Grand Canyon (of the East)

On Saturday, Ron and Mom took us to Letchworth State Park to do a little hiking and see some more waterfalls. (I am a bit obsessed with waterfalls when hiking, just ask Amit. He gets annoyed.) Letchworth is south of both Rochester and Buffalo, but isn't too bad of a drive from either place! I can't wait to bring Emma! She'll love it, except for the sound of crashing water (she's a bit of a scaredy cat, when it comes to water).

We started out by exploring the Upper Falls. There was a nice path that went along and then past the falls. The path allowed for some really great pictures!

The Upper Falls

We actually skipped the Middle Falls to get to the Lower Falls. (Who's willing to come out and explore the middle with us???) Then we had a big decision to make...

Why would we do any route other than one involving stairs? So after walking down those 127 stairs, we were able to see the Lower Falls.

 After crossing the footbridge, we got even more great views of the park. There are so many places to explore here!!

 I spy Nathan!

We loved Letchworth! We had such a great time and it looks like we'll be able to find more difficult hikes throughout the park. It was a great ending to a fun weekend with the family. The best thing about Rochester will definitely be the chance to do more quick weekend trips to meet up with everyone and explore NY!

Niagara Falls

As soon as we arrived in Buffalo on Friday morning, we headed straight to the falls. Though most of the fun stuff isn't open during the off-season, we still had a great time walking around. Needless to say, I took a ton of pictures.

The Canadian Falls

The American Falls

What a wet place to work!

Both of the falls!

The falls were an incredible sight... I can't wait to go back and take a ride on the Maid of the Mist! 

Keene Pumpkin Festival

While Amit was on his externship in Keene, he heard about this annual pumpkin festival and we knew we should check it out. We had a lot of fun wandering around and looking at all the pumpkins.

Amit was starving by the time we got up there.

These Italian sausages were so good and huge!

One of the pumpkin towers.

Awesome!! 

Looks like we'll have to copy these designs next year...

We bought this great piece from Larry Carlson.

There were so many fantastic pieces!

I think we have about 5 more prints on our wishlist.

The giant pumpkin tower in the center of town.

We love the pumpkin fest!

The Keene Pumpkin Fest was really fun and the food was delicious! It might be small-town fun, but we really enjoyed it! This is definitely going to become a yearly tradition - next year we'll have to carve our own pumpkins to add to the display.