A few weeks ago I celebrated my birthday. My bff, Linda aka MsBirder, knows I love hiking and so does she, so we set out on a birthday adventure of geocaching and hiking in Letchworth State Park. The park is in Livingston and Wyoming counties, New York and is about 14,500 acres. WOW! It has numerous waterfalls and it known as the Grand Canyon of the East. The gorge is about 600 feet deep in places and the Genesee River flows through it. The views are amazing!
Usually when I go to Letchworth State Park I end up at the same end of the park, seeing the same things. This time we went to the opposite end to see the Mount Morris Dam. The dam is not exactly in the park, but right next to it. It was built between 1948 and 1952 by the US Army Corps of Engineers. My bucket list includes the Hoover Dam, it must be massive compared to this little dam! It’s still a modern marvel how man can build something like this!
At this time we were losing our minds and just having a great time!
Linda was not trying to choke me, she was taking a funny selfie and I had to capture it!
Linda and I continued on to do some hiking. We weren’t exactly sure where we were going, but we had some coordinates for geocaches. The trail we took had a yellow blaze with the number 20 on it. I looked it up once at home and it is the #20 Highbanks Trail which is almost 5 miles. It follows the west rim on the northern part of the state park. The trail starts at the Mt. Morris Entrance and ends at cabin area C. We didn’t get that far, maybe 2 or 3 miles because I was hungry! There was a small ravine we had to carefully make our way down. Unfortunately for Linda, and fortunately for me and your viewing pleasure, Linda slid down on her butt. Here’s a very short video that she will have to forgive me for sharing. Love you, Linda!
It’s not poop! LOL!
We found a geocache and a little lean-to that was being re-built.
The face on the tree wasn’t the geocache, I forgot to take a picture of that! But, isn’t the face cool!
We hiked about 2 miles or so, maybe 3 and I got hungry! There is a restaurant in Letchworth called Glen Iris Inn. We had a great lunch there and visited the Middle Falls.
We made our way out of the park and headed home with the geocache app on. We made a quick stop in a cemetery for a cache and then a Christmas tree farm. I couldn’t believe how beautiful the Christmas tree farm was!
As we continued on we were stopped in traffic on the road. Apparently a horse had gotten loose. It was captured and thankfully no one was hurt, not even the horse.
It was a great way to start my birthday weekend!
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