Sunday, July 10, 2011

Letchworth State Park - Western NY camping trip

We went to Western New York camping, at Letchworth State Park.  Imagine my surprise when I had been telling everyone that we were going to the Adirondack mountains but really, we were hours away from there!  However, our campground was really nice, and our campsite was private and quiet. 
 Letchworth is known as the Grand Canyon of the East, and we soon found out why.  They have a beautiful gorge with several waterfalls. 
They also had this huge chair! :)  great for photos.
One of the woodland creatures that we encountered was this snail.  Sydney found it and originally thought it was just a shell.  She didn't realize that there was a snail inside of it, and he didn't emerge until we gave him some water and I think it rejuvinated him.  He was ready to hit the trails after he was refreshed.  He was so cute!
Dinner time!  yum, delicious camping chow!

At night our campsite was visited by the friendly natives - look at the picnic bench seat... yep, a racoon.  He was barely even afraid of us.