Shawnee State Park, PA May 5-8 2009

SPRING VACATION, PART 3, 2008

We left Point Lookout State Park on Monday and headed back to Pennsylvania. We stayed our last few days of vacation at Shawnee State Park near Bedford in south central PA. Shawnee is a very nice park but too hill for biking, at least for me! There is a large lake and lots of trails so I can still get some exercise.

We have a beautiful site but it's back to "Emma's Rules of the RV." No water hookup. Only one night was there another RV in our "loop", otherwise we had it to ourselves.

This view of the lake was taken on a 3.4 mile hike on the "Shore Trail". We were standing on the dam and looking west across the lake.

Another picture across the lake. The buildings were an original farmstead before dam was built for flood control, but now are headquarters for the Park Staff.

The original owner was instrumental for building the "Tower of Learning" at the University of Pittsburgh.

Another of my loves, covered bridges. Bedford County has 14 bridges on it's covered bridge tour. Few places in the U.S. have bridges in more picturesque settings than Bedford County.

This, the Herline Bridge, is the longest at 136 feet and is a Burr Truss Bridge, built in 1906.

Turner's Bridge, also a Burr Truss Bridge with low side panels and open sides is 89 feet long.

The Colvin Bridge, often called the Shiller Bridge for the doctor who owned it, is a multiple kingpost bridge, one of only two in Bedford County. It was built around 1866 and crosses Shawnee Creek.

"The Coffee Pot" was built as an attention getting restaurant in the 1930 to lure in customers by a gas station owner. (Just outside Bedford, PA)







Parked beside this cow on the way home at one of the rest areas on the PA Turnpike. Couldn't resist a picture of it beside our RV.

Back home Thursday, May 8. Still waiting for the house to sell......