Photo: Tom relaxing in the middle of the Youghiogheny River, PennsylvaniaOne of my favorite college trip locations - Ohiopyle State Park on the Youghiogheny River - happens to be exactly between my brother Chris' family's house in Akron and my place in D.C. (just 3.5 hours each), which led to a fun-filled camping/river extravaganza meet-up this past weekend.
Photo: Youghiogheny River
Chris brought a friend and I brought Tom, and we pretty much played in the river for 10 hours within two days, which is what you're supposed to do in August, I think.
We took a 5 hour rafting trip on the Lower Yough. The four of us in a guide-less raft made it through class III-IV rapids with names like "Dimple" and "Bottle of Wine." Tom was our Captain, calling the turns.
July 2010 Backpacker featured an article on the "Top 3 Natural Waterslides," which included the slides at Ohiopyle State Park. Convenient for us that we already had a trip planned there! The slides were a blast.
Photo: Natural waterslides at Ohiopyle State ParkWhen we weren't rafting, sliding or relaxing in the river, we visited river-themed "high-culture," i.e. Frank Lloyd Wright's masterpiece, the aptly named "Fallingwater" house.
Photo: Tom and I at Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater. Notice the stairs descend into the river, and behind us the water cascades into a waterfall.
Photo: Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater. Built for the Kaufmann (department store) family. Wright designed it in 1935. The house made the cover of Time and it is listed among Smithsonian's Life List of 28 places "to visit before you die."
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