Heiberg Forest in Tully. FANTASTIC hiking. It’s a bit past the Fall peak in terms of leaf color, but still gorgeous. Unmarked trails but we didn’t get too lost. We did get a bit muddy though. 
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And there were…
…FOSSILS! I love rocks anyway (nerd, I know) but rocks with fossils totally flip me out. This was the only one I saw. From the little I know about New York geology, you can’t find dinosaur bones in our state. I’m not sure why, but our fossils are from much earlier times than T-Rex and the Stegosaurus- maybe they never migrated up our way? Dunno. Anyway, During Cambrian and Devonian time periods, New York state was covered by a shallow sea*, so we have mainly fossils representing trilobites, clams, etc. You can see a bunch in the rock above.
Anyway, can’t wait to go back soon.
*Kansas was covered by a shallow sea too but they had mosasaurs, plesiosaurs, and other cool sea monsters. What gives? How come we only have clams??? Humpf.
