On Tue, 09 Jul 2002 22:45:54 -0400, Amita Guha wrote: >We're probably going to honeymoon in the Finger Lakes in mid-late >October, and we're trying to figure out which lake to stay on. I'm >leaning towards Keuka since that's centrally located. We've already >been to Watkins Glen twice. Are there any sights that we shouldn't >miss while we're up there? > >Thanks, >Amita >- >This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, >go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to >visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > Well, since you have been to Watkins Glen twice, I won't suggest it unless you haven't visited the glen itself. Get a ride to the top and walk down, and last I knew they were doing a laser show on the walls of the glen in the evening. Go east to Ithaca and visit Buttermilk Falls State Park. Taughannock Falls on the way to Trumansburg are pretty, there is an impressive drop but not a lot of flow unless it has been raining. Montour Falls is a pretty site. Between Montour Falls and Watkins Glen there are some streams along the cliff that are quite impressive when there has been rain or spring runoff. The foliage can be pretty too, depending on when you are to be there. Around Columbus Day seemed to be the peak if I remember correctly. There are some museums in the area, at Cornell in Ithaca and others. I've been out of that area too long to recommend too much more. Oh, yeah, a must see is the glass museum in Corning. If I remember correctly, there is a museum of western (cowboy and indian) art in Corning too, a lot of Remington work. If it is still there, Walter Taylor had a wine making museum in Hammondsport, and had a lot of his art on display too, behind the Bully Hill Winery. Some of the wineries used to put on a pretty good tour too. You might even catch them crushing grapes, although you may be about a month too late, depending on the grape harvest.
If you have never been there, the Seneca Lodge in Watkins Glen is an interesting place. Go for dinner and check out the bar. There have been archery championships contested there for years, and the winners have put an arrow into the ceiling. Racing memoribilia too, as it used to be the center of activity for the racing crowd at the race track. John Mullan - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
