Do go chase some waterfalls!

Saturday I decided to take a break from the usual yard work & took a road trip to Ricketts Glen. The 2.5 hour drive was well worth it to take in some of nature at its finest.  What's really amazing is it started to rain when I made it to the parking lot near the Falls Trail - but once you enter the forest little to no rain makes it to you.  The trees are so big and old they make a fantastic natural umbrella.  I didn't make it the whole 7 mile loop to see all the falls, hell I didn't even get half as far.  BUT I did get to see the main attraction - the 94' Ganoga Falls.  In a word, stunning.  I would highly recommend visiting this park right now - bring plenty of water, take your time, wear good shoes - the trail is clear but a little rough in some spots.  There is great access to the falls, lots of photo opportunities.

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snowtober 2011

Pennsylvania plays host to some fascinating weather patterns.  It's the sort of place where you can start your day using the heat and end it with the A/C running.  This month has been no different, full of sunny days & mild temperatures.  Next we got some rain, and yesterday forecasters began to tell us we'd see snow today.  I never believe snow predictions when I hear them and this time was certainly no different.  When I was a kid I'd get all revved up hearing snow, snow, snow - getting big dreams of a snow day only to wake up to nary a flake on the ground.  Not the case this morning.  Not only was it snowing like crazy, but it was laying on the ground.  Imagine that, the forecast was accurate.  You can't really blame me for being a non-believer since the last time we had measurable snow in October was 1972, same year Hurricane Agnes dumped large amounts of rain on our state.  Here we are nearly 40 years later - Irene flooded the midstate and we had several inches of snow.  Perhaps I should investigate the winter of  '72 so I know what to expect this winter!

10AM, snowing like mad

A lovely Christmas-y panoramic...
Two days before Halloween.

A lonely lil flake

By 5:00 it was nearly done