After attending a family wedding in Cincinnati, my wife and I set off for Nova Scotia today, heading northeastward through Ohio, crossing the northwest tip of Pennsylvania and then driving eastward through New York. There we will visit the Adirondacks and the Thousand Islands region of the St. Lawrence River and then cross northern New England.
In eastern Maine, we plan to wind up the Atlantic Coast before entering Canada. Much of our road trip will involve a journey through southern New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Cape Breton Island and Prince Edward Island, all new territory for me.
Our first stop was at Letchworth State Park, in western New York, which harbors "The Grand Canyon of the East." To be more specific, this scenic gorge (see photo) was sculpted by the Genesee River as it flows NNE from northwestern Pennsylvania to Lake Ontario at Rochester. The walls of the gorge are composed of Carboniferous and Devonian strata of the Appalachian Plateau. Three scenic waterfalls along the Genesee also grace the Park. More details on our road trip over the next two weeks.
Addendum: Hurricane Lee may alter our plans; stay tuned.
