| THE ADVENTURES OF PLATY AND THE GANG |
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Hiking in New York |
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We
arrived at the Elkdale RV Resort in Salamanca, NY on 8/12 and Judy began hiking
the next day. She had hiked to the New York border last year. It's
about a mile north of the trail head in Pennsylvania so she had to hike in again
to reach the starting point. The trail at that point goes from the
Alleghany National Forest
in Pennsylvania through the
Allegany State Park in New
York.
The
trail has some interesting places. The picture on the left is the yard of
Tom Hook. He has built a bridge so that hikers don't have to ford the
creek and get their feet wet. He's put a register there and has also built
a gazebo where you can rest a while. He enjoys meeting and talking to the
hikers. He even mentioned that he met
Nimblewill Nomad last year on his through hike.
The right hand picture is a first time for Judy. In all of her hiking she
doesn't remember going through a corn field. Around one maybe and
definitely through sod farms but not directly through one.
On 8/19 we moved to Four Winds
Campground in Portageville, NY. This is a waterfall just down the
road.
One
evening we were all sitting outside when we kept hearing a loud whooshing sound.
I thought it was coming from the bathhouse next door until I saw people in the
road in front of the motor home pointing up at the sky. I went over to
look and saw a balloon not 50 feet over us. He kept lighting the burner
and skimmed right over the trees. We then saw another one through the
trees behind us in an open field and it was landing.
Jerry
and I went over and watched them deflate and pack it up. They were from
Balloons over Letchworth.
Letchworth State Park is a few miles away and this company gives rides
over the park. We stayed there in 2000 and it's a great park often called
the Grand Canyon of New York.
On
8/24 we moved to Sun Valley
Campsites in Arkport, NY.
After a day or two of hiking alone Judy decided she had enough and we are now
headed to North Carolina.
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