On the 28th April 2024 we flew into Newark Cathy & Clay picked us up from the airport and we drove into Delaware to C&C's home. Whilst here we visited Bombay Hook NWR for some local birding. We then made the drive through Pennsylvania into New York State, visiting Horseshoe Falls and American Falls, we then drove across the border into Ontario, Canada to the town of Niagara and visited the Falls from the Canadian side, whilst there we took the Hornblower boat into the Falls, did the "Walk Behind the Falls" and also the Falls Power Station walk. From there we travelled to Leamington, Ontario past Lake Ontario to Point Pelee NP on the edge of Lake Erie. Our adventure continued back into the USA via the Detroit, Michigan border and on into Toledo, Ohio where we spent six days at the Black Swamp Bird Observatory and the Black Swamp Birdfair. The next part of our trip took us through Maryland past Baltimore and back into Delaware, visiting Prime Hook NWR and the Dupont Nature Centre and also Henlopen State Park. We drove through West Virginia into Virginia to Shenandoah NP and the iconic Blue Ridge Mountains where we spent a few days at Big Meadows exploring Skyline Drive and the surrounding area, making sure we had a short walk on the Appalachian Trail.
On our return to Delaware we spent a night in New Jersey birding at Cape May and surrounding area. The last leg of this wonderful adventure was to board the Amtrak train from Delware to Penn Station New York City. We spent several days here exploring the City, visiting the Statue of Liberty, Central Park, New York Natural History Museum, Times Square on an open top bus, Ground Zero Memorial and all the other iconic places New York has to offer. Our flight home was from Newark on 29th May, arriving home in the early hours of 30th May. A fabulous unforgettable adventure and experience.