Whew! Thank god that day was over. The day we had getting to PA was grueling. CD burner screwing up when on a very tight deadline. Changing a tire in pouring rain. Getting the RV stuck turning around. Semi-lost. Setting up in pitch blackness, getting muddy, etc, etc, etc!
The following day was much better. We packed up the puggles and headed out to Ohiopyle State Park near Frank Lloyd Wright’s Falling Water home. We planned on eating lunch at Falling Water and checking it all out, but it was going to cost us $32 for admission for both of us just to get in, so we said..NAY NAY (that was for you Alice :) I always wanted to see that place, but for that price Ill settle for pictures.
hiopyle State Park was just a few miles down the road but on the way we stopped for lunch (after being scolded by a friendly female road construction worker) We found a little pizza joint off the beaten path in Mill Run that was a great find. We had awesome huge strombolis. The woman working at the restaurant…I am embarrassed to refer to her as “woman” as I should have gotten her name as we chatted quite a bit while waiting for the strombolis to cook…anyway she gave us a great treat to try and if you happen to stop at the Pizza Barn Family Restaurant you gotten try it to. It was fried dough and it is addictive in taste. Kinda like cinnamon sticks from Dominos but better. Just look for the signs pointing you down a small road to get there.&
So we got into Ohiopyle and were surprised to see all of the activity there. The Youghiogheny River was roaring from all the rains they had been getting. It was amazing watching all that water crashing over rocks and forming huge foaming rapids and waterfalls. There was an area that had natural waterslides carved into the limestone that normally people can slide down but it was a torrent that day. Way too dangerous. We hiked out to see cucumber falls and then just hiked for a bit through the dense foliage. It was so green and beautiful out there. The dogs had so much fun tromping through the thick mud on the trails.
On the way out we stopped for a beer at the Ohiopyle House Bar. With 72 different beers to choose from I was a kid in a candy store. I settled on Troeg Nut Brown Ale brewed in nearby Harrisburg, PA. It capped off a great day out in nature. We even found a solo pink flip flop perched on a rock, it almost looked too staged.