Mr. and Mrs. Yugoboy’s 21st Wedding Anniversary Day Trip

[Yugoboy]

You can see the full set as well as the paragraph I wrote about the day at my photoblog here: http://yugoboy99.blogspot.com/p/mr-and-mrs-yugoboys-anniversary-trip-to.html

We took a drive to Watkins Glen and back. We hiked the Glen. I got beer in growlers, she got wine. I took lots of photos. It was fun.

A few of the highlights I wanted to share here follow.

This is the first waterfalls. You have to make a little effort to see them, as there’s a wall of rock and vegetation blocking your view unless you go down a couple steps.

One of the neater small falls.

Serene views are available at times.

Finally, some falls not at the Glen, but on the way.

There’s a total of 13 on the photoblog. Enjoy!

[chupathingie]

oooooohhhhhh….. me likey that last one especially!

[ravnostic]

Very pretty location, beautifully shot, Yugo

[linguine]

nice shots, looks like a great place to go get lost in for a while

[Yugoboy]

nice shots, looks like a great place to go get lost in for a while

It would be… if you could get lost. The path is crafted out of the glen walls with a stone barrier on one side and many dozens of feet of cliff going up on the other.

(There is one shot on the blog where I climbed over the fence and into the creek bed. I managed to dryly get close enough to take really good shots of the falls. One my way back to climb out, I noticed that a part of the route I took was on about 3 inches of slanted rock, which slanted into a clear pool about 8 feet deep. Had I seen that on the way in, I’d never have made it.)

You can, however, get lost on the roads if you don’t have a map or good sense of direction (and stray off the numbered routes).

We managed to get married at a time of year where the leaves are turning almost every year, and it’s always a nice time to take a drive… when it isn’t raining.

Thanx everyone for the compliments. I suppose I should have shot some higher speed shots, but I really like the calm of long-shutter shots.

[CauseISaidSo]

oooooohhhhhh….. me likey that last one especially!

^This, plus 07-Watkins-Glen-4 on your blog.

Congrats on your 21st! We just celebrated our 25th a couple of months ago.

That looks like a beautiful area; I’d like to make it out there some time. The closest I’ve come is when I had to go to Binghamton to meet with Lockheed (I think? Whoever the big defense contractor there is.). I took a short drive when I had a spot of free time and have wanted to explore there more ever since.

Also, I just pulled up Watkins Glen on mapquest (yes, I still use mapquest a lot – don’t judge me!) and realized for the first time why they’re called the Finger Lakes. Just never really thought about it, but it’s pretty clear from the map.

[chupathingie]

realized for the first time why they’re called the Finger Lakes.

My first realization on them came while flying home from Phoenix to Albany; while flying over PA I had a seat on the left and watched them drift past.
*ding!*

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