We arrived at Ricketts Glen around mid afternoon to our pre booked lakeside camping spot which should give us a lovely view,however upon arriving it turned out the lake was empty due to the dam needing work. After having a drink we decided to take a walk around to see where everything was and read up on the park. After finding the showers and toilets we carried on walking to an area called the amphitheater which I was expecting to be some sort of building but it...

After the tent was dried we packed it up again and headed to tops supermarket to get some breakfast which was a chicken sub roll made to order and some other little nibbles for getting a little wifi from dunkin donuts this time I got a delicious medium chocolate milkshake which was about a litre and Rich got a coffee which we drank whilst waiting for the heavy rain which had come in to clear before heading up to Watkins Glen. Firstly we wanted to try get a shower...

We awoke pretty late in the tent and packed up the gear to potentially head down to Watkins glen and maybe camp the night but mostly get supplies. Just past Watkins glen there was a tops supermarket which was perfect to get some breakfast and supplies for the night. We got some croissants and fruit for breakfast then various meats and rolls with a disposable bbq for dinner that night then headed up to Watkins glen. Asking about the price of camping at Watkins g...

We arrived at Letchworth at 6:30am with no one on the entrance to take our money. There was a sign in the window saying go in if no one present so We headed in only interested in finding out the camping situation then getting a decent sleep but it turned out the visitors center didn't open till 8:30am. We decided to get the cameras out and see the stuff we wanted to see in the park before heading to the visitors center when it opened and finding out the camping ...

Once at the airport we got the paperwork done then headed up to collect our car. We was given the choice of a Toyota Corolla,ford focus and a couple of Hyundai's. Being that I was driving I had the choice and having owned a Toyota and a ford I took the Toyota which was a good choice as once I turned the key it read the total mileage of 1400 miles!The brand new car was loaded with our stuff and we was on our way,first we had a quick look at Arlington cemetery whic...