Places we Visit in Western New York for Holidays

We stopped at the New York State Welcome Center at the Grand Island  on the way from Scranton, PA  to Buffalo. To get to this WNY Welcome Center, you have to use the Whitehaven Road exit on the 190. What awaits you is a HUGE " I Love NY" sign and a building that is part museum and part snack bar. Inside there is a lot of NY history on the walls plus a huge sitting area and many table to eat at. There is a Taste of NY snack shop with all kinds of "goodies" from Western NY for sale.  Food is a little pricey but not unexpected. There is a huge amount of parking both for cars and  trucks plus a number of electric charging stations.

We have been gone for nearly seven years but I guess we still ❤ NY!

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The Browns Berry Patch | Part 2

🍎🍏  Apple Season

This is our 3rd annual visit to Browns Berry Patch. Brown's Berry Patch farm is located near the shores of Lake Ontario along the Seaway Trail, in beautiful Waterport, NY. There were so many people that time it was unbelievable. They even had people directing the traffic in the parking lots. This year we picked Golden Delicious and Red Delicious Apples. Although it was a little bit chilly, we had a great time. While we were on the farm we got a chance to eat as much as apple, cherries and sugar plum as we want. There is no shortage of fruits farm to pick from.

Inside the store, on  the side has an ice cream shop, the other were giving out samples of apples and hot cider, and in the back was a bakery. Outside there were some activities for the whole family. There was a corn maze, food stands, an entertaining show, and hay rides. The one thing I had to do though was to feed the goats and llama and I really enjoy it :). Brown's is a great place to spend an afternoon, an evening, or an entire day enjoying the best that Western New York has to offer.

Green Apples

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Snowy Buffalo New York

When I was a kid, I always dream of White Christmas. I just love receiving music card with a picture of a house covered with Snow. During those days I feel jealous when I see children in Christmas movies or cartoons. They making snowballs or snow man and play skiing/sledding. I always wish I can experience it too. But living in a tropical country like Phillipines is not Mr. Snow Man favorite place to hang out with (he he) . Many years had passed I never have think of one day I will experience it finally and see it on my two eyes. The first time I see snow flakes falling from the sky it has this sense of happiness in my heart I've waited many years for this moment to come. All I can remember is , I'm standing in our living room window for hours and say nothing at all. Then finally my husband hand me a cup of hot cocoa and wrap me with blanket. Then he said, "hon maybe you want to cuddle with me in our fireplace, the winter season takes 4-6 months so you have plenty of time to enjoy it.

The next day,  I voluntarily shovel our drive way as the snow won't stop since last night. So I did , but before my husband left to work , he said, "Hon, don't stay outside too long your body is not used to it, and oh by the way honey Don't taste the yellow snow" ( then he laugh) . I didn't get it at first now I know ha ha! never ever taste the yellow one HAHAHA!

Here are the photos that I took during winter time in Buffalo New York, this is our last winter in Buffalo. Do I miss it? Yeah probably for 2 days but for 4- 6 months not at all. Its too cold and too much shoveling. Happy Holidays everyone!

Cabin at Ellicotville famous in Skiing

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Visit Botanical Gardens Buffalo

The Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens opened in 1900 in the 150-acre South Park Buffalo, New York. A little oasis in the city, Buffalo Botanical Gardens is definitely a place to visit during the spring as all the flowers are blooming.  Beautifully landscaped and maintained, these grounds certainly make me miss living outside of New York and realizing the beauty that nature has to offer. These gardens feature exotic flowers and plants from around the world. Tri-domed glass conservatory building features 13 greenhouses; and the Victorian-style gardens of plants. It's hard for them to get too specialized, but they have a nice assortment of most types of plants you'd want to see.  My favorites are the cacti and succulents and carnivorous plants.

 

Feeling overwhelmed from the city and need a break for a few hours? Go to the Buffalo Botanical Gardens. Explore these beautiful gardens on a nice spring day, when it's not too hot and not too cold and all the flowers are in full bloom.  I really don't think I've ever seen spring beauty like I saw it there.  I have some amazing pictures and a new found appreciation for the season.

Tri-domed glass conservatory building

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Visit The Buffalo Zoo

My husband brings me to Buffalo Zoo on my first year in upstate New York. The Buffalo Zoo is the 3rd oldest zoo in America. Located right in the city alongside lovely and active Delaware Park.  Some parts of it definitely look that way. But they truly are making strides to update the zoo and make it comfortable and inviting for visitors and refocus its mission to protect endangered species.  The architecture is cool, however there are wide pits and ditches separating visitors from some of the animals, like the bears and tigers, making it tough to get a really good look at the animal (particularly in the case of the lion and tigers), but does bring to mind one important aspect-safety for the visitors. Other exhibits are much more modern like the stunning. 

The Rainforest which features a waterfall, bridges, a tiny vampire bat cave, poison dart frogs, an anteater, turtles galore, beautiful bright pink and red birds(that fly freely). The exhibit looks gorgeous and is sure to pleased you. The gorilla house seems  kinda small, but the baby gorilla brightens the place up. And oh the giant Brazilian cockroaches freak me out! Each season is a good season to go to the zoo, so make a day of it and spend the whole day at this zoo. If you are from the Buffalo area and have not been to the zoo, I encourage you to give it a try, because it only takes about 2 hours to go through the entire zoo. Extremely reasonable price, cute rides for the kids, and a GREAT rainforest exhibit that you shouldn’t miss!

Petting Giraffe

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Adventure Speedway

Adventure Speedway (Wheatfield,NY) is awesome. This place reminds me of the old days when i was a kid. Not that I'm old myself but hey, it just gives me that warm feeling inside when you just explore and jump around being all goofy and this place is really a great experience to just hang out for once and not think about all of the superficial things that people talk about instead you just play and have fun with friends or your significant other. I love to ride the Go karts and this summer the bumper boats have been great for cooling off (each boat has a squirt gun!) - you can do both  - fun fun fun under the Sun!

Bumper Boat

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