After our annual summer trip to northern NY, we spent a few days in Rochester NY visiting family. Since we had our bikes with us, we decided to do a ride along the Erie Canal. This trail system is part of the very large 750-mile Empire State Trail. This is a trail system that goes... Continue Reading →
While on our annual summer trip to Northern NY, we completed a hike along the Totman Gulf Rim. This trail is part of the Jefferson County NY Forest and Wildlife Management Area and is named after Calvin Totman. The trail starts out as a rim trail above the Totman Gulf Gorge and leads down into... Continue Reading →
Durand Eastman Park is a 977-acre park located in the northern section of Rochester, NY and contains 5000 feet of coastline on Lake Ontario. This park started out as a summer camp owned by Dr. Henry Strong Durand in the early 1900s. George Eastman (of Kodak fame) purchased land surrounding the summer camp and both... Continue Reading →
Over the holiday break, we headed to western NY to visit family. One of our favorite parks in the area is known as Black Creek Park, located in Chili, NY, which is about 19 miles outside of Rochester, NY. Black Creek Park is one of the largest parks in the Rochester area containing over 1500... Continue Reading →
We were back on Lake Ontario in mid-July, and during this trip we visited the Robert G. Wehle State Park. The land was the former estate of Robert Wehle, and become a public park in 2003, one year after his death in 2002. It is over 1100 acres and has quite a bit of coastline... Continue Reading →
On a recent trip up to Lake Ontario, we visited one of our favorite nature preserves in the area known as the El Dorado Coastal Preserve. This preserve sits at the eastern end of Lake Ontario in Ellisburg, NY (about 22 miles south of Watertown, NY and Sackets Harbor, NY). El Dorado is owned by... Continue Reading →
Happy Holidays everyone! As we are on the road for Christmas visiting family in Rochester, NY, and we thought we’d post about an orienteering course we did during an uncharacteristically mild and sunny day for December in western NY. Our travels took us to Mendon Ponds Park on 23Dec2019, which is in Monroe Country, NY... Continue Reading →
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