This is Alpha, the first-born, when he was 2YO.
This is Beta, the second-born, when he was about 2YO.
This is Gamma, the third-born, when he was about 18MO.
Nelson Ledges
Mar
28
2017
We met some acquaintances at a state park: Nelson Ledges.
It’s a fun place for kids and a stressful place for parents. If you read my review of Letchworth State Park last year, this may sounds familiar to you.
Nelson Ledges is a scenic place, although on our day there were a number of rambunctious and/or reckless teenagers (or they could have been in their lower 20s, but I don’t have a good term for them that fits like “crazy teenagers” does).
Now for the pictoral tour through Nelson Ledges:
This was the start – just a walk along a forest path.
You can see how Nelson Ledges got its name – the rocks form ledges.
There are plenty of crevices and nooks and crannies and gorges and chasms and stuff. The waterfall started where we were – the hike went down to the bottom and then back up.
This is at the bottom. A lot of rocks with some water.
Then back up to what would seem like a normal forest path.
Except that sometimes you could choose a shallow path between rock ledges.
And sometimes you could choose a deeper path.
And if you weren’t watching your footsteps carefully, you could accidentally choose the deep path.
That was the stressful part of this trip. If you have a young child who doesn’t pay attention to his surroundings, or is easily distracted and walks in one direction while looking in another, he could end up falling down a 50-foot drop. That’s the difference between here and Letchworth. At Letchworth the drops were more like 200 feet.
But nobody had any troubles like that.
Near the end of our hike the boys found a large rock they could climb.
And here is another shot of the scenery we walked through.
Not a huge park, but interesting enough for an afternoon with the kids.
The high mountains are for the wild goats; The cliffs are a refuge for the shephanim.
Psalm 104:18
This little article thingy was written by Some Guy sometime around 6:46 am and has been carefully placed in the Travel category.
