For every traveler, certain sights hold a magnetic appeal. From the moment they hear about a place, they have to go there. Once they experience it, they then feel compelled to return. For me, one of these sights is Rickets Glen State Park in Pennsylvania. It combines three things I love in bountiful amounts: waterfalls, old growth trees, and hiking trails. The park centers on a url=http://www.pahikes.com/trails/ricketts-glen-state-park/146-hiking-the-falls-trail-at-ricketts-glen-state-parksix mile hikethrough two ravines containing twenty three (!) named waterfalls. I’ve now seen the place in every season but winter (when the trails are iced over) and know most of its moods. As soon as I realized I was heading to western Maryland, I planned to see it again. Before going there, I made time for an
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