We did another short hop. We left Cayuga Lake State Park and drove south along the the shore of the lake to Taughannock Falls State Park. The river and the idea of falls intrigued us. We started out taking the South Rim Trail but soon realized that it wasn’t the route we wanted to take. Then we took the Falls Trail. It was great. We had a chance to walk out into the shallow places. We did walk all the way back to the highest falls in the northeastern United States. Wow! We marveled at the beauty and played in the water. Did an afternoon trip to the Bellwether Cidery for a several tastes of hard cider. What a delight! So very much better that other hard ciders we have tried. That night we ventured into Ithaca for dinner at the Ithaca Ale House. After dinner we wandered the downtown area for a while and spent time just sitting in a local park.We know of Ithaca as one of the early hot spots in the 1990’s Swing Revival. Monday night we couldn’t find any of the weekly dances but did stop in a parking lot and danced a couple of phrases just to say we danced in Ithaca.
Aboard the Norwegian Jewel we’ve made stops in Cozumel, Mexico and Georgetown, Grand Cayman to explore beyond our previous experiences here. Soon we’ll be making our way to ports we’ve not yet explored in the Southern Caribbean.
What a treat to pause for a BBQ lunch with the locals at Pearl Country Store and Barbecue on US-441 in Micanopy, Florida. It’s a taste of the Florida we remeber from our youth.
By deliberate choice we were in Medina for all the winter holiday festivities from Candlelight Walk in the days before Thanksgiving through A Christmas Carol and A Celtic Christmas as well as an Alex Bevan Concert and a historic house tour all the way through Medina’s 31st Ice Festival but perhaps the highlight was the town hosting hundreds of folks whose homes and lives were devasted by Hurricane Helene at the A Promise of Christmas Event the middle of January. It’s an honor to be a part of this amazing community!
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