Day 4 Allegheny National Forest
I left early in the morning because I was unable to make a
reservation for a campsite. Being it is Friday, I felt it best to get a “first
come site” I better get there early.
So began a three-hour drive through dense fog for the first
90 minutes.
The most memorable part of the drive was the profusion
of “no texting” and the change from
“Rest Stop’ to “Text Stop”. This seems to me to be a great waste of money. Is
it “political correctness” that requires a change, or are just reiterating to
the people that are still doing that that they should stop. If they are still
texting, then, they are not going to see the signs, so it is big waste of
money.
Maybe take that money and remove some signs that are no
longer valid. I.e. the one for the gas station that no longer exists, at least
four of us turned off for gas.
As to those who continue to text they will eventually be
weeded out of the evolutionary chain and they hopefully have done this before
reproducing more morons.
So I arrived at the campground and found a space. The
campsite has 119 spaces, divided into 5 loops. Two of the loops are closed, and
of the three remaining loops there were a total of 4 “first come spaces”, I
grabbed the first one I saw, which was the only one in the loop I was in.
Turned out to be the best space.
Drove around found the Park Headquarters and got the lay of
the park. After grabbing a sandwich I set out to explore.
After a few hours I was tired of driving around and came
back and read. Had dinner and went to bed. Waited for the bear someone had seen
earlier.
I need to thank my friend Pam for the “care package” she
send, I have only gotten bite twice by mosquitos. I must say the stuff smell
gross but it works. I was watching the mosquitos buzzing around me but hitting
a wall when the got too close. Every so often one goes super sonic and tries to
break though, they get within about 2 feet and pass by like a meteorite.
