{"id":19301,"date":"2025-10-31T22:11:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T02:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/?p=19301"},"modified":"2025-10-31T22:11:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T02:11:12","slug":"october-travels-pennsylvania-state-parks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/archives\/19301","title":{"rendered":"October Travels: Pennsylvania State Parks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let me say first, there is something seriously wrong with Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>We went to <em>multiple<\/em> state parks, and there was not a SINGLE postcard to be purchased at any of them. I get that not as many people send cards and letters these days, but it&#8217;s not like postcards expire, or go stale and have to be thrown away. <\/p>\n<p>And I doubt they&#8217;re THAT expensive to print. So: what the hell PA? Sure some of the places we stopped weren&#8217;t that exciting, but some of them were gorgeous and stunning and amazing&#8211;so very many missed postcard opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>We attempted to avoid Interstates as much as possible, enjoying the scenery of back roads and trying to stop at places that looked interesting.<\/p>\n<p>Our first stop was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pa.gov\/agencies\/dcnr\/recreation\/where-to-go\/state-forests\/find-a-forest\/bald-eagle\/hiking\">Bald Eagle State Forest<\/a> which ended up being a brief stop, since where we ended up didn&#8217;t have much hiking. So after a quick scenic view, we moved on.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/54890482962\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"2025-10-17_Winkleblech-PA_001\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54890482962_5096fd216d_c.jpg?resize=800%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" alt=\"2025-10-17_Winkleblech-PA_001\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<em>Winkleblech Vista<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We went onto the <a href=\"https:\/\/streetofshops.net\/\">Street of Shops in Lewisburg<\/a> which was listed in one of the PA books as an interesting place to see.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19303\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251017_151654-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19303\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251017_151654-scaled.jpg?resize=360%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Racks of TV Guides for sale\" width=\"360\" height=\"640\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251017_151654-scaled.jpg?w=1441&amp;ssl=1 1441w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251017_151654-scaled.jpg?resize=169%2C300&amp;ssl=1 169w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251017_151654-scaled.jpg?resize=563%2C1000&amp;ssl=1 563w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251017_151654-scaled.jpg?resize=84%2C150&amp;ssl=1 84w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251017_151654-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1364&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251017_151654-scaled.jpg?resize=865%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 865w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251017_151654-scaled.jpg?resize=1153%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1153w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-19303\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I texted that picture to my brother with the quote, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0093437\/quotes\/\">Read the TV Guide, you don&#8217;t need a TV<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It was strange and interesting and <em>a lot<\/em>. It quite literally had a little bit over everything.<\/p>\n<p>We had a fun wander, but I got a bit overwhelmed so we moved onto Sellinsgrove where our hotel for the night was.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19319\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Michael-is-beer-and-a-flight-of-beers-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19319\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Michael-is-beer-and-a-flight-of-beers.jpg?resize=520%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Michael with a beer and a flight of beers\" width=\"520\" height=\"640\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Michael-is-beer-and-a-flight-of-beers-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C985&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Michael-is-beer-and-a-flight-of-beers-scaled.jpg?resize=244%2C300&amp;ssl=1 244w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Michael-is-beer-and-a-flight-of-beers-scaled.jpg?resize=122%2C150&amp;ssl=1 122w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Michael-is-beer-and-a-flight-of-beers-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C946&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Michael-is-beer-and-a-flight-of-beers-scaled.jpg?resize=1247%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1247w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Michael-is-beer-and-a-flight-of-beers-scaled.jpg?resize=1663%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1663w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Michael-is-beer-and-a-flight-of-beers-scaled.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-19319\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael starting off his vacation right<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Then we took a short hike at Shikellamy State Park.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/54891581723\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"2025-10-17_Shikellamy-SP-PA_002\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54891581723_56720ff08a_c.jpg?resize=450%2C800&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"450\" height=\"800\" alt=\"2025-10-17_Shikellamy-SP-PA_002\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Why, you ask, did we choose a hotel in Sellinsgrove? Because it was ALSO for Shamokin Dam, and how could we not visit a place called Shamokin Dam?<\/p>\n<p>But also because it was close to where we wanted to hike the next day: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pa.gov\/agencies\/dcnr\/recreation\/where-to-go\/state-parks\/find-a-park\/ricketts-glen-state-park\">Ricketts Glen State Park<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/54891358276\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"2025-10-18_Ricketts-Glen-SP-PA_005\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54891358276_36bb5c7004_c.jpg?resize=533%2C800&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" alt=\"2025-10-18_Ricketts-Glen-SP-PA_005\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nThis is why I couldn&#8217;t believe the state parks didn&#8217;t have postcards.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/54890482892\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"2025-10-18_Ricketts-Glen-SP-PA_009\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54890482892_d66db78a46_c.jpg?resize=533%2C800&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" alt=\"2025-10-18_Ricketts-Glen-SP-PA_009\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I mean, the Falls Trail has <em>twenty one<\/em> waterfalls.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/54890482752\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"2025-10-18_Ricketts-Glen-SP-PA_037\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54890482752_73e773e4cb_c.jpg?resize=450%2C800&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"450\" height=\"800\" alt=\"2025-10-18_Ricketts-Glen-SP-PA_037\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It wasn&#8217;t an easy hike, at 5.7 miles of <a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2rCu5ct\">steep and rocky trail<\/a>, but it was the perfect day for hiking, and the scenery was gorgeous.<\/p>\n<p>The next day was a scenic drive through the Delaware Water Gap with some hiking.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/54891581543\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"2025-10-19_Delaware-Water-Gap-PA_005\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54891581543_99737e3535_c.jpg?resize=450%2C800&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"450\" height=\"800\" alt=\"2025-10-19_Delaware-Water-Gap-PA_005\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/54890482647\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"2025-10-19_Delaware-Water-Gap-PA_025\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54890482647_be9cf33336_c.jpg?resize=800%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" alt=\"2025-10-19_Delaware-Water-Gap-PA_025\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Then eastward, for our first aquarium. (Aquariums in a separate post.)<\/p>\n<p>Following a day of aquarium, wandering the town, and eating lots of seafood, we had another day of scenic driving with some hikes thrown in. <\/p>\n<p>First stop was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pa.gov\/agencies\/dcnr\/recreation\/where-to-go\/state-parks\/find-a-park\/jacobsburg-environmental-education-center\">Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center<\/a> for a hike along Bushkill Creek.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/54890483172\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"2025-10-21_Jacobsburg-Environmental-Center_010\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54890483172_04729c74f7_c.jpg?resize=450%2C800&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"450\" height=\"800\" alt=\"2025-10-21_Jacobsburg-Environmental-Center_010\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Then a wander around <a href=\"https:\/\/uncoveringpa.com\/visiting-ringing-rocks-county-park\">Ringing Rocks Park<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/54891604664\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"2025-10-21_Ringing-Rocks-SP-PA_001\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54891604664_7f7b401e38_c.jpg?resize=800%2C533&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" alt=\"2025-10-21_Ringing-Rocks-SP-PA_001\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/54891581758\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"2025-10-21_Ringing-Rocks-SP-PA_017\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54891581758_b3e50cf0fa_c.jpg?resize=450%2C800&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"450\" height=\"800\" alt=\"2025-10-21_Ringing-Rocks-SP-PA_017\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The final stop of the day was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pa.gov\/agencies\/dcnr\/recreation\/where-to-go\/state-parks\/find-a-park\/ralph-stover-state-park\">Ralph Stover State Park<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/54891604734\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"2025-10-21_Ralph Stover-SP-PA_002\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54891604734_6c8d733a30_c.jpg?resize=800%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" alt=\"2025-10-21_Ralph Stover-SP-PA_002\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Then onto Philadelphia, where stayed and explored for several days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let me say first, there is something seriously wrong with Pennsylvania. We went to multiple state parks, and there was not a SINGLE postcard to be purchased at any of them. I get that not as many people send cards and letters these days, but it&#8217;s not like postcards expire, or go stale and have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1064,22,1058],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pennsylvania","category-photos","category-travel-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pefxA-51j","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19301"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19322,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19301\/revisions\/19322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}