McConnell's Mill and waterfall

Yesterday we decided to take a mini vacation and go sight seeing at McConnell's Mills State Park. Dee had been there many times as a child, but I'd never seen it before so we decided to travel north to check it out. Along the way we stopped for lunch at the Country Kitchen in Portersville. We'd been there many years ago with Dee's parents. It still looke the same and the food was worth the drive. Then we drove on to the Mill and Falls. The waterfalls and the covered bridge were idyllic. The long walk down the switchback steps to the mill from above whas invigorating. The sound of the constant rush of water was soothing. The weather was just right to check it all out. Here are a couple of pictures we took.

Then we drove up to the outlets at Grove City. That was nice and leisurely. Dee found a purse she liked and I got a couple of nice dress shirts for Sundays. The were on sale at 40% off. It was relaxing to stroll in and out of the stores. And since I'd never been to Grove City before we drove into town and around the College Campus there. Nice place. As we headed home, we stopped in Slippery Rock to and visited the North Country Brewrey to wet our whistles. It was a rustic old place with lots of history. Here's a pic from it. We got home just in time to avoid the short rainfall that dampened everything. Interestingly it was still raining on our deck, but I could see the sun shining on the houses and trees behind our house. I thought there might be a rainbow somewhere. When I looked up, this is what I saw. What a day !