June 7, 2012. Artemas, Pa. Back Roads.

The back roads in Pennsylvania are lovely.  They wander alongside creeks and through valleys, before climbing over the small mountains.  A sign is posted if there is a dead end so you can travel on any road and get somewhere.  You drive through woods and past farms but everywhere you come upon houses.  People are living along every road, even though you are far from towns and cities.  You wonder where these folks work.

Today we drove to Everett and then Bedford with Don and Doreen, our friends visiting from Toronto.  After lunch in the tavern at The Bedford Springs Resort, we drove south along the side of the Cumberland Valley.  It was a beautiful drive, through dense forests and past tiny well tended homes and gardens.  Finally, we drove over the mountain on a dirt road, through more state forests.   Everything at this time of the year is green, but every green has a different hue, so it is interesting and lovely.  Driving on back roads in Pennsylvania may take a bit longer but is always worthwhile.