Sept 18 & 19, 2012
Watkins Glenn State Park
Watkins Glenn, New York
It's a good thing we had time to spend two days here since it rained so hard and so long yesterday, today turned out to be mostly sunny and a beautiful day. Really needed an extra day or two here as there are several other hikes I would have liked to go on.
Today, after a hearty breakfast of coffee, egg sandwich and V-8 juice I was ready to concur The Gorge, uphill. I have over 100 pictures, don't worry I'm not going to give you all of them.
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Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Different Place and more Falls
Sept 18 & 19, 2012
Watkins Glenn State Park
Watkins Glenn, NY
Finger Lakes Region
It rained and rained today, had to slow down several times because of not being able to see the road. We managed to stay off the toll roads again, and saw beautiful farm lands, not only beans and corn, but now we are into vineyards. The closer you get to the our destination, the south end of Seneca Lake the more wineries, almost every quarter of a mile another tasting room. We have quite a bit of wine right now because of the last two wineries that we stayed at, plus we still have a few bottles of two-buck-chuck. Which is good wine if you drink wine every day. Can't afford to drink the winery wines every day, save them for special occasions, probably once a week. It's funny, when I was working I very seldom drank anything during the week, wanted to be sure I had a clear head for working.
After the rain finally let up we drove around a little. There is a deep gorge here with several hiking trails up the gorge. We went to check it out and got a few pictures
There are 19 water falls in about two miles, tomorrow will be dryer and mostly sunny so I will go hiking up this gorge. This is all state park, both sides of the gorge.
Thanks for stopping by, have a blessed day.
Nancy
Watkins Glenn State Park
Watkins Glenn, NY
Finger Lakes Region
It rained and rained today, had to slow down several times because of not being able to see the road. We managed to stay off the toll roads again, and saw beautiful farm lands, not only beans and corn, but now we are into vineyards. The closer you get to the our destination, the south end of Seneca Lake the more wineries, almost every quarter of a mile another tasting room. We have quite a bit of wine right now because of the last two wineries that we stayed at, plus we still have a few bottles of two-buck-chuck. Which is good wine if you drink wine every day. Can't afford to drink the winery wines every day, save them for special occasions, probably once a week. It's funny, when I was working I very seldom drank anything during the week, wanted to be sure I had a clear head for working.
Going into Rochester, NY
The little town of Watkins Glenn, NY
After the rain finally let up we drove around a little. There is a deep gorge here with several hiking trails up the gorge. We went to check it out and got a few pictures
close up of branch from above tree
Water is just pounding down through the gorge,
the water is lower because of very little rain, until today.
There are 19 water falls in about two miles, tomorrow will be dryer and mostly sunny so I will go hiking up this gorge. This is all state park, both sides of the gorge.
Thanks for stopping by, have a blessed day.
Nancy
A Day at the Falls
Sept 15 & 16, 2012
Four Mile Creek State Park
Niagara Falls, NY
There are so many touristy commercial things to see here I couldn't believe it, and sooo many people, this is the end of September, summer is over. Luckily we went 15 miles east of the falls to the state park right on the edge of Lake Ontario, nice and quiet and great for bike riding.
Niagara Falls were just stunning, I was here on a family vacation way back in 1964, the year of the New York's World Fair. I guess that's kind of dating myself to some people and maybe not to others.
Just a few pictures, I'm sure you have all seen pictures similar to these. Oh yea, we also went on the famous Maid of the Mist. We heard someone discussing that the Maid of the Mist will be closing in two years. I hope not, I thinks it's been running since the mid or late 1800's. Don't really know if that's true or not.
I was just a speck out there so I had to enlarge it. I'm on the first of the Three Sister's Islands I had already cropped the picture. This water in front of me is going straight over the falls about 1/4 mile away. It will reach a speed of 35 mph.
Thanks for stopping by, have a blessed day and be safe out there
Leaving for Watkins Glen State Park in the Finger Lakes Region in the morning.
Nancy
Four Mile Creek State Park
Niagara Falls, NY
There are so many touristy commercial things to see here I couldn't believe it, and sooo many people, this is the end of September, summer is over. Luckily we went 15 miles east of the falls to the state park right on the edge of Lake Ontario, nice and quiet and great for bike riding.
View from our trailer, Lake Ontario
Niagara Falls were just stunning, I was here on a family vacation way back in 1964, the year of the New York's World Fair. I guess that's kind of dating myself to some people and maybe not to others.
Just a few pictures, I'm sure you have all seen pictures similar to these. Oh yea, we also went on the famous Maid of the Mist. We heard someone discussing that the Maid of the Mist will be closing in two years. I hope not, I thinks it's been running since the mid or late 1800's. Don't really know if that's true or not.
I was just a speck out there so I had to enlarge it. I'm on the first of the Three Sister's Islands I had already cropped the picture. This water in front of me is going straight over the falls about 1/4 mile away. It will reach a speed of 35 mph.
Thanks for stopping by, have a blessed day and be safe out there
Leaving for Watkins Glen State Park in the Finger Lakes Region in the morning.
Nancy
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