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Finger Lakes, NY (July 3-6, 2008)

Finger Lakes, NY (July 3-6, 2008)

Finger Lakes over the 4th of July weekend. Lake Seneca. Includes Corning Glass Museum, Mark Twain's gravesite, his study (at Elmira College), Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, Newtown Battlefield State Park, and Watkins Glen State Park.

Normal traveling conditions. Lots of asphalt, white lines, and concrete barriers.
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The usual traffic snarls. Some caused by accidents.
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And, then there was the weather . . .
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Fog fairies.
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The rain has just stopped when we arrive at the museum.
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This greets us at the main entrance.
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This furnace is only for reheating glass.
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apprentice
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master
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periodic table
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ceramic thingies
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Weinberg sculpture
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Glass jar from Woodbury, NJ.
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Jar from Millville, NJ
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chandelier
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table and boat made entirely of glass
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trick goblet
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trick glass
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various römers
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hollow spun glass ball
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glass flower
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Deceptive still life. The pear is 2' tall.
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We leave the Corning glass museum and hope we make it to the campground before dark.
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We arrive at our campsite.
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breakfast Friday morning
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we wait for the fog to lift
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dueling cameras - Michael
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dueling cameras - Karen
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Michael
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Mom's jaw dropped when she saw this picture. :oD
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bird on a wire
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bird on a feeder
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two females; goldfinch and house finch
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from inside looking out, the webcam area
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I didn't know I'd see a live one the next day.
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Eastern Chipmunk
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Common Grackle
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Red-winged Blackbird
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female Mallard and brood
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Mallard ducklings
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Purple Finch
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Purple Finch, fem.
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Canada Geese
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Downy Woodpecker
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Two bees fighting on a Swamp Rose
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New York Fern. Yes, really, the New York Fern.
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Twin-berry Honeysuckle
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twin-berry honeysuckle, detail
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Beaver. MVA award this trip. MVA = most vicious animal seen
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Red-bellies
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Great Blue Heron
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Twelve-spotted Skimmer
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Bullfrog
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Snapper
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Frole
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bed of mushrooms
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Turk's Cap Lily
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Turk's Cap Lily
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Moneywort
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Pickerelweed blooms July to August
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walking the trails at Sapsucker Woods
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White Water Lily
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Possibly Arrow Leaf Arum - Almost an aquatic plant.
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Eastern Kingbird
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American Kestrel
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interesting brown rock
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brown rock with ears and tail
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peaceful pasture along our way
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This bull gave us a scare for a few moments, but he finally cleared the path and we continued on the trail - quickly.
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Blue-eyed Grass - Stiff, grass-like plants in same family as Irises.
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Blue-eyed Grass
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European Skipper - Preferred habitat: Meadows, fields, other grassy areas.
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Daisy - Close-up of butterfly later.
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Song Sparrow
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Common Milkweed
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Common Milkweed, detail
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Probably a well-worn Spring Azure - Found in brushy fields, edges of woods, and wetlands.
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Banded Hairstreak (Satyrium calanus)
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Aphrodite or Great Spangled Fritillary?
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Widow Skimmer
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Waxy Cap - note hickory nut shell for size comparison -- 3/8" - 1" or 2"
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Waxy Cap
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Baltimore Oriole
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Bessie watches us as we leave. Thank goodness Barney didn't bother us again.
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We leave Sapsucker Woods (Cornell), turn to drive along Lake Seneca, one of the Finger Lakes, and return to camp.
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We camped in Newtown Battlefield State Park. This is the outlook. Newtown Battle took place in the valley below us.
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Monument commemorating the Battle of Newtown.
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On August 18, 1994 another plaque was dedicated at Newtown Battlefield.
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"Roughing" it.
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Lovely evening to finish a full day.
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Saturday morning, on our way to Watkins Glen State Park, we stopped here to find Mark Twain.
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Elmira College
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Mark Twain wrote many of his novels in this study.
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On the left, its original location at their summer home, and on the right, as it is being moved to the college.
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This was his favorite sitting spot.
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The same spot today, taken from the same angle.
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In his own hand
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"A home without a cat -- and a well-fed, well-padded and properly revered cat -- may be a perfect home perhaps, but how can it prove title?"
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alumni room
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We arrive at Watkins Glen State Park. The entrance, a tunnel, is at the bottom of the picture.
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Mile Point Bridge marker. It's another half a mile to the top.
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Wood Duck
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Wood Duck
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Wood Duck, juv.
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Almost on flat ground again. Hallelujah!
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Another stop at the lookout before we return to the campsite.
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Sunday morning we remove all traces of our presence.
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We begin our drive home.
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Good-bye New York.
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Mom liked the last picture so much she created an "oil" painting of it on her computer. Looks like she's going through her Van Gogh phase . . .
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Title: Finger Lakes, NY (July 3-6, 2008)
Description: Finger Lakes over the 4th of July weekend. Lake Seneca. Includes Corning Glass Museum, Mark Twain's gravesite, his study (at Elmira College), Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, Newtown Battlefield State Park, and Watkins Glen State Park.
Number of photos: 155

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