Friday, October 11, 2013
Slept in this morning and had steak (leftovers) and eggs for
breakfast. Then set out to explore the
Park. The color is great and there is lots of green grass and evergreens to make the
colors even better. After an hour or so
we began to see some welcome sun.
Billed as “The Grand Canyon of the East”, there is a large gorge that runs through the park with cliffs and rock walls and stunning scenery. We traipsed to all three water falls and then had a picnic lunch in what had become warm afternoon sunshine.
Billed as “The Grand Canyon of the East”, there is a large gorge that runs through the park with cliffs and rock walls and stunning scenery. We traipsed to all three water falls and then had a picnic lunch in what had become warm afternoon sunshine.
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| canyon wall among color |
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| Golden trail |
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| Interesting seed pods |
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| Upper Falls |
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| Here, fallen leaves carpet the rocks and ground |
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| Middle falls |
Stopped at several overlooks with names like “Inspiration
Point” and a small Museum which gave a history of the park, named after a man
named Letchworth no less! The museum had his collection of artifacts from archaic peoples and Indians (mostly Iriquois and
Seneca), as well as information about the founding of the park.
The Civilian Conservation Corps built much of the
infrastructure – bridges, retaining walls, restrooms, etc. from stone during
the 1920’s and 30’s. These men and women
really made huge contributions to many of our parks throughout the country!
Decided to start heading south from here, taking smaller
roads that wound through farmland featuring corn, pumpkins, dairies, cattle and
goats. Mostly modest homes, some
trailers, smaller churches. We pushed
on to Dubois, where we found a Lowe’s
and were given permission to boondock there.
Found little in the way of dining options, so we had Beef on Weft
sandwiches (roast beef with au jus) at the Dubois Diner (or Dubois er, as the sign read). Watched a little of the US vs Jamaica
soccer match (quite possibly their best offering J).
Most interesting person I met today was a little girl of about 7 in the restroom of the Diner. After informing me that she was not my child and I was a stranger, she proceeded to tell me her name and where she lived and asked my first and last name, etc. Dad was waiting for her outside and I heard her repeat to him everything I'd said. Close second was a group of male Chinese students who were having a blast tossing leaves in the air and taking pictures. I took a shot with the four of them on their camera.
Most interesting person I met today was a little girl of about 7 in the restroom of the Diner. After informing me that she was not my child and I was a stranger, she proceeded to tell me her name and where she lived and asked my first and last name, etc. Dad was waiting for her outside and I heard her repeat to him everything I'd said. Close second was a group of male Chinese students who were having a blast tossing leaves in the air and taking pictures. I took a shot with the four of them on their camera.
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