Birding, Big Time
This is it. The time when hundreds of different species of migrating birds return to Upstate New York for nesting. Western New York, specifically Wayne County, and more specifically the Montezuma...
View ArticleWater Spout on Lake Ontario in Oswego
We don’t get too many tornadoes around here in Upstate New York (thank God), but the lakes occasionally do get waterspouts. During a swirling lake-effect weather pattern over Lake Ontario early this...
View ArticleThe Joseph Smith Historic Site, Palmyra, NY
Just south of the small town of Palmyra, in Wayne County, NY, is the small site dedicated to Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon religion. The site was very barren and foreboding on a blustery February...
View ArticleHill Cumorah, Palmyra, NY
We traversed to the historic Hill Cumorah site after seeing the Joseph Smith historic site outside the town of Palmyra. Even though there were a few cars parked outside the visitor’s center, the place...
View ArticleChimney Bluffs State Park, Wolcott, NY
No, I’m not talking about visiting hotels in Cedar Rapids, Iowa! Upstate New York has its own amazing skyscrapers. Unlike the glass and concrete constructions that fill up the nation’s most famous...
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