Our trip to Bushkill Falls, Pa continued after the boys decided they wanted to take off on their own.
Letting them go gave us the chance to stop for a while and enjoy the scenery and take lots of pictures with the girls.
Oddly
enough, there were not a lot of wildlife at the falls and even the
birds were kind of quiet. I did not want to see any bears, for sure,
but a squirrel or deer would have been nice. 
The whole trail took us about 2 1/2 hours and about half way through, we got to the bridal falls, the masterpiece of the park. 
There were a lot of different kind of waterfalls including brooks and streams....
On our walk back from the Bridal Falls, we chose to take the hiker's path back to the end of the trail. Bad move. My knees were hurting by the time we got the end and were begging for flatter ground! It will be the normal trail for us next time, for sure!
The last two waterfalls were massive. the power of the water was just incredible, and the sunlight hitting the water was nothing short of magical looking! What a beautiful end to a beautiful day!
Over all, the trip was great and worth the $73 price tag for our family of 8. (We are really 9, but were missing our eldest Son.) We can't wait to go back again. Hopefully, we will make it in the Spring.
Loudly Yours,
Alicia
It's a ride out to PA for about an hour, give or take. Just a
relatively short ride to see some of nature's beauty. We chose this time
of the year to go to see the leaves and because October weather is
usually so conducive to hiking. Just cold enough to keep you from
sweating while you walk, but warm enough that you are not freezing. We
tried to make this year's trip with most of our neighborhood gang, but
as life has it at times, it did not work out completely, but we were
able to spend the day with one of our neighbor families and it worked
out great! So, the largest family and one of the smallest of Mt Tabor
sojourned together to the falls. We arrived around mid day and the sun
peeked out from the clouds as soon as we arrived. We piled out of the
car, paid the fare and checked out the trails. We opted for the biggest
route and got right to hiking. 
We
quickly realized that the boys were not going to keep the pace we were
moving, so we made a decision to let them run ahead. It was a good
decision. We would have held them back and we would have heard
complaints the whole way through. We took out time, stopping to take
pictures at will. 
We got a lot of good ones! 
It is ironic how serene the woods can be while at the same time have such brute strength in the power of the falls.
Loudly Yours,
Alicia
