We lucked out with great weather on Veteran's Day weekend for a zoo trip to Buffalo with Auntie Alexis and her girls. We had a somewhat frightening encounter with this lion mama, who lunged and roared at the kids, and had a lot of fun watching the armadillo in constant motion on display. Back at Auntie Alexis' we had a great meal outside with a bonfire.

We tried out the Onondaga Lake trail on our bikes on another beautiful fall day. It's a spectacular ride above the lake and through the amphitheater.

Camillus Natural Area hike. It's a great mix of vistas, fields, woods, and rusted out broken metal things to find and investigate. With halloween candy as trail mix.