Last minute trip to Ohio to see Valerie. We left on Saturday and camped just North of Cincinnati at Olive Branch Campground in Oregonia. Really nice park with cute decorations.
Sunday we headed up to Punderson State Park which is East of Cleveland in Newbury. Another nice park. As soon as we set up, we headed to Cleveland to see Valerie. We did dinner and explored Forest Hill Park where we got to see Hawks, geese, and a very large buck.
Monday we picked up Valerie and headed to Edgewater Park where we spent the day. It was so great to be able to spend time with her! That night we got back in time to walk the park and see everything.
Tuesday we headed North and drove the coast of Lake Erie. We stopped at Lake Erie Bluffs to walk the beach. Lora actually got in the water. Heading into Pennsylvania, we had lunch at Presque Isle SP and then headed South through Pennsylvania. We ended up staying at Oil Creek campground which is another really nice campground and located right next to Oil Creek State Park which we explored. We hiked to Pioneer Falls, Egbert Farm, Benninghoff Farm, and then walked the campground when we got back. They even had a maze in the campground. Deer everywhere.
Wednesday we went back to the park, hiked Miller Falls, Plum Dungeon Falls, and Miller Farm. We picked apples from their trees. We went back to get camper and then headed South. We stayed at Mirror Lake Campground in New Florence. Nice clean park. They had a camper decorated for Holloween which had some huge figures out front. We had some serious storm clouds come in as we walked around the lake.
Thursday we drove to Buttermilk Falls Natural Area to see the falls. Then we headed to the Flight 93 National Memorial which was way cool! Amazing how quite the visitor center was with all the people....just taking it all in again. What a feeling. It really hit hard!
On the way back to the camper we stopped at the Glessner Covered Bridge and ate lunch. We picked up our camper and headed South to Blackwater Falls SP. in Davis, West Virginia. We hiked to the falls and then enjoyed a campfire. We saw groundhogs, herons, and had deer in camp.
Friday we got up and hiked Balsam Fir, Pendleton Trace trails to the Pendleton overlook. Saw lots of deer. We hiked Spudder Track and back to campground. Saw ravens. Then we headed South. We ate lunch at Elkins City Park. We camped at Watoga State Park in Marlington. We decide to hike the one mile trail to the Ann Bailey Lookout Tower before dinner. It was straight up all the way......both ways I think??!! Late dinner and then we went to the Ranger presentation which they made rootbeer cake in a dutch oven. It was actually good.
Saturday we walked the campground before we headed out. We stayed at the Ridge Runner Campground in St. Paul Virginia. They had a lower campground that was right on the road. We couldn't get power so they told us to go to the upper campground which is much prettier. Steep gravel road to get up there. We had a walk then enjoyed a campfire with lots of stars.
Sunday we hiked at the Clinch River State Park. We had to get home so we drove on back with a quick stop to get hugs from grandbabies and Melissa in Knoxville.
