Going through my phone I found this video from the day we went to the event at Greenhouse Park and you girls got to try all kinds of fun things. That was an amazing day!
So the big stop of Day 2 was Kinzua Skywalk . The building pays homage to the viaduct. A good view of the Skywalk: It was covered in snow! Finally getting to the end: And then I cleared off the snow -- or at least enough of it to get a really cool view. (NOT Rayellen's favorite place to visit. It's okay -- there'll be someplace fun for her!) Standing on the glass. How cool! (Don't worry, Raya! There's comfy benches for you while the non-acrophobics go out and taunt gravity) Close your eyes, Raya -- Granny is about to peek over the edge! Check out the debris field. That tornado did a number on the bridge. And straight down into the debris field: Turning around to go back, let's get a better look at that glass floor: Selfie at the top: Peering down between the railroad ties: I even walked on the ties for a while, but decided not to overdo it lest I slip in the snow and hurt myself. Looking down between the ties: Look at how cool the snow looks on the wood g...
The second adventure of my first day was more intriguing. I wanted to check out the Little Toby Swinging Bridge and, supposedly, a ghost town. It was hard to figure out where to go. After a bit of struggling to find a landmark I could put in my GPS I settled on Frank Varischetti Field in Grampian, Pa. This is where it took me: In other words, with no idea where I was going. There seemed to be a road heading in the right direction, but there was this: That couldn't be right? Could it? I took a wild guess about what might be the right direction and headed back the way I came. But within a block I spotted a pedestrian who gave me directions. Here's what happened when I followed his instructions: There was a road that said it went to the boat ramp -- which was where parking should be -- but it went uphill away from the creek. I took the road that went to the creek and found a dead end by a cabin. I went to the cabin, which turned out to be a hunting cabin and reminded me o...
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