Grand Canyon, PA

Field Trips, can one ever do too many? Small children for over twenty-two years and now the youngest almost seven???

"She's out of the gate with a start, folks, heading down the tracks. Looks as if she has been couped up for a while, just look at her, that old mare just might win, ladies and gentlemen! Just look at her!"

Thursday morning, against conventional wisdom, we piled into a van and headed out to the Allegany Plateua region of PA, straight toward Potter County. The drive was breathtaking, for as much as I saw while awake. Dale the driver, thankfully was alert.

Our first stop was the Grand Canyon of Pa. As you can see on the picture, taken by Dawn, the other mother along, the Canyon is beautiful. A river winding its way through the hills on either side calls you down. Down is where we went zig zagging back and forth down the mountain. Up is where we had to return. That was a bit more of a challenge.

The following day we went to a Lumber museum and learned about the deforestation that took place and the conservation that developed after. Guess what I read more about? The American Chestnut Tree! I do not have time to write about it now but I will. When I start dreaming of American Chestnut saplings that is when I will start therapy.

We returned on Saturday. Short and sweet and to the point are my favorite trips!