We don’t stress about not seeing or experiencing everything at a location since there’s a good chance we’ll visit again some day. Plus, we mostly explore on the weekends, since we both still work full time. At the end of the day sometimes all we want is to sit with the pups and watch Netflix. 🙂 We stayed at Thousand Trails Timothy Lake South, in East Stroudsburg, PA – last visit was two years ago. We enjoyed it once again – you just can’t beat the weather in the NY mountains at the end of Summer!
Once again, I loved seeing the deer around the campground and this year we met Rocky (yes we named him). A Rock Dove that our neighbors had been feeding for 3 weeks. When they were leaving I asked about their bird since he was so unusual looking and they told how he had stayed around, so they kept feeding him. He was not too afraid to get close to people. After the neighbors left we got close enough to see he has a tag on his leg – meaning he’s a homing pigeon and belongs to someone. G called a bird rescue and got some good info. They told us he will not survive the harsh weather on his own and to stop feeding him. (We thought we were helping with our fancy bird seed!) They said give him water only, which we immediately did. Well, even without feeding him he stayed at the two campsites beside us for a couple more days and we felt sad not feeding him. The experts said once he looses his “readily available” food supply he would more than likely fly home…where ever that is. He chose to move down the road and I’m sure some more campers were feeding him. But at the end of our stay, I stopped seeing him so we’re thinking (hoping) he made it home. He was so pretty – I really wanted to keep him but there’s no chance of that in our 400 sq feet with our little hunter (dachshund) and our Bella, who would carry around a baby possum in her mouth at our sticks & bricks and did worse to bunnies!
The “Niagara of Pennsylvania,” Bushkill Falls is among PA’s most famous scenic attractions. This unique series of eight waterfalls, nestled deep in the wooded Pocono Mountains, is accessible through an excellent network of hiking trails and bridges which afford fabulous views of the falls and the surrounding forest. We had great weather and it wasn’t too busy at the end of August. Highly recommend but be prepared for all the steps! We’ve had this on our to-do list since we first visited this area. This place must be beautiful with Fall foliage.
We obviously need to get back to the gym! LOL