Ohiopyle State Park, Falling Water and Kentuck Knob

A week after I returned from Birmingham with my RV, Nadine and I went camping together in Ohiopyle State Park in PA. She booked two side by side campsites for 3 nights: that's her Thor Tellaro on the left and my Thor Rize on the right. We took this opportunity to plan our cross country RV trip next spring. It rained on my way to the Park. Google Maps misdirected me and I got lost on some rough roads. The drive was harrowing, with curves and steep up and down slopes; the evening got dark and foggy. It was a good test of the van's road handling capability. It passed with flying colors although the driver (me) was pretty stressed out by the time she finally arrived at the campsite.

Over the next 2 days, I spent time familiarizing myself with the RV, learning from Nadine who had 3 years of full-time RVing experience in her Tellaro. I used the stove to make cup noodles, the microwave to warm up food, made coffee and took a shower in the RV. I drove to the local Walmart to buy antifreeze to winterize the RV, it was so easy to park the vehicle! Later, we discovered that I did not have the right connector to pump antifreeze into the water lines, so will have to complete that at home. I did find and turn on/off the right valves to drain the fresh and gray water tanks. We visited Falling Water on Monday and Kentuck Knob on Tuesday, houses designed by Frank Lloyd Wright that were located near the Park. I knew about Falling Water, having read an article and saw photos of it when I was a high school student in Malaysia. Never dreamed that I would actually visit the place in person. What an experience!

Below is Kentuck Knob, another interesting house, one I've never heard of.

Finally, here are some photos of the Youghiogheny River rapids from the Ohiopyle Visitor Center. The area is beautiful, with a lot of hiking trails. Since it's late fall, was rather quiet but looking at the information displays related to kayaking outside the visitor center, I'm sure this place is very busy in the summer.