2015-07-31 Ricketts Glen
Ingrid, Paddy, Burton, Emy, Arvid and I all managed to get up early today and were ready in the car for a 2 hour drive to Ricketts Glen at 08.15, http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/findapark/rickettsglen/ and http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/findapark/rickettsglen/index.htm?tab=Maps#Maps.
Ricketts Glen is a state park with 22 named waterfalls (we found only 21 on the map?) and many kinds of trees, some of them more than 300 years old. We hiked the Falls Trail System which is 7,2 miles (about 1,1 Swedish miles). To make a waterfall the terrain must vary in height, thus we first went down and then up. Wonder if anybody will be able to walk tomorrow?
The trail is well made but it may be slippery in parts and we were not allowed to walk in sandals. Eh, with exception of Arvid of course, who is constantly wearing his pink crocs and had no problem with that.
When returning to State College we went to Berkey Creamery to feast on their famous icecream.
If you don’t like waterfalls, please don’t look at the following pictures, there may be enough to fulfil this blog’s quota of waterfall pictures for at least five years.
