Weekend Getaway

                   One of the many trail in the Beaver Creek Valley State Park.

                                                             Beaver Creek

                                               Schech's Mill

                               Some of the many moss covered rocks in the park

                           Rick and I enjoying a rest after hiking up one of the trail

                                      I just loved this door so I took a picture of it.

                          This is one of the grinding stones at the flour mill

                                  One of the bridges one of the hiking trails

                               Another picture of Rick and I on the trail

                                Some of the steps on the trail that take you up to the peak

I think we managed to pick the best weekend all year to go on a camping trip. It was so beautiful out, it was raining leaves on us all weekend. The colors was so pretty and the weather was perfect. As you can tell we had a good time. We we went to the Beaver Creek Valley State Park  in Caledonia. It is such a nice park. They only have 16 site with electricity and the rest of the sites are tent sites so it is very quite there.  We got there Friday a little after noon. After getting everything set up and having a little lunch we went for a hike. The park has over 8 miles of hiking trails. The first two trails we went on were so steep! I should have know they were going to be tough when the names of the trails were Steep Rock Trail and Switch Back Trail. Of course it was worth it because when we got to the top we got to see a beautiful view of the valley. After we got back we got the campfire going and then Jane and Paul got there. We spend the night sitting around the campfire and just relaxing.

Saturday we had planed on doing a little trout fishing but we found out that the last two weeks of the season are catch and release only. So we decided not to fish. We did see a lot of trout in the creek so we know they are there :) Since we didn't go fishing we decided to check out Schech's Mill. It is a water powered flour mill in Caledonia. We spent over 2 hours there. For $5.00 we got a tour of the mill and then at the end of the tour he gave us each a 5 pound bag of wheat flour and a 5 pound bag of cornmeal  that the owner grounds at the mill. It was a was well worth the $5.00. It was really interesting to see how they grind the flour etc.
After we got back Rick and I decided to take Jane and Paul's dog Eddie on a little walk. We were just going to take the short trail the runs right alone the creek but ended up going over 2 miles. Poor Eddie was pretty tired out by the time we got back because the trail was once again steep.

Sunday we were back home by noon. It was nice to go someplace that is only a couple hours away. We will for sure be going back there again next year.

Later Sharon