US THERE IN THIS WEEKS’ "EXPLEOR OUTDOORS" REPO.RT MATT: LET’S GO. IN MANY PARKS, THE TRAILS ARE JUST WHAT YOU USE TO GET TO PLACES. BUT AT SWATARA STATE PARK IN LEBANON COUNTY, ONE OF THE TRAILS IS AN ATTRACTION. >> I THINK WHAT’S GREAT ABOUITT IS THE VARIETY OF THINGS YOU CAN DO OUT HERE. MATT: TO GET THERE, MARSHAL KRAMER FIRST TOOK US ALONG THE SWATARA RAIL TRAIL, WHICH WISND THROUGH THE .PARK >> KNOWING THAT THE HIGHY WAIS JUST NEXT TO US, IT FEELS LIKE WE’RE IN THE DEEP WDS.OO IT IS A LOT OF COV.ER THERE’S A BEAUTIFUL CANOPY ON THIS TRA.IL MATT: BUT ONE OF THE BEST VIEWS IS WHEN YOU LEAVE THE RAIL TILRA AND LEAVE THE GROUND. >> LEADING ON TOHE T BRIDGE HERE, WE’RE GOING TO CROSS OVER THE SWATTIE. MATT: THE SAND SIDING TRAIL IS A STANDOUT FEATURE HERE. IT’S A SEAMLESS PATH OF FOUR BRIDGES THAT HOVERS ER THEOV SWATARA CREEK AND ITS TRIBUTARIES. YOU REALLY HAVE A DIFFERTEN PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE OF THE HEIGHT. >> ABSOLUTY.EL ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS IS THE SWATARA AND A LOT OF THE CRESEK AROUND HERE, DEFITELINY PRONE TO FLOODING, SO THIS BRIDGE IS DEFINITELY ELEVATED. MATT: FROM THE BRIDGE YOU CAN GE T AN ALMOST-BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF THE WATER AND ALL THE ACTIVITY THAT COMES WITH THE CURRT.EN >> SHORT LITTLE DRIVE, AND IT’S A NICE LITTLE GETAWAY. MATT: BUT DON’T STOP AT THE BRIDGE OR YOU’LL MISS THE BEST PART. IF WE KEEP GOING, THERE’S A TREAT DOWN THE TRAIL, >> THERE IS. WE’LL MAKE A LEFT DOWN HERE ON BEAR HOLE TRAIL, AND WE’LL GET TO THE CAB.IN MATT: ABOUT A MILE BEYOND THE SANDID SING BRIDGE, AN ARCHITECTURAL WORK OF ART AWAITS. BUT IF YOU DON’T KNOW IT’S THERE, YOU MIGHT WALK RIGHT PAST IT. AND HERE IT IS. KIND OF COMES OUT OF NOWHE.RE >> IT IS TRUE. IT IS JUST NESTLED IN THE WOO.DS MATT: THIS IS THE BORDNER CABIN, A GORGEOUS GETAWAY NEXT TO A WATERFALL, NO LESS. THAT’S EVEN MORE IMPRESSIVE ONCE YOU FIND OUT THE HOUSE IS HOMEMADE. ARMAR BORDNER, A RETIRED WOODSHOP TEACHER AND HIS STUDENTS, CRAFTED THE CABIN BY HAND IN THE 1930'S’ BO RDNER’S UNCLE, THE STORY GOES, CUT DOWN THE TREES HIMSE.LF AND CHECK THIS OUT. THIS IS PROBABLY MY FAVORITE FEATURE OF THIS ENRETI PROPERTY -- A HUGE PICTURE WINDOW WITH A VIEW OF ETH WATERFALL BEHIND US. BUT IT’S NOT A PICTURE WINDOW. IN FACT, THERE ARE NO WINDOWS OR EVEN DOORS AT THIS CABIN. IT’S ALL OPEN AIR, SO YOU CAN COME AND GO WHENEVER YOUET G HERE. THE SWATARA CREEK WATERSDHE ASSOCIATION NOW MAINTAINS THE CABIN AND KEEPS IT OPEN FOR VISITORS, MAKING THIAS PICTURESQUE PLACE TO PICNIC, OBSERVE, OR JUST REST, COMPLETE WITH A SCENIC SOUNDTRACK THAT’S HARD TO BEAT. EXPLORING THE OUTDOORS IN SWATARA STATE PA, TT