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Hiking in the winter months adds a whole new exper Hiking in the winter months adds a whole new experience to some of our favorite trails โ„๏ธ

Check the last two posts for two of our favorite winter hikes (Birdsong Fairy Trail and Cumming Nature Center) or swipe for some pictures of other winter strolls we love!

Pic 2: Wesley Hill Nature Preserve, Naples
Pic 3: Lollypop Farm Walk, Fairport 
Pic 4: Tinker Park, Henrietta 
Pic 5: Genesee Valley Country Museum, Mumford (Nature Sunday)

We'll add details to some of these in our story highlights!

Where's your favorite spot to stroll in the Winter?
We can't talk about winter hikes without mentionin We can't talk about winter hikes without mentioning the @birdsongfairytrail at Mendon Ponds Park!

We love this trail in the winter because of the many outdoor activities to entertain (with or without snow) plus indoor options to warm up as needed! Here you can walk the Fairy Trail, play on the small natural playground and visit the @wildwingsinc Nature Center and Bird of Prey Facility. (If you want to spend the full day here, drive a bit further into the park for an epic sledding experience)

๐Ÿ“Wild Wings and the Fairy Trail is located at Mendon Ponds Park, 27 Pond Rd, Honeoye Falls, NY 14472โฃ
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๐Ÿšป Bathrooms are available in Nature Center Building when openโฃ
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๐Ÿ•œ The Fairy trail is open daily, dawn to dusk. Wild Wings Nature Center and Bird of Prey Facility has very limited hours. Check before heading out!โฃ
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๐Ÿ’ฒThe trail, Bird of Prey Facility and Nature Center is free to enter, however donations are encouraged when visiting Wild Wings!โฃ
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๐Ÿšซ Dogs are not allowed โฃon the trail or in the buildings
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๐Ÿฅพ The trail was very muddy on our recent visit. Wear boots!โฃ
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๐ŸฆBring Bird Seed (or purchase inside Wild Wings when open)! Feeding the birds can be hit or miss. We've had success with busy toddlers and failed attempts with complete silence. It seems best to go when there is snow and in the mornings. The birds tend to be most active just beyond the last fairy house on the trail (near the owl shed of the loop back to the parking lot) but we also had success by the first bench on the trail.
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Have you gotten the birds to eat from your hand here? What are your tips?
By Popular Demand: Winter Hikes โ„๏ธโฃ โฃ @cum By Popular Demand: Winter Hikes โ„๏ธโฃ
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@cummingnaturecenter is probably our #1 spot to go for a hike in the winter. Not only do they have skiing and snowshoe options but their newest edition, "The Gnome Roam" made for a magical experience!โฃ
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โ„๏ธ Though you can enjoy this hike in any weather, try to head over after a fresh snow fall. The drive up to the nature center and the trail itself was breathtaking on our visit this past weekend!
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๐ŸŒณ Upon arrival, head to the nature center building. Here you will check in, grab a map and you can ask for directions to the Gnome Roam (or other trail of choice!)โฃ
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๐ŸงญThe Gnome Roam trail is about a 3/4 of a mile loop. The terrain is flat and easy but due to the winter weather conditions, a stroller is not recommendedโฃ
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๐Ÿฅพ As for any trail at this time of year, bundle up! Depending on when you visit, there may be deep snow or muddy trails. Wear boots!โฃ

๐ŸŒผ As stated in the rule guide, search for treasures such as pinecones and acorns along the way. At the end of the trail, there is a spot to leave a gift for the gnomes!
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โฑ๏ธโฃ Typically, the Center is open Wednesday - Friday 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM and Saturday - Sunday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM. Be sure to check https://rmsc.org/ before heading our for special events and/or schedule changes. 
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๐Ÿ’ฒ Admission is free for RMSC members! it is $5 per person or $15/family for non members. Children under 3, educators, active military personal and veterans are free. 

There is much much more to explore here including a natural playground, nature play room, and more. Head to our homepage (link in bio) for more information.
Well, this is not the end cap we thought we would Well, this is not the end cap we thought we would be posting for this week's giveaway series....โฃ
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The winners for the previous two giveaways have been selected and notified. Unfortunately, a fake account has been created and is reaching out to our followers claiming you won. Please double check the account. Dms coming from "rochester.playbook.crew" or anything other than @rochester.playbook is a fake account. โฃWe will never require you to click a link or send us personal information to claim a prize!
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At this point, all we can do is report and spread the word so nobody gets scammed!โฃ
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๐— ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ, ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป. ๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฒ-๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ! ๐—œ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚'๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ! ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ผ!โฃ
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Thank you everyone for the messages and understanding! We've been getting a lot of dms and emails so if you could tag your friends and spread the word, that'd be very helpful! Stay safe out there and enjoy the holidays!
Last GIVEAWAY of the year ๐Ÿฅณโฃ
โŒ CLOSED โŒ
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We have teamed up with @magicalmess.roc to give one lucky winner an amazing gift revolved around play.โฃ
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One lucky winner will receive: โฃ
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โœจ 1 open play pass To Magical Messโฃ
โœจ Educational wooden toys โฃ
โœจ Toy truck โฃ
โœจ Snoopy musical plushโฃ
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To Enter:โฃ
๐ŸŽฉ Like this postโฃ
๐ŸŽฉ Tag a Friend (one entry per tagged comment)โฃ
๐ŸŽฉ Follow @magicalmess.roc & @rochester.playbook โฃ
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โœจBonus Entry:โœจโฃ
๐ŸŒŸShare this post to your storyโฃ (Be sure to tag us and send a screenshot if private)โฃ
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1 random winner will be selected Thursday, December 22 at 9:00 PM.โฃ

The winner will be notified by DM by this account! (@Rochester.playbook). We will not send out links or ask for personal information to claim. Please be aware of fake accounts!
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๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ. ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐Ÿท๐Ÿพ ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜บ. ๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜”๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜‘๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐Ÿท๐Ÿป, ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿน
โŒ Giveaway Closed! โŒ Congratulations @jordynn_ โŒ Giveaway Closed! โŒ
Congratulations @jordynn_gould ๐ŸŽ‰
THE WINNER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED! IF YOU RECEIVE A DM CLAIMING YOU WON, IT IS SPAM! PLEASE REPORT!

This year has been a whirlwind of play! And we want to say THANK YOU for making it the best one yet. This week we have two special giveaways to wrap up the year and celebrate #rocplay!โฃ
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First up, @roc.lights.victor.hills!โฃ
The Holiday Light Show at Victor Hills is over a mile of consistent light displays with a portion of each ticket sale goes toward C.U.R.E ๐Ÿ’™โฃ
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๐Ÿ—“๏ธTickets are available for:โฃ
Dec 20-24, 26 and 30โฃ
๐Ÿ’ฒTickets are $32 (includes processing fees) per vehicle and must be purchased online in advanced.โฃ
โ„๏ธDue to weather conditions, it is advised you visit before Christmas Eve. The trail is best for all-wheel drive and 4-wheel drive vehiclesโฃ
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And onto the Giveaway!...โฃ
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One Lucky winner will receive:โฃ
๐ŸŽ„1 Light Show Ticket (up to 7 passengers in the vehicle!) โฃ
๐ŸŽ„6 Smores Kits โฃ
๐ŸŽ„6 Hot Cocoa Bombsโฃ
๐ŸŽ„5 Light Up Ornamentsโฃ
(see the last photo for giveaway bag)โฃ
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To Enter:โฃ
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธLike this postโฃ
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธTag a Friend (one entry per tagged comment)โฃ
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธFollow @roc.lights.victor.hills & @rochester.playbook โฃ
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โœจBonus Entry:โœจโฃ
โ„๏ธShare this post to your storyโฃ (Be sure to tag us and send a screenshot if private)โฃ
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1 random winner will be selected TONIGHT, December 20 at 9:00 PM.โฃ
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๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ. ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐Ÿท๐Ÿพ ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜บ. ๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜•๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ, ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ค ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿท ๐Ÿท:๐Ÿน๐Ÿถ-๐Ÿผ:๐Ÿถ๐Ÿถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฎ
We recently posted on two free holiday events! Thi We recently posted on two free holiday events! This is the last week for them both! 

We want to know... Do you have any must-visit events during the holidays?
We have one last holiday event to share and it has We have one last holiday event to share and it has become a tradition for many!

Each December, @powersfarmmarket sets the scene of a magical winter wonderland complete with a live nativity and s'mores stations!

โญThe Nativity trail is a short walk through the woods with four stations where you will hear children read the story of the first Christmas. The trail ends with live animals in the stable

๐Ÿ’ฒThe nativity trail is FREE!

๐Ÿ”ฅ Purchase a s'more kit inside the market and bring to one of the fire pits outside for a special treat!

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ The last night for the Nativity Trail and festivities is Christmas Eve!  Open Monday-Wednesay until 8:00 pm and Thursday - Saturday until 9:00 pm

๐Ÿ“161 Marsh Rd, Pittsford, NY 14534
Here's everything you need to know about @rocholid Here's everything you need to know about @rocholidayvillage 

Roc Holiday Village is a festival held every December where you can shop from local vendors, ice skate, visit with Santa, craft, and more!

๐Ÿ“Located at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Park (353 Court St. Rochester)

โ›ธ You can ice skate for FREE thanks to the generous sponsorship of @wegmans! Bring your own skates if you have them, if not, they have a limited number available to rent at no cost! 
Free Skating Hours are 
Wednesday-Friday, 4pm โ€“ 10pm
Saturday 10am โ€“ 10pm
Sunday 10am โ€“ 7pm
(Free Ice Skating has been extended through January 2nd!)

๐ŸŽThe Shopping Village is the perfect place to finish up your Christmas shopping! You'll find 20+ local vendors offering everything from homemade dog treats to hand knit scarves and socks! (We have some Playbook Books there too!)

๐ŸŽ…A visit to the Village isn't complete without stopping to visit Santa! Here you can grab a photo with Santa and receive a free 4x6 copy! Make sure to grab a free cookie from Mrs. Claus' Bakeshop right after!

๐Ÿ–ŒThe "Gingerbread House" Craft Tent is a heated tent with plenty of tables where the kids can sit and choose a variety of different craft projects! 
Crafting Hours vary by day. Check the Calendar on the Roc Holiday Village Website for specifics on upcoming crafts. 

๐Ÿ”You can visit the Triple-O Lodge for drinks and free arcade games. At Frosty's Food Court you'll find a rotation of local food trucks offering a wide variety of cuisine! 

๐Ÿ…ฟ๏ธ There is not a specific lot for parking, however there is street parking and parking garages near by. If looking for a quick and easy option- Parking at the Museum of Play's Parking Garage is permitted and $10. If you rather save the $10, street parking is free on weekends and after 6pm on weekdays. Street parking may be hard to come by but if you make a couple loops, you may find a spot!

๐Ÿ’ฒThis event is free to attend! Just be prepared for food and gift purchases if desired!

๐Ÿ—“ This is the last week of the festival! If its on your winter bucket list, be sure to visit Dec 18, 21, 22, or 23!

Head to https://rocholidayvillage.com for the full details, schedules and upcoming events!
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