121.
Pennsylvania has 121 State Parks.
The top picture is the very cool tracker I bought on Etsy. (She didn't have PA, but made one for me...Whake Studio. Check them out.)
Here's mine after I put all the tiles for the state parks I've hiked...pathetic.
I know. Four.
So lame.
Now the four I've hiked I've done three of them A LOT more than once. Still, as a Pennsylvania fan, it's a sad performance. I'm hoping over the next decade or so, to hit them all. Yes. EVERY SINGLE ONE. I'll make sure I post about all of them. (You didn't think you could escape it, did you?? LOL)
So here we go. My first four PA State Parks not in chronological order.
I'm going to start with the one in my own backyard...Presque Isle State Park. It's a peninsula that extends into Lake Erie. There are great trails to hike, beaches for swimming and the lagoons for canoeing. We just started canoeing a few years ago and it's one of my favorite places to go. There's always something to see!
Susan and I have done a few of our Trippin' with Holly and Susan videos out there. You can find them on YouTube 1, 2, 3
Pennsylvania has 121 State Parks.
The top picture is the very cool tracker I bought on Etsy. (She didn't have PA, but made one for me...Whake Studio. Check them out.)
Here's mine after I put all the tiles for the state parks I've hiked...pathetic.
I know. Four.
So lame.
Now the four I've hiked I've done three of them A LOT more than once. Still, as a Pennsylvania fan, it's a sad performance. I'm hoping over the next decade or so, to hit them all. Yes. EVERY SINGLE ONE. I'll make sure I post about all of them. (You didn't think you could escape it, did you?? LOL)
So here we go. My first four PA State Parks not in chronological order.
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I'm going to start with the one in my own backyard...Presque Isle State Park. It's a peninsula that extends into Lake Erie. There are great trails to hike, beaches for swimming and the lagoons for canoeing. We just started canoeing a few years ago and it's one of my favorite places to go. There's always something to see!
Susan and I have done a few of our Trippin' with Holly and Susan videos out there. You can find them on YouTube 1, 2, 3
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This is a newer state park that's just a short drive for me. It's a short hike through a field until you reach the woods, then all the way to the bluffs overlooking Lake Erie. We discovered it a few years ago and have been out a few times since. The Minions enjoy it!
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Cook Forest State Park is a family favorite. I went when I was a kid. When my kids were young, we went almost every fall. We didn't have much money and it was far enough away to feel like a vacation. We rented a cabin out there one year (a certain toddler unwound an entire roll of toilet paper...), but most of the time it was a lovely day trip. The kids loved riding horses, hiking and when we took the Minions we found a petting zoo/restaurant. I know, how could that be wrong?
This was in the spring of '21. Tallulah enjoyed the hike! The fire tower is so cool...but I don't climb more than a few levels.
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The last of my first four parks is Ricketts Glen State Park. We went last year and hiked the Waterfall Trail Loop. According to my All Trails Hiking app, this one's a moderately challenging trail. And it was. It wasn't the trail that did me in. It was the Minions who ran around like mountain goats...I had palpitations, worrying about them falling off a cliff. My right leg was still a bit wonky, so with Himself's prompting, I bought some hiking poles. Oh, man I love them. We're hiking in Yellowstone this summer, and they're going in my suitcase.
Holly
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