Discoveries

We left Cleveland and headed to an RV park south of Buffalo New York on Tuesday September 19.  The rv park was on beautiful Chautauqua Lake.  We decided to explore the Panama Rocks as it looked like an interesting nature walk that we could get through in just a couple of hours. The rock formations were amazing.  They were formed over 300 million years ago when most of North America was an inland sea.   They were reshaped in the last Ice Age 10,000 years ago.

The owner of Panama Rocks encouraged us to check out the Chautauqua Institution.  And we were glad we did! It's one of those unique places in America that we were hoping to discover on our journey.  The Institution was started in the late 1800's as a summer academic program.  This is the square where the educational programs still take place.

Subsequently, a resort town grew around the Institution!  The streets are very narrow and cars are not allowed in the village during the busy summer season.  The houses and hotels are from the early 1900's and are just stunning.

Who knew that this quiet little area of New York, that we randomly chose, would have such cool places to explore?