Canton, OH to NY state campgrounds
Leaving St. Louis on a week & a half to 2 week trip, with a stop in Canton, Ohio, gotta see the Football Hall of Fame, and trying to add a couple of states to our "visited" list. Thoughts were to see ...
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Thanks again for all the great input. Think we're narrowing it down. Niagara Falls is now on the list.
Without getting to wordy, there's a history to the decision: Shortly after getting out of the service, late 60-early 70's, the DW, fiancee then, & I went to visit an Army buddy in Detroit. Decided to camp our way through Canada to Niagara Falls. First night out, camped on a beach on the Canadian side of Lake Erie, a storm came up and blew sand & rain at a sudden pace. I lost it and packed up everything and said we're leaving. I vowed that I'd never sleep in wet sand again. 90 miles from Niagara Falls in the dead of night, we packed up and headed to a motel outside of Detroit. Ever since then it's always been our private joke or reason to drive/push on to see what's around the bend. We'd simply say, "Not another Niagara Falls. Let's go on!"
So it looks like we'll hit Canton and do the Football HOF thing on Thursday and want to get to Four Mile Creek SP, NY on Saturday. Do the Niagara Falls thing Sunday and head back. MY question is that we are thinking of staying at Chapman Dam SP, PA Thursday & Friday nights. That would give us a day to relax. Are there any interesting sites of interest (history, waterfalls, ghost town, etc) (and don't forget restaurants) nearby? Or even a better campground in PA for a couple of nights. Not fond on private parks, much prefer state or Core parks.
thanks
Without getting to wordy, there's a history to the decision: Shortly after getting out of the service, late 60-early 70's, the DW, fiancee then, & I went to visit an Army buddy in Detroit. Decided to camp our way through Canada to Niagara Falls. First night out, camped on a beach on the Canadian side of Lake Erie, a storm came up and blew sand & rain at a sudden pace. I lost it and packed up everything and said we're leaving. I vowed that I'd never sleep in wet sand again. 90 miles from Niagara Falls in the dead of night, we packed up and headed to a motel outside of Detroit. Ever since then it's always been our private joke or reason to drive/push on to see what's around the bend. We'd simply say, "Not another Niagara Falls. Let's go on!"
So it looks like we'll hit Canton and do the Football HOF thing on Thursday and want to get to Four Mile Creek SP, NY on Saturday. Do the Niagara Falls thing Sunday and head back. MY question is that we are thinking of staying at Chapman Dam SP, PA Thursday & Friday nights. That would give us a day to relax. Are there any interesting sites of interest (history, waterfalls, ghost town, etc) (and don't forget restaurants) nearby? Or even a better campground in PA for a couple of nights. Not fond on private parks, much prefer state or Core parks.
thanks
