'21/#36 Local Small Town Sights

Don't anyone jump down my throat for calling Ithica a small town. I am just referencing it to the cities that Mary and I grew up near like New York City and Washington D.C. If you follow us you know that we have been hunting waterfalls in the area and have been quite successful. 

Now we are looking for some man made attractions. We left western New York after the Appleumpkin Festival and traveled east to central New York and like the area we left it is apple season. New York agriculture is well known for the variety of apples that are grown here so of course there will be local festivals and farmer's market showcasing the local produce as well as the crafts that are made by the local talent. Yesterday we went to the Ithica Apple Festival at Ithica Commons. Streets were closed and booths were set up for everyone to buy and enjoy all that this time of year brings. There was pumpkin pie, sausages, fries, cotton candy, and of course everything apple. There was apple pie, apple butter, caramel apples, candy appples, apple cider, apple chips, apple wine, and of course bins and bins of apples of all kinds. Everything looked so good but we couldn't buy it all. We did get some cider, pumpkin bread, apple cinnamon bread, and of course a few apples. 

 We drove onto Cornell University's campus to find two more waterfalls but the roads were tight, twisty, and almost vertical. That and the limited parking was not big truck friendly so we called it a day. At home we made plans for an excursion to a farm and craft market on Saturday. And now we are caught up. 

 The temperature is almost up to 50 degrees so we will start getting ready to head out to explore and shop some more. Tomorrow we will be leaving the Finger Lakes region and heading farther east. Our next stop is Connecticut, but for now this is so long until the next blog from our home in Trumansburg, NY because..... 

 Home is where we park it, Frank and Mary