Ithaca, New York Day 1 ~ State Parks Galore!

We had a great night's sleep and decided to start our day at Watkins Glen State Park, primarily to walk the Gorge Trail. It was a nice park and very accessible, which is great for the masses, however that means that there were tons of people there, which is not our cup-of-tea. 😕 

Regardless, it was a nice walk and we can only imagine how the many waterfalls would look in the spring, rather than late August when we were there.

 

View from behind a waterfall....

Afterward, we walked the town of Watkins Glen a bit and took a short stroll along Seneca Lake.....

 

(We almost stayed in Watkins Glen, but could not find accommodations; this ended up being a good thing since there wasn't much in Watkins Glen.)

 

 

We had an awesome lunch at a low-key joint at Frog Hollow Marina ~ The Oar House......

  

 

We then continued on to Taughannock Falls State Park to walk the 3/4 mile gorge trail there.....again, we can only imagine how this all would look during the spring melt.....

 

Onto State Park #3 ~ Robert H. Treman State Park where we only walked about 1/4 mile to Lucifer Falls.....but first, we explored the grist mill which ground grain into flour from 1839 to 1916.....

 

....then onto the walk! 😊

 

 

Lucifer Falls

 

This was a beautiful park and we considered coming back another time while in the area, but then the rains came and it didn't happen. Next time! 😎

 

Our fourth and final park of the day was Buttermilk Falls State Park which had very little water....

 (When we drove by a couple days later after tons of rain, it was much fuller!)