New York State Park
Labor Day 2015
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[3:00 pm] Pickup rental car from Enterprise Nashua, Toyota Corolla
[10:00pm] Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Rochester Victor {7502 Country road 42, Victor, NY 14564}
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[9:30am] City Pier {2 city pier Canandaigua, NY 14424}
Canandaigua
[9:40am] Kershaw Park at Canandaigua Lake {155 Lakeshore Dr Canandaigua, NY 14424}
[10:15am] Sonnenberg Gardens & Mansion State Historic Park {151 Charlotte St. Canandaigua, NY 14424}
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- Outside Mansion
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- Inside Mansion
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[12:00pm] Letchworth State Park (No 1 State Park in USA)
{1 Letchworth State Park, Castile, NY 14427} (Offical address near upper falls, to middle falls, lower falls)
{198 North Main Street, Mt Morris, New York 14510} (best entrance from, to view most of the outlooks, from lower to upper)
-View Point
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-Lower Falls
-Middle Falls
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-Upper Falls
[6:45pm] New York State Festival of Balloons, Dansville NY {33 Ossian St, Dansville, NY 14437}
On the way to Corning, we were happy to see the hot balloons launching.
[7:45pm] Fairfield Inn Corning Riverside {3 South Buffalo Street, Corning, New York 14830}
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Corning Museum of Glass {1 Museum Way, Corning, NY 14830} I have been here 16 years ago!
- Amazing glass tree
- Demo of glass work.
- Whole room made of glass
- Glass of City?
- Modern glass works
- Make your own glass at corning! Kids' favorite!
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Watkins Glen State Park (No 2 State Park in USA) {1009 N Franklin St, Watkins Glen, NY 14891}
(long staircase hiking trail along the gorge)
- The entrance bridge and falls.
- Gorgeous!
- The famous fall with bridge
- Back from the trail to next park.
Buttermilk Falls State Park {106 E Buttermilk Falls Road, Ithaca, NY 14850} (lower falls, swimming pool)
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Dinner: Chinese Buffet Restaurant {401 Elmira Rd Ithaca, NY 14850}
Country Inn & Suites by Carlson of Ithaca {1100 Danby Rd Ithaca, NY 14850}
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[9:10am] Ithaca College {953 Danby Rd Ithaca, NY 14850}
[10:15am] Houston Pond
Sculpture Garden F. R. Newman Arboretum {Arboretum rd Ithaca, NY 14850}
[10:40am] Cornell Plantations¡¯ botanical garden (Robison New York State Herb Garden) {124 Comstock Knoll Dr, Ithaca, New York 14850}
[11:00am] Cornell University, Cornell's EZRA Statue {114 Central Ave Ithaca, NY 14853}
[11:45am] Robert H. Treman State Park {105 Enfield Falls Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850} (lower falls, swimming pool)
[1:45pm] Robert H. Treman State Park {125 Upper Park Rd, Newfield, NY 14867} (hiking trail to Enfield Creek, Lucifer Falls)
- Beautiful bridge
- The trail is unbelievable good with all the water and layered gorge.
- Just stick on the gorge trail, do not go the other side (rim trail), the over look is not worth the boring trail.
Lunch: Panera Bread, ithaca {748 S Meadow St, Ithaca, NY 14850}
[4:40pm] Taughannock Falls State Park {1738-1748 NY-89 Trumansburg, NY 14886} (3/4 mile easy flat trail to Falls)
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Thirsty? Drink some Falls water, sweet?
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Walking all the way back to parking lot on the flat river bed.