The Oscar Files: Camping Trip #2

Since we now consider ourselves People Who Camp, we thought we'd share a bit from our second (and last) camping adventure of the summer`. It was another short trip--we left Monday and came home Wednesday--but that's just long enough to enjoy some time in the great outdoors without having to replenish the ice in the cooler. Our destination this time: Ricketts Glen State Park, known for its waterfalls and beautiful lake.

I'm pretty sure our little car couldn't hold another thing.

Unpacking the car is a bit of a process, but I think it is actually fun to set up our little temporary "home".

After getting set up, we explored the camp site a bit, and then got to work on dinner. We do manage to eat well out in the wild.

The next morning we woke to discover a small bear had been nosing around behind our tent. This is NOT actually the very bear, but our neighboring campers took a picture of it (I wish I'd thought to ask them to email it to us!). I found this picture online that looks awfully similar (though a little thinner than "our" bear). Glad he was little and not TOO nosy!

After breakfast, we went for a hike. OK hiked some and rode some in our borrowed external frame backpack--this was awesome to have on some of the trickier paths!

There are around fifteen waterfalls in the park. We managed to hike out to four of them, which was perfect for us.

Resting after some fun tossing rocks in the water.

This was the big one--a whopping ninety-four feet, though the pictures don't show how big it really is. I took the next one, from the top of the fall (where we started before hiking down). Notice the tiny people down there?

Exploring (in nearly the same spot as the tiny people pictured above).

The long hike back up. There was more huffing, but it was just as beautiful.

After lunch, we headed down to the lake. Oscar was a little wary of the water at first, and spent a good amount of time enjoying the sand (aka "mixing cement").