Fun at French Creek Continues!

Thursday and Friday were exceptional weather days for our camping adventure at French Creek.  Ken and I had a leisure morning on Thursday and then decided to take the Boone Trail Hike around some of the park.  We started from Hopewell Lake and only got lost 1X while hiking the 6 mile trail.  (It wasn't marked very clearly - at least that is what we are saying!!  It was a 3 hour hike, and we were ready to be done!!!  Back to Willie for a late lunch and to await the arrival of Fred and Doloris.  They were here by 3:15, earlier than we expected, but we were happy to see them.  They had some trouble with the electric hook-up on their site, but could use the 30 amp that we had available on our site. 

After they were set-up, we sat outside playing a game of cards, which the women won.  Yeah!  Again, no competition among us campers!  The men started a campfire and we enjoyed a great meal.  More card playing and the men were victorious this time.  It started to cool off, so we sat by the campfire and enjoyed having our s'mores of dessert.  At 11:00 we headed off to bed.  What a delightful day!

Friday was abit of a "sleep in" morning as we only all got together around 9 AM.  It was a lot milder out than we anticipated - a perfect morning for making and eating breakfast outside.  So, we made our omelettes and enjoyed our fresh fruit and pumpkin muffins in the great outdoors.  After clean-up we took a walk around all three loops of the campground.  Not very full now, but they are expecting a "full house" for the weekend.  We packed a few snacks/appetizer type foods and drove to the lake with our kayak.  Fred and Doloris were anxious to try it, for they are thinking about buying a kayak in the future.  They enjoyed their "paddle" and thought it handled well.  After Ken and I took a "spin", we enjoyed our snacks at a picnic table by the lake and some more cards were played.  The men are definitely taking the lead in card games won!

Back to the RV's by 4 to shower and get ready for the evening.  We left at 5 to go to the bakery at St. Peter's Village to have dinner while listening to the music of Rick Skye, a musician that we have heard 2x before.  Sam, Kathy, and her sister, Susie, joined us there.  We had such a wonderful, fun time eating on the deck.  Their food was delicious, especially their pizza.  Plus, it is a BYOB place, and we had our share of wine!  Sam, Kathy, and Susie headed back to Ephrata and the 4 of us were back to Willie by 9:30.  We decided not to build a fire, so we played more cards inside Willie and were in bed by 11:00.  Another full, fun-filled day.  These camping adventures are certainly special!

Different types of vegetation, but lots
of beautiful ferns!

At places, the path even had boardwalks!

Fred and Doloris enjoying a kayak ride!

A ride on Hopewell Lake