Tag: Ithaca
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Ithaca with Kids
Tompkins County, New York (September 2006) Ithaca is a small city that rests at the southern tip of Cayuga Lake (map). There are many cultural amenities due to its proximity to Cornell University. It also served as an excellent gateway to the larger Finger Lakes region of central New York. We visited the renowned Ithaca…
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Cayuga Lake
Tompkins County, New York (September 2006) We rented a house a few miles north of Ithaca (map) directly on the water on the western side of Cayuga Lake. This was the view one morning from our dock as the sun gently greeted the day. Our location was absolutely as peaceful as the picture implies. We…
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Waterfalls of the Finger Lakes
New York (September 2006) Taughannock Falls The Taughannock Falls Cascade from High Above Taughannock Falls State Park lies on both sides of Route 89, eight miles north of Ithaca (map). The eastern side of the park flanks Cayuga Lake, and includes a boat launch, a playground and a sports field. The lake serves as a…
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Ithaca, Part 2 (Waterfalls)
Some sources claimed the presence of “over 150 waterfalls within 10 miles” of Ithaca, New York. I guess it depends on how they’re defined. Even so, waterfalls seemed to pop into view just about anywhere we looked. As numerous T-shirts and bumper stickers around town reminded us, “Ithaca is Gorges.” We squeezed a lot of…
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Ithaca, Part 1 (Four Busy Days)
We can drive from our home outside of Washington, DC to Ithaca, New York surprisingly easily. All it takes is about six hours in the car over some pretty scenic roads. I’ve loved New York’s Finger Lake Region for many years, one of the few places I’ve ever returned to for repeated vacations. We didn’t…
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I Spy… the Street View Guy
Thank you for indulging me while I turned 12MC into a travelogue for a couple of weeks and then took a brief hiatus after I returned. Your patience will be rewarded. I’m rejuvenated now, and it’s time for more geo-oddity goodness. I like looking behind the scenes, poking behind public façades. That’s why I was…