Another day, another waterfall!

But first of all, dinner last night.

We decided to try out the Ruth’s Chris Steak House (yes, I know, strange name!) at the Mohegan Sun casino here in Wilkes-Barre. Regular followers of the blog will now we like a little gamble now and again and after our big £10,000 win in Las Vegas last year, we thought we would give it a go.

First of all, on our way to the restaurant we saw the same machines we had our big win on last year and well, well, well, there was a lady being paid out $19,000! Those machines, Dragon Link, have got to be the luckiest ever or maybe not! We played them today and had quite a few little wins but nothing big. Hey ho! 😔

Anyway, to get back to last night’s dinner. We both had steak and to say they were delicious is an understatement. The steaks are cooked using a patented broiling method developed by the founder (Ruth Fertel). They’re seasoned to perfection, and then served sizzling on 500º plates. Needless to say the food stays piping hot throughout the meal. Just don’t touch the plate! 🔥

We decided to go back to Ricketts Glen again this morning to try and photograph the remaining waterfalls that we were advised not to try and reach as the terrain was very difficult and potentially dangerous.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Instead of climbing up as we were doing yesterday, we actually went and parked in the Lake Rose parking lot (that’s where we thought we were yesterday) and walked down to the falls. We now understand what we were being told yesterday, as the hike in parts was difficult and after photographing four, we had to give up on the remaining two, as the climb down would have been suicidal. So, out of 22 waterfalls we managed to photograph 20.

To get down to the next waterfall we would have had to climb down and round the rock, bottom left at the end of the video! I don’t think so! 😱

Anyway, by now we were hot and glowing, it was 72º (22ºC) at 10.00 a.m. and being bothered by flies, so we felt we had done our bit and it was time to make our way back to the car, where the temperature had reached 85ºF (29ºC). It was now 12.20 p.m.

 

 

During our hike yesterday, a lady stepped aside to let us carrying on climbing and she laughed and said she didn’t want to interrupt our momentum. Momentum! Si told her we had left that back in the parking lot! 😂 However today, we had it back with a vengeance.

There was no repeat of yesterday about finding our car as we took the advice of our dear chum Si Smith and used what3words to record its location. Thanks Si. 👍

We didn’t need the help of Ranger Mike today. He was a very interesting guy. He was telling us yesterday that he’s the only full-time ranger at Ricketts Glen. He’s been there 20 years and before that he was in the military and served in many different locations around the world. He gave us all kinds of information about the Park too and also informed us that they have bears too but they are black ones, so wouldn’t harm us! Don’t think I want to be testing that opinion anytime soon, thank you. 😂

One of the questions he asked us yesterday, when trying to find where we had parked our car was, had we seen the dam? Dam, what dam, we replied? Well, we saw it today and it was right by the Lake Rose parking area.

Now, a trip to the east of the US would not be complete, for me at least, without a visit to a Cracker Barrel Old Country Store restaurant. Not everyone’s cup of tea, but I love them. They describe themselves as a ‘homey chain restaurant serving American comfort food, with an on-site general store’. We had lunch there today. Every time we drive past a Cracker Barrel sign we raise our arms in homage to this great store/restaurant.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tomorrow will be a very exciting day for us as we will be meeting up with our dear friends Dot and Nat in Corning, New York! We keep in touch all the time, but it’s been a long time since we were last all together in person and to quote the character Red, from what’s got to be the best film ever, The Shawshank Redemption: “I find I’m so excited that I can barely sit still or hold a thought in my head”.

Don’t be surprised if the blog is late over the next few days ………………… the four of us have a lot of talking and enjoying to do! 👏

The only photo I have with me, is this one of the three of us back in 2013 ……………. I’m sure you won’t think we look any different when I publish the latest one of us all together again! 😂

As always, thanks for reading.