Sunday Outing with our Granddaughters
On Sunday we spent the afternoon with our granddaughters, taking them on an outing to Allegany State Park near Salamanca, NY.
We picked up the girls at their house between noon and 12:30 pm and drove to Allegany State Park, entering the park via the Red House Area. Our first stop was at the new Red House Area nature boardwalk.
I first learned about the boardwalk via a YouTube video, captured by Paul Crawford, a few months before the boardwalk was completed. Paul Crawford is the volunteer Administrator, Photographer and Videographer for the Allegany State Park Facebook page.
What a wonderful new feature of Allegany State Park!
Red House Nature Boardwalk
Harper and Juniper took our photograph, once we reached the overlook at the end of the boardwalk.
Juniper took this photograph of Bob, Harper and me.
Good job, Juniper!
Harper took this photograph of Bob, Juniper and me.
Good job, Harper!
In Paul’s video he mentioned a duck blind at the end of the middle section of the boardwalk.
Duck Blind
The boardwalk was nice but will be nicer later in the year, when the plants surrounding the boardwalk spring to life. I am sure there will be lots of waterfowl to see later too. We didn’t see any birds, turtles or waterfowl.
When we left the nature boardwalk, we planned to go to the Quaker Run swimming beach playground. We were very disappointed to find the road to the beach closed. I had talked up the playground to Harper and Juniper, and they were looking forward to playing there. I hope that the road to the swimming beach opens up much earlier than summer so that we have the opportunity to visit the playground sooner, rather than later!
The girls quickly got over their disappointment, though, when we found another playground on the way home.
Our day outing with Harper and Juniper was wonderful. All four of us had a GREAT time!
The Beauty Around Us 
2 Responses to “Sunday Outing with our Granddaughters”
It looks as if all of you had a great day, even though you couldn’t get to the first playground. Harper and Juniper must have inherited their grandmother’s photography talents.
Special moments with your sweet granddaughters and sowing the seeds of photography. Fantastic!