Return to Riverbend State Park

T and I returned to Riverbend State Park to join a group hike with the Venture Out Project. It's still a nice hike, with excellent views of the falls. (Which were flowing much better than the ones at Cunningham State Park.)

Cunningham Falls State Park

In early September, we visited Cunningham Falls State Park, in part for the PATC 2023 challenge. Well, I forgot that late summer is not a great time for water flow. The falls were nearly bone-dry.

However, we got there early enough to beat the hiking crowds. (We did have to wait in the entrance line.) And the hike was pretty, especially coming back via the cliffs. Overall, it was a short hike, but we got done before the heat got bad.

Buchanan State Forest and the abandoned turnpike

For another Hike PATC in 2023 hike, we visited Pennsylvania's Buchanan State Forest. It is divided into several discrete parcels, all land donated to the state after forestry companies were done with it. We visited the Sideling Hill area to see the abandoned railway aqueduct.

The hike is a short and flat one, but we ended up making it longer by deciding to hike through one of the three abandoned turnpike tunnels nearby. The abandoned turnpike is not part of the forest but adjacent.

Overall, a fun hike.

Cowans Gap State Park hike

We picked a hot day for this one - a hike around the lake at Cowans Gap, then up the Standing Stone Trail as far as the first overlook.

Ten Mile Run - the video!

This is not turning into a vlog, but I am making a few videos as part of a fundraiser for the Catskills Center.