Ohiopyle

 Vanlog, Uniontown, PA

August 13, 2020

Today we drove into Ohiopyle. First, we took a very short hike from the parking lot ot Cucumber Falls, which was fairly dried up at this time of year. 

Then we did a much longer hike along the Ferncliff Trail to see Ohiopyle Falls. 

Then we did another hike along the Great Gorge Trail to see the people rafting on the river below. 

After over 5 miles of hiking in 90 degree weather, it was time to cool off at the natural water slides, where Brian brought out his inner child and joined the other kids sliding down the rapids on his butt.

 

We also went to overlooks at Baughman Rock and Kentuck Knob.

On the way back to our campsite, we stopped at Kentuck Knob, another of Frank Lloyd Wright designed houses in the area. We will see Fallingwater,t he most famous one, tomorrow. 

In the evening, we laid out on the picnic table and looked up at the stars until we each saw a shooting star from the Perseids metoer shower. It was cool and the only sound was the cicadas chirping in the treetops.