Exploring Our Town

Yesterday, Mike and I decided to take the day and go exploring. It was our first day in Ithaca with no real plans, and with the threat of a snow storm coming, we thought we should take advantage of the good weather. So we ventured up and down one of the local gorges along Fall Creek. It's just so cool to be able to drive 5 minutes and discover such beauty!

This was the first set of falls that we came to. We're still not sure of the name of them, but they were really neat. We climbed down some steep stairs to the bottom and then realized that there wasn't a path to follow along the creek (our initial hope.) So back up to the top!
(By the end of the day we had a much greater appreciation for the people of Ithaca's physical endurance.)

Next we traveled up the creek and came to Triphammer Falls/ Beebe Lake Dam. There's a cool bridge that goes across these falls. What's neat about this place is the name. In Delaware, Beebe is a very common name - it's what the hospital in Lewes is called.
(Well how 'bout that!)

At the other side of Beebe Lake is this inviting corridor. We noticed as we hiked around the lake that they have canoes to possibly rent out. Another thing added to our list of things to try out. The hike around the lake is a leisurely 1 mile.

As we traveled further along the gorge, we realized that our little canoe ride would come to a quick stop! So beautiful, and the sun finally decided to come out!

As we circled back around to head back to our car, we decided to walk through Cornell a little bit. This is looking down Libe Slope into Ithaca and you can see Lake Cayuga out in the distance. We hear that at the end of the semester, they have a big party here with bands and festivities. Although I guess you need to be a guest of a "Cornell-related-person" to attend. Oh well, maybe next year we'll have more connections :)

We also stopped and checked out the Johnson Museum of Art. They had spring festivities happening and candy for all :) This is looking onto campus from the 3rd story of the museum.

And here we made our last stop at Ithaca Falls. Very impressive! As you can see it's like you can practically walk up to the bottom of the falls. I bet it gets pretty icy here in the winter.