Valley Girl Views: Road Trip For The Forksville General Store

Last week-end the Steelers game was not on tv in our area. The Eagles game was shown here instead. So Dan asked that we take a road trip... over the time the game would be playing on the radio. :-)

The Forksville Covered Bridge

We had spent our morning in Hughesville watching the hot air balloon launch, then chasing the balloons and helping to put one away. Since we were already in Hughesville, we decided to drive on up to Worlds End, and finally try the cheesesteaks at the Forksville General store. We've been to the store many times over the years - especially when camping at Worlds End. It used to be the one spot you could get a cell phone signal - right to the left of the store, on the sidewalk closest to the covered bridge. I didn't check this time, we didn't have a signal the entire time we were in this area.

"Big Mike’s cheesesteak is a half-pound of ribeye on an Amoroso roll, onions optional. "

It was 1pm when we stopped for lunch, and there was still a large crowd. The porch was full of people waiting for tables, and waiting for take out. There was a constant stream of motorcycles coming through and posing the bikes with the bridge for photos, many of them getting cheesesteaks to go while there. I think we waited about 20 minutes for a table - not too bad. The cheesesteaks were good. Philadelphia style - which is what they are famous for. I had one wit, provolone with added mushrooms, Dan had one wit out, cheesewiz. Dan's was better than mine. Mine was a little dry - his was oozing just a bit of grease, as a good cheesesteak should. The rolls are the real deal - excellent.

All in all it was a good cheesesteak. But we're spoiled by Pop's in Muncy, so we were not as wowed as perhaps we might have been if we weren't already used to having a great cheesesteak.

"The store, which dates to 1851, once sold everything folks from Forksville needed, such items as nails, powdered milk, a variety of saws, and perhaps some lard. Today it’s full of tourists buying ice, firewood, and throwback candy. Besides the swimming hole at Worlds End State Park up the road, it’s the most bustling place around."

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/south-philly-forkville-cheesesteak-big-mike-stasiunas-20170721.html

There's still a small general store. You can buy candy, t-shirts, and coffee mugs, as well as a few staples.

While in the area, we found 12 geocaches, visited two overlooks, and the rock garden at Worlds End State Park, and spent some time at Hunters Lake, where we definitely want to return with the kayaks!

Canyon Vista Overlook at Worlds End State Park

View From The Canyon Vista Overlook

We used to visit the Rock Garden when the kids were little.. it seems so much smaller now. I think it's just a lot more overgrown. You can still walk around up on top of the rocks, you just can't see as many of the rocks all at once anymore, the view is obstructed more by trees. It's still a nice place to walk around and explore.

It's about 5 miles off the main road to the High Knob Overlook. You turn east for the canyone vista overlook, and almost directly across from that entrance, on the west, is the road to High Knob overlook. There's a nice picnic area there, and bathrooms.