Last weekend, My Man heard that the winds might be good at a famous paragliding spot in Pennsylvania called The Pulpit. It was about 2 hours away, but we decided we were up for an adventure so we packed a lunch and charted our course through several states, still searching for the Virginian Yongin.
On the drive out, the kids were all raptly listening to audiobooks on their mp3 players, so My Man and I did Thai homework on Mango (an awesome language program) the whole way there. When we got there, we were met by snow and wind. I guess we forgot to calculate elevation when we looked at the mild spring forecast! But the site was great and we will definitely be heading back more when it warms up.
The launch was clear of snow and there were rocks to climb around and explore (luckily most of the graffiti was benign). There's also a place to camp once it warms up.
The wind cooperated for just one good launch, but that was all it took to make the trip a success in My Man's eyes. The kids found a courageous woolly bear caterpillar inching its way across the snow. That was all it took for them to decide this place was a winner. I'm sure we'll be back again someday soon.
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