Bald Eagle State Park, PA - Indoor / Outdoor Dog Pillows - Blueberry Cobbler

June 20, 2015

Yippy, we made it a few miles without any issues. I saw a sign mentioning a state park but didn't see the exit so we continued onward and then I saw a sign stating Bald Eagle State Park and took the ramp in Millsburg, Pennsylvania and had to backtrack apx 10 miles on some windy, hilly roads, some a bit narrow. If I knew this I wouldn't have stopped since we only get 5-6 mpg.  All state parks in Pennsylvania are free to visit and we think that is beyond awesome. We spent 3-4 hours, went wading then wandering a couple of the different plowed paths, some through meadow, through woods and along the lake, beautiful. It was nice to relax and soak in the sun as it just keeps on raining on/off.

Check out Bale Eagle State Park:

http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/findapark/baldeagle

Blackberry season has just begun, yummy. I will only eat the berries that hang over the trail so the wildlife will have food and so we don't disturb the plants by trampling on them.

Common Yellowthroat

Many different species of birds, some rare to the area. I don't know what the brown bird is yet. We didn't get to see a Bald Eagle 

Motor boats are permitted as are jet skis and non-motorized boats on the 8 mile long lake (all boats must be licensed to use in Pennsylvania, please google the law for reference)

I found the prices a bit steep to stay. Apx. $60 per night with electric and water plus a fee to dump for out-of-state visitors for RV'ers. I inquired about rustic camping but didn't find the employee at all informative and had to yank the little information I did get out of her.

We stay at Flying J Truck Stop, which was close enough, until the 24th and did 2 visits to Bald Eagle. The second visit we stayed about 7 hours and walked a couple more trails. One trail was nicely done going through "deep looking" woods and we scared a deer so badly it was skissing away at us. I call it skissing since that is what it sounded like, somewhat.

Across from Flying J, another large, noisy truck stop/24 hour repair service area with a nice, fairly priced restaurant with fantastic employees, is a large meadow and you will see several deer.

I picked a very bad spot to stay on our 3rd night. Right at the entrance. Coke has a distributing company just around the corner and trucks come in every 5 minutes all day and night long to fuel up. We got almost zero sleep so we left early in the morn to try to beat out the next rain storm. 

Back onto 80 West we go! Our next stop,  Clearfield, Pennsylvania, for grub (food) and laundry and to stay at Walmart.

 

Indoor or Outdoor Dog Pillow

West Branch Susquehanna River Railroad Bridge, Clearfield, Pennsylvania 
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I just learned it is blueberry picking season so I thought a Blueberry Cobbler would sound great, how about you? Would you like ice cream on top? How about whipped cream?

You can find the recipe here:

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/best-ever-blueberry-cobbler

I sure hope you enjoyed today's blog. If you have any questions about the fantastic Bald Eagle State Park please ask away, don't be shy.

Until later,

Spirit and Kaiya

The Wandering Gypsies