The hiking season is heating up, quite literally and Maryland is getting steaming hot. We decided to check out the State Parks and Forests north of the MD border and headed for a quick overnight trip to Buchanan State Forest in Southern Pennsylvania. The Forest requires reservation but is “free”, i.e. there are no facilities of any sorts – suits us fine.
We ended up here
Quite nice place, basic, of course but plenty of dead wood for a small cooking fire and a few hikes nearby. The old, abandoned PA turnpike is quite eerie, it sort of looks like from a Zombie apocalypse movie. It also has a pretty cool “historical” site, an old workers camp that was temporarily used as POW camp for German soldiers between 1944-1946.
Camping was quiet, the site is closed in with trees and hence quite dark at night.
Next day, headed out to Micheaux State Forest / Park and did a beautiful hike toward the Long Pine Reservoir from Caledonia State Park. That entire area has a lot to offer and we definitely need to come back. Some fairly narrow roads there, gravel roads etc but Serenity was doing just fine. Would have loved to have a smaller turning circle and a little more clearance in the back. Maybe changing the suspension in the back could make her a little softer and not bounce as much?
