We reached the south end of Seneca Lake (35 miles long) about noon today and immediately headed for Watkins Glenn State Park (after a lunch of scallop chowder at the restaurant right by the boat). What an amazing place. It would seem that after the waterfalls we've seen recently there wouldn't be much different in another one. How wrong! The falls at Taughannock were basically one waterfall that was in a huge, very wide gorge - the trail was fairly level and after 3/4 of a mile - there it was. We were at the bottom of the gorge and the waterfall fell the 200+ some feet to where we were.
Here there were 11 waterfalls in a very narrow gorge that we were able to walk along for 1 1/2 miles (Steve did the 1 1/2 miles - I stuck to my 3/4) with over 800 steps as you walked from the bottom of the gorge to the top. It was really amazing. I guess with all of the glacier activity around this region, waterfalls are the natural result. I'm learning more about rocks/geology than I ever did in school!
These are just a few pictures of the gorge and waterfalls. Of course it's nothing like the real thing. We also found out there is a heritage race car race this weekend. Apparently the main streets of town close down and the old style race is reenacted. Maybe we'll han
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