Letchworth State Park and Lake Erie (Updated Pictures)

Three rainbows, a CD that played over 100 songs and two cups of free coffee, we finaly  arrived at Letchworth State Park. Even though it was about nine p.m. when we entered the park, Jason and I decided to go and explore. About five minutes into our “journey” Jason had me turn the car around. I had driven right past the illuminated middle falls. When we went back to walk the short path to the falls, we were greeted by Journey’s “Don’t stop believing”. We parked right outside of an outdoor wedding reception. With the drunken karaoke blasting away, we walked to the very impressive falls where I was able to take some night shots. Since the closest Wal-Mart parking lot was an hour away, we jumped in the car and called it a night. 

Hungry, we hurried to the Wal-Mart (in Oswegeo). We decided to try out our conduction stove to heat up some food. We soon found out that it needs a 1800 watt battery to operate and we only have a 1200. We ended up going to a Wendy’s that was close by. 

 

Surprisingly, our night at the Wal-Mart parking lot felt relatively safe and with a few hours of sleep we were ready to spend our first Sunday (on the trip) hiking around Letchworth State Park. What attracted me to the park is it’s reputation for being “The Grand Canyon of the East Coast”. It was truly remarkable. Hiking about three miles we were able to see all three waterfalls, acquired enough electricity  to heat up some lunch, give plenty of free tours of The Little Guy (Jason and I were began talking about what we should make our going rate)  and take a few hundred photos (I took some amazing 3D photos for you grandpa).

 After being there for the majority of our day we made our way North-West just in time to watch the sunset at the beautiful Lake Erie, boy it was super great! Thinking it would be a good idea to follow the scenic bypass (which was anything but) we decided to dine out at a pizza joint right near the lake. The only good thing about this meal was the 22oz Mountain Dew that woke me right up. Although the pizza was the pits, Jason and I were  really happy we stopped there. If we didn’t we would not have known about the fireworks display at Chautauqua Lake at Lake Side Park. The lake conveniently was in the right direction and only an hour away.

Both Jason and I were super excited for the display because neither of us have ever seen nine different fireworks displays all at the same time. The objective of the display was to see if the astronauts living in the space station would see them ( the space station would be directly over the lake at 9:30). We arrived just as the 15 minute show started. After parking we walked out onto a doc and was almost blown away by the sight. It doesn’t do justice but the following is a clip of the finale.(To Come)

Sunday was a spectacular day and as we left the fireworks (and New York) we could not wait to see what other adventures we will encounter.