Meandering the Country

July 10-25, 2022 What a little gem Letchworth State Park is!  In 1859, William Pryor Letchworth, a business man from Buffalo, NY, purchased 1,000 acres and made this area his summer home.  This land became his place of rest and reflection, which I certainly understand!  His 1,000 acres included a magnificent forest, three beautiful waterfalls and the “Grand Canyon of the East”!  I’m pretty sure I could do some resting and reflecting if this were my backyard too! Upon his death in 1910, Letchworth donated this land to the state of New York.  Today, the park has expanded to 14,350 acres of paradise for all to enjoy!  Letchworth’s summer home, the Glen Iris , is located adjacent to Middle Falls, the most beautiful of the three waterfalls.  His former summer home is now an inn and a restaurant called the Glen Iris .   Over the course of a couple of days, we hiked portions of the scenic Gorge trail, taking us along the gorge and past the Lower, Mi...

July 7-10, 2022 Pennsylvania got a little shorted during this trip around our great country.  Actually, a lot of the northeastern states are going to be touch-and-go visits.  Many of these states are small and so very close together. If we continue to spend a couple of weeks in each state, snow is going to be flying before we get far enough south!  So, the bottom line is, we changed the rules a bit for this section of our adventure.  We will be trying to give each state a week; however, several are only going to be a three- or four-day visit. Red Bridge Campground, situated in the Allegheny National Forest, was a great place to rest our heads during our time in Pennsylvania!  Although we’ve become accustomed to RV parks, it was nice to have a campsite without other RVs surrounding us.  As one might imagine, being in a national forest, we were surrounded by dense woods instead of being surrounded by RVs!  A number of the sites in this campground were fu...