We love hiking the gorges of Watkins Glen State Park, as they never cease to amaze and awe us. Nevertheless, on our most recent trip, Mathew wanted to show us an area in the northern part of the park that he explored while at Hidden Valley 4H Camp this summer. He took us trekking up a beautiful stream, through small gorges and waterfalls as we made our way onto another trail to the Punch Bowl.  It was thrilling for him to show us and for us to be to shown a part of the park we have never seen.

Along the way, we saw a wonderful variety of mushrooms sprouting up. Generally, I am usually compelled to identify most things along a trail, but not mushrooms; I just sit back and enjoy their beauty. No questions asked.

Here are some of the wonderful mushrooms we saw along the way. They came in all shapes, sizes and colors.