Ladee's Travels

Cedar Creek Park is one of my favorite places in Belle Vernon.  There are nice picnic spaces for all size groups.  I also saw several campgrounds for groups such as scouts.  The park is along the "Youghiogheny River Trail".   Wikipedia info - click here Note: these greens are not added nor enhanced.  It is SO green there! Small picnic area along the river. Views along the Cedar Creek Park Gorge Trail. These are typical picnic areas.  A large covered table space and a few grills.  Restrooms are convenient most of the time.  Some have playground equipment and horse shoe pits. This building is not in the park, but is important to the directions on how to get there.  "Turn left and go past the old school house."

This beautiful area is tucked away on the banks of the Yough River.  Many thanks to my dear friend for sharing all of this green space with me.

There is nothing better than a guided tour along the Monongahela River with Captain TK.  Delightful views and stories about the river. The ducks are floating in the river because our hostess Nellie chased them off of the property.  View as we pulled away from the dock in Stockdale.  Hostess Nellie is ready and in charge.  Captain TK is behind the wheel and First Mate Jim is preparing the boat.  View of homes along the river around Stockdale.  Old factories line the river.  Some continue to produce.  This is Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel Company in Allenport. The business is in scrap, finished products, and fuel oil. The front wall is concrete.  We think that these heavy concrete pillars were used to tie up barges as they waited to be taken to their destination. This is the Welland Chemical plant in Newell.  The production is in sulphur and acid.  The facility is inactive and has wooden icebreakers and 4 ...

Ohiopyle State Park is at the southern end of the Laurel Ridge.  The Falls are on the Youghiogheny [yaw-ki-gay-nee] River Gorge and are the centerpiece for Ohiopyle.  The "Yough" [yawk] has some of the best white water boating in the eastern United States.  The Park offers bicycling, mountain biking, rock climbing, horseback riding, fishing, hunting, picnicking, white water boating, and wildlife watching.  Sledding and snowmobiling are also available, weather permitting. This is a panoramic of the Falls area.  There are multiple deck layers providing great viewing areas.  Ohiopyle Falls, Ohiopyle State Park, PA - 2014  I saw this sign in the planter. It explains that The Yough flows north and carries seeds from the south.  The area has conditions that allow the seeds to take hold, and you will see plants in this area that you cannot see around other areas in PA.   Little cones.  Mom said that this has alread...