Thick Forest, Weird Noise!

Day mileage 64.76
Total mileage 298.86
Campsite - Caledonia, PA

I was a little disappointed leaving Lancaster with out seeing any Amish, so much for Amish country! However we did come across Mennonites, who have similar traditional values, but the ride cars, and operate machinery and electronics.

Anyway the start of the day came with a few steep climbs. We reached a high of 1440' vertical elevation, from a low of 300'. The rest of the day was relatively flat; a few small hills, and towards the end was a nice and long decline to Caledonia state forest. The forest was the thickest I had ever seen, but we managed to set up camp in time before the last bit of day light disappeared. Nothing can possibly be more relaxing than being in the middle of a space created by nature, and surrounded by some of the world's most fascinating creatures; until of course it’s interrupted by the sound of cracking wood branches and dry leaves. We thought it might be a bird, or some kind of critter, but then that "thing" made a really strange noise, one that none of us had ever heard before. We thought it might be a deer, or a black bear. We even thought it might be a fugitive who was trying to scare us away. After a few moments we went to sleep and we woke up and everything was cool. Probably not the best idea, whatever!