Upstate New York

The weekend after we visited New York City, we wanted to go to upstate New York! We timed the fall colors PERFECTLY! I was in awe the entire time. I probably said, "Wow Dallan! This is so pretty!" over 100 times. It was unreal and DID NOT disappoint! 

Our first stop was Palmyra, NY. Our church has a TON of history here so it has been on our bucket list for a long time. The spirit we felt was so amazing. It is my top 3 most spiritual experiences I've ever had. I still get chills thinking about it. 

Driving to the first church history site we came across this! I'm serious, the colors were SO vibrant and pretty! 

The Smith's House

Walking around the Smith's Farm

We took some time to get pictures of us two. It was on my "to do" list, especially with fall colors like these!

The Sacred Grove.... UNREAL! 

Smith Farm

Downtown Palmyra was so cute! There are 4 huge churches on each corner of some cross streets. It was insane. It was so cool seeing where The Book of Mormon was published too! It was such a long, tedious process.

After Palmyra, we drove to Niagara Falls to stay the night. We woke up bright and early to get tickets for the boat. When we got to the ticket booth a HUGE tour group of Asians were in line. One of the workers was hilarious and told us to wait an hour to get tickets because "they'll get on the boat then back on the plane to China!" HAHA that comment took us by surprise but we took his advice and waited. I'm so glad we did too because our boat wasn't nearly as crowded as the first couple boats! 

Horseshoe Falls. The whole middle you couldn't see because of the mist but it was so fun! We got soaked! Thank goodness for those ponchos they give you!

On the drive back to Virginia, I probably pulled over 10 times to take pictures of the colors! Gosh! it was so pretty.