World's End State Park

Two months ago, October 5-7, we made the drive to World's End State Park. We were excited to camp with a handful of friends, but everyone slowly bailed the over the two days before we were leaving. We'd been wanting to see World's End, and it was prime foliage time, so we decided to go even without our friends. We're definitely glad we went, because it ended up being a great weekend with some enjoyable hiking.

It was late when we got there Friday night, so we donned headlamps before setting up the tent, then got a fire going and made some burgers and had a couple of beers. When we woke up Saturday morning, it was drizzly and grey, but never ones to be deterred or let anything keep us from cooking quality food, we got a fire going and cooked up a delicious bacon, potato and corn has topped with fried eggs. YUM! We took our time getting moving, hoping things would clear up, and it was barely spitting by the time we decided to start hiking.

We combined a bunch of loops and trails to create a longer hike that would take us to a few vistas. I waited too long to post this blog, so I forget exactly what hike we took, but there was a lot of climbing, and between all of the recent rain and all of the falling leaves, most of the time we were walking on wet rocks covered by wet leaves! It was enough to keep your heart racing and we had to stay cautious and move slowly, but we were rewarded with some great views.

We walked from our campsite to the Canyon Vista Trail, which led us to a gorgeous view of the Loyalsock Canyon and a rock garden.

Loyalsock Canyon

After the view of the canyon, we took a long loop back to the campsite, then drove a few miles to the main area of the park to check out the World's End Trail. We climbed up the World's End Trail to meet the Loyalsock Trail, which then took us all the way back down via the Link Trail to Loyalsock Creek, and we walked a couple of miles along the creek. By this point, the sky had completely cleared, and it turned out to be a gorgeous day.

After our hike, we went to a nearby village to find some firewood, then headed back to camp to relax... and play with the camera!