Keuka Lake State Park

Keuka Lake State Park is beautiful. The campsites are spacious and the price is reasonable. We highly recommend it whether you're camping in a tent or motorhome.

We visit our friends Roy and Darla. Darla has chickens that lay colored eggs. How cool is that! She also has beautiful flowers in her garden.

Inta and Mark brought their camper and joined us for a week at Keuka Lake. They have camped here many times and were great tour guides to many Wineries and other sights in the area.

Here they are at Hunt Country Winery. I think Mark needs to shave his legs. LOL

Dick made a friend at the winery.

Letchworth State Park "Grand Canyon of the East" is a sight to see. Here we're looking at Mount Morris Dam built between 1948 and 1952. It is the largest dam of its kind east of the Mississippi River. It controls the flow of the Genesee River.

Inta enjoying the view from a bridge.

Dick, Mark and Inta look over the edge at the view of the gorge.

The Grand Canyon of New York.

Mark and Dick check out the map and firgure out where we are on the trail.

One of the falls.

The gardens by Glen Iris Inn & Lodge which used to be a summer house.

The summer estate with a water falls in the front yard.

Back at the campground we enjoy an evening campfire and share some of the wine we tasted earlier in the day. What a wonderful way to end a day.




The Glen Curtiss Museum in Hammondsport had many interesting things to see. Glenn Curtiss was an inventor with the following to his credit:

• 87 U. S. patents
• made first pre-announced public airplane flight
• Held motorcycle speed record from 1907-1930
• made first U.S. city-to-city flight in 1910
• Trained the first woman pilot
• Developed the first flying boat and recognized as the "Father of Naval Aviation"
  

He built and raced this 8 cylinder V8 engine motorcycle at a record speed of 136 miles-per-hour.

He joined the Aerial Experiment Association (founded by Alexander Graham Bell) and in 1908 flew the "June Bug" pictured below at Hammondsport in the world's first pre-announced public flight.

Here Dick is checking out an early travel trailer that Curtiss built for a couple in Cooperstown, NY.

I can picture Hannah pulling this beautiful sleigh.

Here is a really cool truck.

We stop at Torrey Ridge Winery and as we are about to taste we notice this hummingbird tasting outside the window.

A trip to Taughannock State Park and a hike rewards us with some beautiful pictures.

Dick sits at a park bench beside this little water fall.

A gnarled tree makes and interesting picture.

A stone bridge crosses the water.

Another shot of the falls.

Dick standing out on a flat rock in the middle of the river bed.

A view up the gorge. We hiked over a mile each way but it was worth it.

The final footbridge before the main falls.

Mark and Inta take a moment to enjoy the view.

Inta and Mark sitting in front of the falls.

Dick reads the information signs in front of the falls.

A picture is worth a thousand words and this falls leaves you speechless.

And of course sunset back at the campground.

From here we're headed to Pennsylvania, to spend some time with family and friends.