It’s been a while since I wrote my “Week One” report; been keeping pretty busy and haven’t had much time for updating the blog. I’ve finally freed up a little time and now I can finish my 2nd week report for our trip.
Week two was every bit as good as week one. The weather was outstanding; I don’t believe we had a single day of rain during our second week. The days were in the 80’s, nights in the low to mid 70’s… just right for sitting outside during the evenings.
We stayed at the Locust Campground in Lewistown, PA. My parents have a campsite there and keep a trailer set up permanently. It was nice to have spent some time with my folks and meet some of the others around the campground. On our second day we were invited to a pot-luck picnic, and let me tell you the food was outstanding! We really enjoyed our stay.
From the Locust Campground we ventured off in several directions. We spent a few days in my home town of State College, home of the Penn State Nittany Lions. We had front-row seats at the Penn State 4th Fest, an all volunteer fireworks display. I’ve been to some pretty spectacular firework shows before, including Washington DC, but this show was beyond belief. The show is synchronized to music, and coupled with the fact that we were sitting a short distance from the show in the VIP section (which made the firework display appear directly in front of your face), we were completely mesmerized through the entire event. Without a doubt, the best 4th show I’ve ever seen!
We spent a day in Amish country in Lancaster County. More specifically, we spent the day in Intercourse (the town!). A group of shops known as Kitchen Kettle Village left us hauling away a lot of purchases, specifically some jellies and jams that are made on the premises. The rest of the day we enjoyed driving around the Amish farms, stopping at roadside flea markets, and anything else that caught our eye.
Our last day of vacation was spent back in State College for the first day of the Penn State Annual Arts Festival. We spent the day walking around town looking at all the art (Laura found a purse she couldn’t be without), eating way too much food, and enjoying the day. After a few hours we made our way to another nearby town, Boalsburg for another art festival, the Peoples Choice Festival Yup… more walking around, more eating, more art gawking. We found an artist, John Stevens, that Laura and I both liked, and purchased a couple of his lithographs. If you click on John’s name, you will be whisked away to his web site where you can view his artwork. We liked how he captured much of what we like about Pennsylvania; farms, farm houses, village houses, etc… and it looks great hanging on our walls at home.
The entire two-week trip was just what we needed, very relaxing! Now its time to start planning our next trip (how far is it to Alaska from Florida???).
Enjoy the pictures!
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