As the name of this post indicated, this past weekend I was supposed to hiked 11 miles through the Ohiopyle State Park.
I guess technically you could say it was only 7 miles (4 miles were out of the park) but things went a tad bit astray…
Ohiopyle Bakery & Sandwich Shoppe
The trail head that we started was the Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail (really popular in the southwestern region of Pennsylvania). Our starting point was the Ohiopyle Bakery and Sandwich Shoppe (yum!); ending point was (suppose to be) Maple Summit Road. If you look closely enough you’ll be able to see the trail on this map from the PA DNCR.
All together there were 8 of us that started the trek and really only 2 finished the main plan. I was in the group of six that ended up taking a detour(?). But I’ll get to that later…
It’s been week since I’ve arrived in Palmy and I’m beginning to discover the surrounding area!
Today, a few of us went to go hike the Manawatu Gorge Trail. I was super excited because I heard the trail was gorgeous and had some incredible lookouts. I was not displeased at all! Overall the trail was 10.1 k (or roughly 6.28 miles). It took us about 3 1/2 hours to hike, but we also stopped and took a lot of pictures! Check some of them out below —
Manawatu Gorge Scenic Reserve Trail
Ashley, Pat, and Lauren P.
Pat, Lauren P., Ashley, and me
Lauren P., Myself, and Pat
10.1 k = Complete!
It was great to be outside and explore the area today! I definitely needed the hike with classes coming up here next week.
On the next post I’ll talk more about the life here in Palmy and how our Orientation (aka ‘O’ Week) went.
Emerson Was Right 