Hickory Hollow RV Park, Somerset, PA:  Awoke this morning to the patter of raindrops.  Drizzled on an off.  After lunch we drove to the quaint little town of Somerset and went to the library to use their wi-fi.  After that we roamed around this cute and immaculate little town.  Back home and relaxed the rest of the day.

Kings Bridge--originally built in 1802

Mon, 6-11:
Hickory Hollow RV Park, Somerset, PA:  Left this morning under cloudy skies heading to Fallingwater.  A beautiful drive through beautiful, scenic jungle.  Fallingwater sits on 1500 pristine acres of hardwood forest lush with rhododendron and mountain laurel.  This beautiful home was started in 1936 and is considered Frank Lloyd Wright’s most widely acclaimed work.  It was built for Pittsburgh department store owner Edgar J. Kaufmann as a weekend home.  Much to the Kaufmann’s surprise, Wright designed the house to rise above the waterfall rather than facing it.  And the house and grounds were entrusted to the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy in 1963 by Edgar Kaufmann, Jr. with its setting, original furnishings and artwork intact.  There are original Picasso’s and Audubon’s in the house along with lots of Tiffany glass and other works of art.  But the house is the real art with its setting cascading down the hill right over the stream and falls.  Very dramatic.  Stopped for a late lunch in a little town on the Old National Road and then back home.

Fallingwater

Built right over a waterfall on the Bear Run

Rhododendron in bloom

Sun, 6-10:
KOA Columbus, OH, to Hickory Hollow RV Park, Somerset, PA:  Left this morning a little after 9:00 and continued east on I70 through the pretty rolling hills of eastern Ohio, then over the Ohio River into W. Virginia for about 12 miles and then into southwestern Pennsylvania.  Stopped in PA for fuel and food and then we continued east on I70.  The entrance ramps on I70 in PA are very scary.  There’s no long lane so you can merge gradually.  It comes to a stop and you have to gun it to get into traffic—just like Atlanta used to be when I first moved there.  Very dangerous.  Atlanta has done away with them.  Apparently, PA hasn’t.  We were glad when we got off on the Pennsylvania Turnpike.  This area of Pennsylvania is beautiful though.  Very hilly with lush forests and pretty streams.  We exited in Somerset, PA, which is a beautiful little town with lots of old, historic buildings in the little downtown area and lots of large, historic homes with immaculately manicured lawns and beautifully kept flower beds.  The park we’re in is in a little valley with cows grazing in the hills around us and the air full of the aroma of fresh mown hay.  We’re here for three days to see Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater and then the Flight 93 Memorial.  Both are nearby.  Arrived and were set up by 2:30.  84 today and sunny.

Hickory Hollow CG

Hickory Hollow CG

Hickory Hollow CG