This past weekend, Rich and I decided to do an overnight backpacking adventure to get ready for our Outward Bound (more on this later) trip in September. We packed up our packs on thursday night and then as soon as Rich got home from work on Friday we headed for the Pennsylvania mountains. We Parked in the Allen Seager area in Rothrock State Forest and took off on a trail. After climbing a constant uphill for about
3 miles, we came to a sign that said part of the trail was closed due to hazardous conditions. At first we were thinking, "thanks for telling us now that we got all the way up here and it's already 8pm". But, we decided to just carry on with our adventure. About 10 feet up the trail from the sign, we came across a huge clearing that extended all across the part of the mountain we were on and also all the way up the next range we could see. This was not the most pleasing view after a couple hours of hiking with
a 30 lb pack. It made us think about how humans ruin everything. But then we noticed a campsite that someone else had set up with a fire ring. With it getting a little dark, we decided this might be the perfect spot. It turned out to be the perfect place to camp, given that there was an abundant amount of firewood because of the big clearing. So, I set up the tent while Rich built a fire and collected wood. We then ate dinner, sat by the fire and went to bed. The next morning we had breakfast and hiked back down the mountain. Needless to say, we were pretty exhausted but it was a fun trip. Ralphy also came with us and did such a good job. Since he is such a mama's boy, he doesn't need a leash and will follow along the whole way. He was so tired from the hike that he let us sleep in until 8am! I think he is still recovering.
3 miles, we came to a sign that said part of the trail was closed due to hazardous conditions. At first we were thinking, "thanks for telling us now that we got all the way up here and it's already 8pm". But, we decided to just carry on with our adventure. About 10 feet up the trail from the sign, we came across a huge clearing that extended all across the part of the mountain we were on and also all the way up the next range we could see. This was not the most pleasing view after a couple hours of hiking with
a 30 lb pack. It made us think about how humans ruin everything. But then we noticed a campsite that someone else had set up with a fire ring. With it getting a little dark, we decided this might be the perfect spot. It turned out to be the perfect place to camp, given that there was an abundant amount of firewood because of the big clearing. So, I set up the tent while Rich built a fire and collected wood. We then ate dinner, sat by the fire and went to bed. The next morning we had breakfast and hiked back down the mountain. Needless to say, we were pretty exhausted but it was a fun trip. Ralphy also came with us and did such a good job. Since he is such a mama's boy, he doesn't need a leash and will follow along the whole way. He was so tired from the hike that he let us sleep in until 8am! I think he is still recovering.
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Awww... my sister the mountian woman and her little mountian dog! Sounds like fun, hopefully we will get to tag along sometime once I am not pregnant!
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