Spring Fling 2026- Day 48: COE Camping near Clark, PA

We left the Saxtons Distillery Harvest Host just before 7AM and made it to the Pennsylvania border at 940 AM.  It felt good to leave New York.

By noon we were at the Shenango Recreation Area Campgrounds, which is run by the COE: Corps of Engineers (US Army).  Not too far from the interstate though we had to take a detour off a few miles to avoid a low railroad bridge. 

The site I had originally selected last night  turned out to be undesirable in terms of people and crowded together cramped campsites.  While filling up with water, after dumping tanks, I saw a much better site and Martha got it for me in spite of it being a PITA process within the rec.gov app.  I ate the cost of the first site, and it was worth it.

The view from our site:

I spent some of the afternoon adding some reinforcement to the base of the storage area that holds the house battery.  I found it rotted and cracking while checking something else.  The repairs will hold till I get the RV home for more permanent repairs.

A Cardinal (I think) bird kept making a run at the RV's window and bouncing off.  We think it was seeing it's reflection and think it was a rival bird.

Here's a short video with the birds actions slowed down to 1/10th speed.  The weird sound on impact is due to the slow I down of the video.

Slow uploads but usable download speeds via cellular signal at this location.  It was much cooler than the last few days also. 

Tomorrow: Ohio