Saturday, January 5, 2008

Camping at Letchworth State Park

The last Empire VW Campers trip for the season was an excursion to Letchworth State Park, south of Rochester.

The weekend of Oct. 20/21 brought perfect conditions for camping & enjoying the scenery.

Here are some pics of the campsite:
















































Sherrie got along nicely with "the other woman"...















Sunshine daydream...
















Foliage, river, & canyon wall pics:












































Some kayakers:








Fall colors :
































Hamsters out Cruisin' the Park!

































Pics of "Our Baby" of course,& more scenery.














































































































A huge railroad trestle near the lower falls:











Bridge Inspector!!












































The Bus is visible here, in the upper right:













Parked at an overlook:







Hamsters driving off a CLIFF!!!















































We took a trail down to one of the smaller waterfalls, where there's a footbridge, & more trails:
















I think this is a Rip Van Winkle sighting (or maybe Big Foot).

















Pics from the footbridge & surrounding rocks:















































The Lower Falls:





























The Mount Morris dam, at the end of the canyon:
















In the morning, turkey vultures gather on the dam to warm themselves in the sun & stretch.
Once they're warmed up, they take off & ride the thermals over the canyon.

































































Awesome.





































And, just a little bit creepy...




Next: Flower Power.