Littleton, MA to Jersey Shore, PA

So the hope is that we will be able to depart around 8:30 to get to Ricketts Glen State Park by 2:30.  This Pennsylvania State Park has waterfalls.  

I come across the Park in reading that book 1,000 Place to See in the USA before You Die or You Can Consider Your Time Wasted or some such title.

Here's what the PA State Park website has to say:

Ricketts Glen harbors Glens Natural Area, a National Natural Landmark.  Take the Falls Trail and explore the Glens, which boasts a series of wild, free-flowing waterfalls, each cascading through rock-strewn clefts in this ancient hillside.  The 94-foot Ganoga Falls is the highest of 22 named waterfalls.  Old growth timber and diverse wildlife add to the scenic area. Ricketts Glen State Park is one of the most scenic areas in Pennsylvania.  This large park is comprised of 13,050 acres in Luzerne, Sullivan and Columbia counties.

Provided we get ourselves moving -- as of 6:45 all but Jenna are sleeping peacefully -- we might be able to get in a couple of hours there before heading to our first Couchsurfing host. {For those who do not know about Couchsurfing, I suggest going to its website:  www.couchsurfing.org or reading about it here:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CouchSurfing}

Well, we did not make it to the 94-foot waterfall, but we did get to two that were 47 feet high.

We didn't quite make it to the 94-foot high waterfall, but we did see two 47-foot high falls and gorgeous old-growth trees.  It was lovely to get out of the car after 6 hours to enjoy a very long walk in these woods.

We arrived to our Couchsurfing family right at dinnertime.  They are two adults and their four teenagers who are hosting teenagers from Portugal, Venezuela, France, and Turkey.  These boys are visiting for three weeks to learn some more English and sharpen their basketball skills.

Off to Pittsburg in the morning . . .