A Trip to Heaven

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Richard and I went with our little branch on a hike to Ricketts Glen, Pa. It is absolutely the most beautiful place in the world. During two miles of the three-mile hike you walk right next to waterfalls. I can't wait to go back again sometime. The terrain (rock formations, trails, and cascading water) is so hard to capture in a picture. This is definitely an adventure we must repeat.

Practically Pioneers...

Richard's garden is coming along quite nicely. He has worked so hard to get the garden in. With all the rain we had during the first three weeks of June (We didn't see the sun for three weeks) it took multiple weeks to finally get the garden in and get the wildlife and bugs off our plants. Richard worked tirelessly to build a fence that will keep the deer, rabbits and other critters out. In the process we were caught under a number of drenching rain clouds that decided to dump all the rain they had on us a few nights in a row. But alas, everything seems to be growing (I had to plant to peas twice to get them to grow though). It's going to be a late crop , but at least there's going to be a crop, and a good one at that.



On days it doesn't rain Richard drives the jeep up to the garden and waters it using water he puts in our cooler. So far, between mother nature and his trips in the jeep our plants are growing.

Bellefonte Cruise

Every year Bellefonte hosts the Bellefonte Cruise where people from the surrounding communities cruise down the streets of Bellefonte in their old--and sometimes new--cars just like they did in the 'olden days.' We sat in our camp chairs on the side of the street Friday night with some friends of ours (Amber and Camden Henderson) watching the cars cruise through town. It was very fun!

This was my favorite car/truck this year. We didn't have a chance to go see the cars on display on Saturday (the cars typically line the streets for judging on Saturday, which makes them really easy to look at up close), otherwise I would have included a picture of the 1952 Chevrolets that I typcially eye.

This is President Williams (driving), Ella Williams (passengar seat) and the Dones (back seat) cruising through town.

A few hours after the cruise Richard and I headed over to the Sock Hop. Last year they had a live band that played oldies music in the town square and we danced in the street. This year they had a different band, but we're not really into classic rock from the 70's, at least we think you call the music. We just looked at each other and decided we didn't even know how to dance to the music, so we sat and listened.

We really enjoy participating in all of the fun little traditions that take place in the towns that surround us. As the founding city of Memorial Day, Boalsburg has a fun celebration and civil war reenactment on that day. The arts fest is coming up in a couple weeks in State College and we can't forget the Grange Fair (end of Aug) in Centre Hall. You just can't end the summer without a good tractor pull. :)