In this Episode:
Our 2023 camping season continues, and we’ve made our way to Blackwater Falls State Park in West Virginia!

This is the FINAL journey for our 2019 Wildwood X-Lite!
We’re going to show you this area “as the river flows.” So we’re moving on from the swamps of the Canaan Valley, the highest valley east of the Mississippi, into the Blackwater Gorge. These waters exit the valley in a triumphant fashion, over Blackwater Falls!
Because of the climate, this area has reached the peak of fall foliage before much of Pennsylvania and other areas to the North. We did not expect to see such colors, but it was exciting to enjoy this unexpected experience! I’ve personally never seen leaf colors as bright and vibrant as these here.
We start our journey, a short walk from the campground, at the main falls. Complete with a well stocked trading post, this is the best place to get information and begin the adventure. The main falls are a sight to be seen, and we were treated with amazing fall colors! This first weekend of October, is the best time to visit!
Our next destination, required a short drive over to the Blackwater Falls SP Lodge. This is the trailhead for the Elakala Trail, which leads down to Elakala Falls. I wouldn’t have thought it possible to top the main falls, but Elakala might have done it. This is an epic setting, full of Rhododendron, and complete with a wooden bridge that overlooks the falls from the top! A quick rock scramble will get you to the base of the falls.
While making our way along the trail, we discovered the Pendleton Point overlook. We were greeted with more fall colors and another distant waterfall! This is a great spot to view the gorge, and I’m so glad we found it!
Balanced Rock was our next destination. A short 1 mile out and back hike would get us there. While this isn’t the greatest “balanced rock” we’ve ever seen, it is a really pretty walk through a special Hemlock forest!
We’ll finish this episode with a Chicken Rice Soup recipe, cooked in a dutch oven over our campfire!

Next Week; We’re trading our Camper in for a Tent!

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Friends, welcome to our RV Camping and Adventure channel. Ryan and Rachel here, we are weekend warriors with a mission to highlight RVing in the eastern United States. We are joined by our daughter Sarah, son William, and our two dogs (Trigger and Lilly). Home is in Pennsylvania, and while PA is our favorite State to explore, we’ve found there’s much more to explore! Our 2019 Wildwood X-Lite is towed behind our 2021 RAM 2500 BigHorn. We hope you will subscribe, join us on some of our adventures and be inspired to go on your own adventures.


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