What a gorgeous day after all that rain and cold last week! And I was blessed to have it off from work WITH my husband, so we decided to head up to French Creek State Park and go for a hike, which is about 30-40 minutes from our house. I had been wanting to check it out for quite awhile since it is so close, but we just never had gotten around to it.

So today, we packed a lunch, grabbed our cameras, and piled in the car with puppy in tow…We were pretty hungry by the time we got there, so we just ate outside the park station, trying to avoid the hundreds, if not thousands, of lady bugs swarming around. Migrating ladybugs really make things difficult sometimes. We decided to try out the Boone Trail (blue blazes)…it was a rough start trying to figure out exactly where the trail started (as it was a loop, and you could start from various parking lots). We finally got it and were on our way…We hiked for a couple of hours–we didn’t do the whole loop, but we hiked about halfway around a lake. The fall colors and crystal lake were amazing! I’d definitely like to go back and check out some more trails sometime…but for now, I’ll just enjoy how incredibly tired Sabana is as she sleeps peacefully in her bed…and as for the rest of this gorgeous day, I think we’ll fire up the grill and have burgers and the last of the Pennsylvania corn.