After moving only 50 miles on Tuesday, we spent Wednesday
playing tourist again. Letchworth
State Park is near here and is
touted as “The Grand Canyon of the East”.
It is composed of over 14,000 acres along the Genesee
River . The southern entrance is less than 10 miles
away. Inside the park, the river drops
over 3 waterfalls and flows through a narrow gorge over 600 ft deep in some
places.
We walked a number of trails on the southern end, and drove
the length of the park, exiting through the north gate at Mt Morris NY. At the end of the park is a “dry dam” built
by the Corps of Engineers as a flood control project. There had been devastating floods about every
7th year before this was operational. It looks like there is room for a lot of
water when it is needed.
The town of Mt Morris
has a lot of well-kept older buildings, and we found a nice deli for a late
lunch.
We got back to the campground and had time to do laundry and
make a pot of chicken with spaetzle soup.
Yum! Good end to a nice day!
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