton Depot PA, 2013

Windy Vista is a named overlook on the Standing Stone Trail in Union Township, Huntingdon County. The trail home page says the Standing Stone Trail stretches 85 miles, from the Tuscarora Trail in the south to the Mid State Trail in the north. The overlook is labeled on Map 5 of the trail's PDF maps, the sheet that covers Jacks Narrows and the Thousand Steps.

The map page describes that section as one that passes vistas and climbs the 1,000 stone steps built by workers of a historic silica mining operation. A Huntingdon Daily News preview of Mapleton Youth Day said the Standing Stone Trail Club is sponsoring a guided hike to Windy Vista, leaving Mapleton Riverside Park at 10 a.m. on Saturday, July 11.

The trail home page, the Map 5 sheet and the Daily News preview state no hours or fee for the overlook.

• Named on the Map 5 sheet of the Standing Stone Trail PDF maps, dated February 2023. source
• Daily News preview lists a Standing Stone Trail Club guided hike to Windy Vista, leaving Mapleton Riverside Park at 10 a.m. on July 11, 2026. source
• The Standing Stone Trail home page gives its length as 85 miles, from the Tuscarora Trail in the south to the Mid State Trail in the north. source
• Map 5 of the trail's PDF maps covers Jacks Narrows and the Thousand Steps. source
• OpenStreetMap tags the point as a viewpoint named Windy Vista. source

“Map five highlights one of the most interesting areas of the SST, Jacks Narrows and the Thousand Steps.”Standing Stone Trail (site text, no byline), Standing Stone Trail, 2023

“This section passes numerous vistas, and takes the hiker up the 1,000 stone steps built by workers of a historic silica mining operation.”Standing Stone Trail (site text, no byline), Standing Stone Trail, 2023