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This lovely Saturday we found two different festivals to check out in Buffalo! We think Buffalo goes all out with festivals and free concerts all summer because they are all so happy they survived another winter. After checking out the neighborhood we got dinner at the Italian Festival (including arancini and cannoli) and headed home.

You might think we're gluttons for punishment by now, but we really enjoy these long bike rides to Niagara Falls and back. So, yes, we went again because it was a nice day. It was a great day for another 50 mile bike ride, and we thoroughly enjoyed it! No doubt we'll do it again.

We enjoyed cycling to Niagara Falls so much we decided to do it again! This time we decided to take the more direct route (by 4 miles) via Grand Island. This meant going over those big blue bridges we saw on our way to Niagara Falls the first time. After grabbing a bite to eat, we enjoyed the ride home in cooler temperatures. We decided to take the longer route back and avoid the Grand Island Bridges at night. Now, here is a video showing our route...

There are loads of fun, free things to do in Buffalo during the summers, and the Thursday & Main concert series is just one example. We biked there after work and met the neighbor (our new friend) and his girlfriend to enjoy the concert.

In the evening we decided to ride our bikes over to nearby Unity Island to check it out more and maybe see the sunset. Unity Island sits in the Niagara River, separated from Buffalo by the Black Rock Canal.

In the evening we went with our friend, Siobhan, to Food Truck Tuesday at Larkin Square in the Larkinville area of Buffalo.

It was a beautiful day, so we decided to go for a bike ride and head towards downtown to explore it better.

We are walkers, so several mile walks for us are quite common. It's a great way to get to know a new place, which we find exciting and fun.

On this (abnormally chilly) Sunday Funday our friend Siobhan showed us all around the cool places in Buffalo, and we had a fantastic time!

This was the start of a trip our friends, Mark and Annette, had planned to celebrate their wedding anniversary, and we were happy to be along for the ride. We had driven all day the previous day to reach Evangola State Park in Upstate New York, so this morning we started off with a hike to explore the park.

After having caught up on work we decided to do an epic bicycle ride all the way from Buffalo to Niagara Falls and back. (Cara had been to Niagara Falls back in 8th grade, but Eric had never been before.) We took a nice network of trails that are all part of the 518-mile long Great Lakes Seaway Trail that follows along the St. Lawrence Seaway. The journey is described in more detail below, but the following Relive video gives a great summary of our nearly 53-mile ride: We stopped at a nice taqueria for dinner on the way home, so we did not make it home before dark. We sure made the most of the day, though, and had a fantastic time doing it!

Before our friends headed back to Indiana, we hung out and poked around in the area with them. We found a few yard sales, then walked around the town of Seneca Falls.