Big Camping Trip
We recently returned from our annual week-long camping trip to the Ohiopyle area of Pennsylvania. We realized on this trip that we vacation in this part of the country year-round! Between camping and skiing, we seem to be more and more familiar with south-western PA! It certainly is a beautiful area that is close and accessible.
The trip was wonderful. The weather called for rain EVERYDAY, but it actually only rained the first day. The temps were perfect and we all enjoyed ourselves.
We camped at a different campground this year, Yogi Bear's Jellystone, and while it was okay during the week when noone was there, we did not enjoy the noise and crowds on either end of the weekend. I think next year we will go back to the State Park.
That's our camper, there, on the other side of the playground.
Eric reading campfire stories to his siblings.
Leah playing a little putt-putt.
Mom and dad relaxing by the fire. This actually did not happen too often. We tend to stay quite busy while camping!
A scenic view of the Ohiopyle River Valley.
One of the places we biked to on the River Trail...it is called "Picnic Rock". We actually came here on two separate occasions. Once from each direction. This is the Caselman River.
As always, we did lots of biking. This year, however, was the first year that everyone pedaled! How exciting! Bay on his own bike and Leah attached to Dennis'. The kids always amaze us at how well they do and how long they can pedal without complaining. Dennis commented that this is probably our most favorite family activity. During three separate days of biking, he figured we biked about 47 miles total. One day it was 24 miles round trip. If you are interested to see the map of the entire trail, look here. The Great Allegheny Passage stretches from Pittsburgh to Cumberland, then connects to the C&O canal trail from Cumberland to Washington D.C. It is our goal to finish the entire trial, section by section before the kids are all teenagers, and then to do the entire 350 miles at once when they are all teens. Many people do the whole trip in about 6 days, so I think that is a great goal for us!
Eric, looking like he needs a break!
And this picture, well, I think it nees a caption. To me it looks like something out of Alice in Wonderland! we had fun with this crawfish. It was Bay's idea to put the flower in his claw. And if you are wondering, yes, it is dead. 