Our mission was to enjoy the day, experience a new area, and get Jake and Maggie acclimated with new scenery again.  We’ve spent so much time at home with them lately that we needed to get moving, and work on old/new commands such as pulling and reactive issues.  We stopped at The Trails End (https://trailsendcookforest.com) for lunch and were so proud of them.  The Trails End has picnic tables outside where you can sit with your dog and enjoy lunch or dinner.   Jake and Maggie were able to see customers coming and going, meet our very attentive and sweet waitress, and passed with flying colors.  Although they pulled a bit because they were excited, we had no reactive issues and were able to enjoy our burgers and hoagies while they laid under the picnic tables.

Cook Forest was very clean, well laid out, easy to navigate and walk, and a place for everyone.  The bathrooms were clean and accessible and the cabins were nice (from what I could see from the outside).  If you are a nature lover, then this is a place to check out!  If you stop at the Visitor’s Center, they give you a checklist if wanting to bird watch.  This extensive list includes the type of birds living in the forest, the ease of finding codes, habitat codes.  About This List includes birds likely to be found in Pennsylvania, as compiled by the Pennsylvania Ornithological Records Committee.