May 26th, 2021 … Summer of Fun continues!

Today we took a drive to Hills Creek State Park. It is located in scenic Tioga County, the 407-acre Hills Creek State Park offers picnicking and hiking on five miles of trails. The 137-acre Hills Creek Lake abounds in wildlife. Among the best fisheries in the state, the lake features bass, bluegill, sunfish, walleye, perch and muskellunge. Along with an active beaver colony, there are other water-loving creatures including muskrat, wood duck, great blue heron, and osprey. Bald eagles are frequent visitors to the park. Visitors may see a transient black bear, a flock of wild turkey, or a deer. Hills Creek is also a perfect habitat for rabbits, grouse, pileated woodpeckers and woodchucks.

The land, originally known as Kelly’s Swamp, was purchased in 1950. Within this swamp, at the present location of the swimming beach, was a small mine from which pigment for the paint industry was extracted. The park opened in 1953 and is named for the creek that runs through it. The stream was named after Captain William Hill who settled in the area around 1820.

From here, we headed into Mansfield, to find a car wash! We still need to get the dirt off from yesterday’s adventure and we are taking more gravel roads to get there!

In Mansfield, we found the World War I Memorial on the side of a building on Main Street. It is refreshing to see that it is well maintained.

We were going to stop at Yorkholo Brewing Company, but it was closed. We have not had much luck visiting wineries or breweries during the week, it seems everything is only open on the weekends! Yorkholo, pronounced "York Hollow", it is a small artisan brewpub located in the north central region of Pennsylvania called the "Pennsylvania Wilds".  The brewery name comes from the York family dairy farm established in 1861.  The farm had to shorten its name from York Hollow to Yorkholo due to the number of letters allowed when registering dairy cattle. Throughout the year they brew 20 to 30 different styles which keeps our customers' palates on edge and our brewer's creativity never ending. Farming will forever be within them.  To stay close to their roots they support local growers and farmers by using their products throughout their seasonal menu and they allow their chefs creative freedom to express themselves through their cooking.

On our way back to the campground, on gravel roads as we did not find a working self-service car wash, we found Miller Mountain! We are not sure if, it is really called Miller Mountain, or this granite memorial was placed strategically to make you think that! Doing a bit of research the only Miller Mountain I could find in Pennsylvania is near Tunkhannock, one of our future destinations!

Stay tuned to see where our #TwoLaneAdventures take us next!