597 Hey, Good Lookin' - What You Got Cookin' ?
(Cooksburg, PA)
A stroll through the woods of Cook Forest in western PA

Find your way to the junction of Tom's Run and Longfellow Trail in Cook Forest State Park about 15 or so miles north from exit 78 off I-80 along route 36. Maps available at the Visitor Center or other resources may help you choose your path.

Once there just east of the bridge at that junction, simply take the Longfellow Trail north a very short distance to see two lovely long-legged hemlocks sitting on a giant ledge on your right (east). From the middle of their many dangling legs, take 10 steps further north, or just about 5 steps from the north end of the giant ledge, to a much smaller moss-covered rock with a shallow cave "pot" on its front side. When no one else is lookin', bend down and carefully remove the 10-inch "stoneware lid" to see what's cookin' inside. On the backside of a tiny flat rectangular 1x2-inch stone hiding on the ground behind the "lid", find a little Cook Forest Cookpot in which to make some "Stone Soup". Just "blacken the pot", stamp your logbook, and replace that little stone pot and lid exactly as found!

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