Drove from State College, PA to Watkins Glen, NY today. Not a new state by any stretch of the imagination for either of us (Doug went to school in NY for 2 years, and Jen lived here for 25 years!) but we still had our "new state ceremony" with the RV map. Once we got settled, we drove down to Corning to a brewery (shocking, I know) and had lunch. Not great, but good enough. It's been raining all day here, so there's not much outdoors to enjoy here.
This morning, we needed a leisurely morning with our coffee in the campground. Once we recharged, we took the pups for a beautiful 5.5 mile hike in the same forest that we rode in yesterday. Different area/trails though. The whole hike ran alongside a creek, so there were lots of good smells and squirrels for them to chase. Fun was had by all.
Rode at Black Moshannon State Forest today. Nice mix of singletrack and fire roads, mostly in the shade, and a nice little stretch of a rooty trail alongside a bog that evoked memories of NH. Weather is beautiful - dry, cool, almost fall-like. We even started the ride in long sleeved shirts. LONG SLEEVES!!!
After the ride, we were very very thirsty, so we explored the State College brewery scene. First one was called Robin Hood, which was conveniently located inside a pizza place (we were very very hungry too!). Beer wasn't anything to write home about, but it was good enough. Next, we fought the Friday afternoon college town traffic to get across town, via the center of the Penn State campus, to the next brewery on our list, Ottos. Huge college crowd and very noisy, so we only had one. They had a local cider on tap, so Jen was happy.
