Spring 2008 - Hikes
The weather is being unseasonably nice here in Ithaca.
Kristina and I went to a book sale in Trumansburg
(actually, at the
Ulysses Philomathic Library),
and then we went to Taughannock Park. The rim trail was open, so we
took that. Here's a view of the upper falls, with snow still in the
gorge:
Here's a view of the main falls from above:
We walked down to the shore of Cayuga Lake. It was very clear and blue
that day:
Here's where we walked:
The following week Kristina and I went to Dryden and walked the
Spanish and Irvin Loop Trails, which are spurs off of the Finger
lakes trail.
One of the spurs took you to a narrow valley that had a small
waterfall:
The end of the one trail was labeled "Natural Bridge" on the map,
which sounded exciting. When we got there it turned out that the
natural bridge was where the small creek went under a tree, and
the tree had died long ago so now it is just a stump:
Here's where we walked. The GPS had trouble getting signal
in the narrow valley:
The weather was lovely but a bit windy, but we had a picnic lunch at
Dryden Lake anyway:
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