Buffalo is a cool city with lots of culture and delicious food options. We went on a tour of abandoned grain silos that had us trekking up and down stairs and stepping over loose, rusty plates that sort-of covered holes into the empty silos below. As I get older I start to notice dangerous things like this more often.

Parts of the abandoned silos had been taken over by art students. Some of their work was moderately interesting.

Cheers!

The Bicycle Museum of America was our first stop. New Bremen, Ohio is home to this curious museum full of unique and antique bicycles. They even let you ride some. I don’t think they make a Schwinn with a .50 cal anymore, though.

After spending time with friends and family in Columbus, we had our first real campsite in Barnesville, Ohio. It’s privately owned land managed by a trust – and we were graciously allowed to spend a night enjoying total solitude on Captina Creek.

Ohiopyle was next. This outdoor mecca has it all, and we biked and hiked to exhaustion for the couple days we were there.

Allegheny National Forest is the only National Forest in Pennsylvania and was established in 1923. We camped along the Clarion river for two nights and saw a host of wildlife from River Otters to Great Horned Owls (neither of which I was able to photograph successfully…)

After Allegheny National Forest we went to Allegany State Park in New York. Apparently the spelling depends on the state you’re in and who first called it what. Regardless, this is a gorgeous state park full of hiking and biking trails.

Great Blue Herons are the tallest heron in North America at around four feet tall. They only weigh about five pounds, though.

Happy Travels!