"Fun" in the Sun at Ohiopyle, PA

Click here for Day 1. Click here for Day 3.

Day 2 of our Ohiopyle trip dawned cool, and if Dear Husband and I had set out for our bike ride earlier, it would have been (even) more enjoyable. However, in the spirit of vacation, we had not set an alarm, so after a leisurely breakfast, we went to town to rent bicycles. It was delightful to listen to the Youghiogheny River to one side, but the verdant canopy of the ferny forest was not enough to beat back the summer heat. After an hour of pedaling and a little short of Confluence, we stopped to eat a snack and then headed back to the shop. 

We took a brief detour to Ferncliff Peninsula to look over the high bridge to the rafters far below. 

This park sign reads: "Ohiopyle State Park. This state park was made possible through the vision and generosity of members and donors of Western Pennsylvania Conservancy. The evolution of this state park began in 1951 when WPC bought Ferncliff Peninsula to protect the globally threatened plant species there, documented by botanist Otto E. Jennings. In 1971, the Conservancy conveyed almost 10,000 acres it had purchased to the Commonwealth, and negotiated the purchase of the remainder of the initial 18,000-acre park. Saving the Places We Care About" DH and I are members of the WPC.

After lunch, we mucked about on our computers until My Awesome Parents finished their fly-fishing lessons, and we met up back at the river bank to wade (58 degrees--so cold!) and sit in the sun while talking.

The day ended with s'mores, chicken dinner, jigsaw puzzling, and watching Major League (1989), with Dear Husband giving Cleveland-based commentary.