Granny Loves Her Girls

 The second adventure of my first day was more intriguing. I wanted to check out the Little Toby Swinging Bridge and, supposedly, a ghost town. It was hard to figure out where to go. After a bit of struggling to find a landmark I could put in my GPS I settled on Frank Varischetti Field in Grampian, Pa. This is where it took me: In other words, with no idea where I was going.  There seemed to be a road heading in the right direction, but there was this: That couldn't be right? Could it? I took a wild guess about what might be the right direction and headed back the way I came. But within a block I spotted a pedestrian who gave me directions. Here's what happened when I followed his instructions: There was a road that said it went to the boat ramp -- which was where parking should be -- but it went uphill away from the creek. I took the road that went to the creek and found a dead end by a cabin. I went to the cabin, which turned out to be a hunting cabin and reminded me of the

 Here's a place I checked out on the way to Ashville that I want to take you girls to see: Bilger's Rocks .   As you can see from the map, it's located pretty much due north of us less than an hour and a half. That makes it an easy day trip. But there's something really cool: There's camping there ! The carved tree made me think of the carvings I saw so often in Korea. There's also some sort of stage there for activities. We can look into it more when we get back together. Here's a camping spot. You can see the picnic table. There are plenty of suitable hammock trees and plenty of room to pitch a tent. Here's the first cool thing: Rock House. The sign says "In Honor of Roland Welker Alone Season #7 Winner; 100 Day King. Here's a video look. Pretty cool, huh? The next video was too big to upload on Blogger so I put it on YouTube: The trails are easy and beautiful: Then there's a beautiful quiet little creek: The lovely scenery: More beautiful