The Lost Trip, Pt 7 – Backroads in The Allegheny Forest
When you come to a backroad — take it.
An infamous backroad where I grew up in the Allegheny ForestOld Yamahas cause bidding wars to erupt in Houston…we found this one hanging from a tree in the way-back-woods of The AlleghenyYou’ll find oil jack pump wells all over Pennsylvania…even deep in the ForestThere are hundreds of these camps in the Forest…people build them to get-away for huntin’…fishin’…and God knows what else…a few short weeks every yearWe found the Old Wild Apple Orchard we picked from when we were kids…still there…still wild…still delectable after all these yearsMom made Apple Pie, Cobbler, and Applesauce from these apples in the early 60s…to this day they remain the Gold Standard for us in crispness, sweetness, and tartness all in perfect balance…what a treat to find this Old Orchard alive and producing the same perfect fruit
A classic Old Barn on Blue Jay Road leading down to Tionesta Creek
