2014-10-11 - Lucytown, NY & Niagara Falls
Oct. 11: 5K race for Karen; Lucytown, where Michael and Karen got in the Guiness Book of World Records
Oct. 12: Michael's half marathon, Desilu Studios, Long Point State Park on Lake Chautauqua
Oct. 13: Niagara Falls (Canadian and American); a rainy day called for a stop at a botanical garden and butterfly conservatory
Oct. 12: Michael's half marathon, Desilu Studios, Long Point State Park on Lake Chautauqua
Oct. 13: Niagara Falls (Canadian and American); a rainy day called for a stop at a botanical garden and butterfly conservatory
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Spent Oct 10th driving to upstate New York
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Lucytown's 5K race
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Karen heading to the finish line. The race had its ups and downs.
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Karen finishing with friend
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sprinting to the finish line - 5K under an hour!
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thumbs up!
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tomorrow it's Michael's turn
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BTDTGTTS
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getting ready to break the Guiness World Book of Records for largest grape-stomping event
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product placement is crucial
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group is gathering
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waiting for results
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We did it! We got in the Guinness Book of World Records!
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New world record! Jamestown, NY, Sat. 10/11/14 - Final count: 1,232 participants from 31 states stomped 60 tons of grapes - previous record: 977 set in Spain in 2010.
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60 tons of stomped grapes destined for a compost pile with help from a front-end loader
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Lakeview Cemetery, where the Ball family is buried
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Lucille Ball
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memorial park - Lucille Ball with Karen and Michael - the town thinks the statue is hideous and wants to give it a makeover - link to story in description
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tomorrow is Michael's race
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pre-race stretching
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all signed up and ready to go
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the starter
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waiting for runners to return
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Michael is 19th overall, 3rd in his age group, in 1:32:52 - That's a hair over 13 miles in about an hour and a half!
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leaving Lucytown
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Desilu Studios - Karen and Michael make a Vitameatavegamin commercial
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Long Point State Park
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the lake produces a Bonaparte's Gull lifer
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in Canada now
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view of American Falls from Canadian side - weather dreadful - drabness broken by occasional spot of color in the form of slicker or umbrella
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We saw a bit of the Horseshoe Falls but didn't take pictures. We did take some later from the American side when it wasn't raining!
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Michael's Inn
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later clearing shows more of the Fall colors
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Whirpool State Park at Niagara Falls
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the whirlpool - the cables are for the Aero car that criss-crosses from the Canadian to American side
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the basin at whirlpool's end
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Canadian flag
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must have picture of Canada (not Canadian) Geese
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The Butterfly Conservatory at the new Botanical Garden - all but 2 pictures by Karen and Michael
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a lush, tropical environment for thousands of butterflies (do I see Sansevieria cylindrica?! Why, yes, yes I do!)
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butterflies on phones, upside down on screens, on hands, on walls, on clothes - EVERYWHERE!
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two butterflies made a special impression, the first is The Malachite
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the other was the Blue Morpho
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2000 butterflies of 45 species are kept at the Conservatory - this is where they're hatched
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the chrysalis is attached to an overhead wire - there are many shelves like this
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after the butterfly ecloses (hatches), it waits for its wings to fill out
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when it's ready, it makes its way to the holes in the wall that lead to the conservatory
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It's time to leave and head back to the States
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The three Niagara Falls
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Niagara Falls State Park map
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The Maid of the Mist still making the rounds. View from mainland, New York State, below the Rainbow Bridge.
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Below the Rainbow Bridge - American Falls on left and in the distance the Canadian Horseshoe Falls.
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Observation walk and tower built so Americans can get a better look at their own Falls
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At the top, Goat Island viewers; in the middle the people on Luna Island; foreground is American Falls; the mist in the background is from the Horseshoe Falls
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walking Hell's Half Acre along the American Falls
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Hell's Half Acre
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Still Hell's Half Acre - Green Island on right
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on Green Island looking at First Street Bridge
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Bird Island - Mallards on the water in the distance
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American Falls
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American Falls from Luna Island - Rainbow Bridge in distance
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to the left of the Luna Island platform, the view from the edge of Bridal Veil Falls
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the Cave of the Winds boardwalk under the Bridal Veil Falls
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people on Luna Island looking at Bridal Veil Falls
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American Falls from Goat Island
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American Falls from Goat Island with Luna Island on the right
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A view of the Rainbow Bridge - Canada at left and America on the right
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a walk to Terrapin Point to see the Horseshoe Falls
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the Horseshoe Falls from the American side with the Maid of the Mist in the water below
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yes, the wall of water in the background is the Canadian side of the Horseshoe Falls
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Horseshoe Falls
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Panorama - Horseshoe Falls on left, American Falls on right
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a peaceful end to an eventful trip - tomorrow we drive home
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a rest stop bathroom tiled with amber?!
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Hershey Kisses
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next stop - home
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we arrive home Oct. 14th with a new welcome mat
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home of a Lucy fan
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