I am 31 and rediscovering why I loved heading off for escapes in the woods with friend in my high school years. So many great memories of backpacking in West Virginia as a Fairfax, VA high school student the summer of '95 has driven me to rekindle the love of the endevour now that I can see my children (ages 5 and 3) old enough to go on short trips.

We hiked down to Spruce Creek just below State College, PA and weathered 4.5 inches of rain on our first and only outing so far. Everyone was smiling by the end of it too. We had fun.

I am wanting to find a local group from Central Pennsylvania to spur me on and get ideas from about local options here. Any one have advice? Thank!