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Re: Niagara Falls
Board: State: New York
Reply to: #104997 by chadams
Jun 30, 2007 9:18am
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Quote SO anyone coming to the falls for a little vacation action who might want to find out about some more away from the tour book kinda places let me know and I would be glad to share some hidden local gems with you!




Hey Chadams - you are such an incredibly nice & helpful guy. You don't have any older brothers just like you, do you??

dee123
Re: Niagara Falls
Board: State: New York
Reply to: #105102 by dee123
Jul 1, 2007 7:38am
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Hey Chadams - you are such an incredibly nice & helpful guy. You don't have any older brothers just like you, do you??


Thanks! I try! Sorry! No older brothers! I am the oldest!

chadams
Re: Niagara Falls
Board: State: New York
Reply to: #104997 by chadams
Jul 1, 2007 5:49pm
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SO anyone coming to the falls for a little vacation action who might want to find out about some more away from the tour book kinda places let me know and I would be glad to share some hidden local gems with you!
chadams

the hubby and I will be there for our 20th this july (on the week end of the 20th by the way) Besides the falls, the whirlpool jetboat(which i gotta do!) the casino (which the hubbys gotta do!) and letterboxing what else can I squeeze in thats new and different! Goat Island and whirlpool park are on my list! Ng OO
Re: Niagara Falls
Board: State: New York
Reply to: #105354 by Naturegirl
Jul 1, 2007 6:20pm
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Quote the hubby and I will be there for our 20th this july (on the week end of the 20th by the way) Besides the falls, the whirlpool jetboat(which i gotta do!) the casino (which the hubbys gotta do!) and letterboxing what else can I squeeze in thats new and different! Goat Island and whirlpool park are on my list! Ng OO


Hmmm...sounds like time for another mini-meet? ;-)
Re: Niagara Falls
Board: State: New York
Reply to: #105354 by Naturegirl
Jul 2, 2007 7:10am
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Well I will give you four places that would be worth a little extra drive if you are interested!

The first would be Chestnut Ridge Park where we are holding our gathering in August. There are fifty boxes there! Most spesifically I would send you to see the Eternal Flame Falls. It is a neat little place where there is a shale waterfall where there is a little pocket of gas that leaks out. The flame is most often lit and it makes for a beautiful scene! you may have had your fill of Waterfalls after niagara Though!

My personal favorite place to send you would be Griffis Sculpture Park. It is probably an hour from Niagara Falls. It is the Largest Outdoor Sculture park in the US. There are giant sculptures all over this beautiful land. People are encouraged to play on the sculptures as well.
http://www.griffispark.org/ahf/?page_id=16

to see more pics http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=Griffis+Sculpture+park&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=2

It is an absolutly amazing place!

In the same area as Griffis is Little Rock City. It is outside of Ellicottville a ski resort town. It is a place on top of a hill in the middle of a forest where glaciers deposited gigantic boulders the size of houses! http://www.wnyhikes.com/photos/main.php?g2_page=2

Another sweet place would be Letchworth. It is called the Grand Canyon of the East! Many sweet trails and sights to be seen! There are also three waterfalls here! http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&gbv=2&q=Letchworth

Tell me what you think! If you would like more info on any of them please ask!

chadams
Re: Niagara Falls
Board: State: New York
Reply to: #104187 by Science rocks!
Jul 2, 2007 7:54am
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We're heading up there in about two weeks. Doing the normal tourist stuff and planning on boxing, too.

There's an unusual box on the American side...I think it's on LBNA site...Love Canal. You have to do some research about the area and the "situation" that occured there in order to know where to find the box.
http://letterboxing.org/BoxView.asp?boxnum=10732&boxname=Love_Canal_-_Toxin_#4

I'm trying to talk my mom into going to get that one with me (she's leery). Hubby thinks I'm nuts...but I really want to try to get it. I'm not taking my girls there -- although I'm sure it's safe enough to nab the box and get out. Even if no one goes with, I think I'm going to attempt it. My curiosity has gotten the better of me, I'm afraid.

Mercs
Re: Niagara Falls
Board: State: New York
Reply to: #105372 by Sprite and Highlander
Jul 2, 2007 10:26am
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thanks for all the info! gonna have to see how much I can squeeze in and still have time for romance!!
; )
Re: Niagara Falls
Board: State: New York
Reply to: #105354 by Naturegirl
Jul 2, 2007 10:49am
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Ha -- we'll be heading up that weekend, too (the 20th). Mini-family vacation for us.
Happy pre-Anniversary.

Mercs
Re: Niagara Falls
Board: State: New York
Reply to: #105354 by Naturegirl
Jul 2, 2007 10:49am
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Ha -- we'll be heading up that weekend, too (the 20th). Mini-family vacation for us.
Happy pre-Anniversary.

Mercs
Re: Niagara Falls
Board: State: New York
Reply to: #105512 by Pasta Mom
Jul 2, 2007 10:51am
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Quote I'm trying to talk my mom into going to get that one with me (she's leery). Hubby thinks I'm nuts...but I really want to try to get it. I'm not taking my girls there -- although I'm sure it's safe enough to nab the box and get out. Even if no one goes with, I think I'm going to attempt it. My curiosity has gotten the better of me, I'm afraid.


We've done it and it's perfectly safe. I mean, don't start drinking the creek water and eating the dirt or anything, but other than that, you're good! :-)

It really DOES make you think, though...how awful human beings can be to one another when they don't care! :-(
Re: Niagara Falls
Board: State: New York
Reply to: #105595 by Sprite and Highlander
Jul 2, 2007 10:52am
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Thanks for the tips....I'll add that to my list before I set out boxing:
1) don't drink the creek water;
2) don't eat the dirt

Good advice, really! :)

Mercs
Re: Niagara Falls
Board: State: New York
Reply to: #105597 by Pasta Mom
Jul 3, 2007 11:44am
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Love canal letterbox is safe...Don't be freeked out by where it is. It is the most tested area in all of the united states...I just would wash your hands afterward, just in case..

The Phoenix