Our September trip to Deep Creek area

Around mid-September, we took the boys & went to Scott's mother's place at Deep Creek. But 1st we had to stop in at the little country store just outside of Grantsville to get our cinnamon rolls & sticky buns. A friend told us that we will enjoy the wonderful fall colors that have begun down there, but we didn't know what she was talking about. Well....she was right!







The Amish were out & about of course.













The country side was so beautiful even if we didn't have the sun that day.













We finally came to Mom's place & unpacked. We relaxed & enjoyed the rest of the day.







The next day when the sun came out we headed down to the lake. The boys played football, skipped rocks, & we hiked a bit.




































We headed down to Swallow Falls State Park & hiked out to the river on the opposite side of the park. The water was so low that we could walk across it, & believe it or not, the water wasn't too cold.
























This is the tree in the center of that picture. It was a brilliant red. When the sun shone on it, it glowed. By the time we came back down 10 days later, it was bare!























The boys had fun climbing down through the falls to the bottom.




















Dan found river goo he called river weed (like sea weed).








The next day, when we got to Swallow Falls, we decided to go into the park. We headed up Muddy Creek 1st before we headed down past the falls. Dan is relaxing over a pool that the boys have played in in the past.














The boys were just relaxing at the top of the waterfall. Normally they couldn't do that because the water would be flowing too hard. Instead it's just trickling over the edge.










We headed down to join the boys at the bottom.















Muddy Creek Falls














Scott & I in front of the falls. We were fiddling with my camera to see what it could do.


















We finally made it around to the main falls again. The guys were climbing all over the lower falls.











Looking up at the upper falls. This really shows how low the water is.

















I don't we have ever seen Tolliver Falls this low before.

















Scott & the boys were hunting crayfish (crawfish - however you say it) since the water was so low.










They found a nice sized one!











The boys were playing cards. I believe Dan was teaching them a new game.












The last night there it was dry enough to have a campfire.

We headed home the next morning.

October's one day trip to Deep Creek

In early October we took a day trip again to Deep Creek area. We kinda followed the same plan as we did in September, but all in the same day. We headed out early in the morning.







We made our way down to Grantville area to pick up cinnamon rolls & sticky buns for breakfast. The Amish were out & about so I some pictures.

Deep Creek Lake

Picnicing at Swallows State Park.
Then we went hiking again of course!

Looking up river.
The water was so much higher than 10 days previously!
Apparently they had had a lot of rain.

Looking down river just below the main falls.

Tolliver Falls

We decided to check out the next state park down which was Herrington Manor State Park. That park was the original estate that the Garrett brothers lived on.



























Later, we took the boys into the little quaint town of Oakland. This was the same place Scott & I went. We enjoyed a nice walked around town.




























Scott had one of the boys take a picture of us in the gazebo near the old train station museum.









We are back at Deep Creek Lake to have dinner. We ended up getting a bucket of chicken wings & fries @ WalMart for a picnic dinner at a park by the lake. That's where this is.




























I was so pleased with how this picture turned out, because the scene was so colorful!













This day came to an end much too quickly, but we covered a lot of ground.
















After a very long day, we headed on home. This is a snapshot of Uniontown going down Summit hill. On a clear night, the lights look like jewels.