Walkins Glen S.P.

Nice Park and lots of trails. Only got to do a portion of the gorge trail as time was short for daylight. Would like to have stayed at the campground, but we are too large for the sites and too tall to go under the bridge. Maybe we can find another spot nearby and spend a little more time exploring the gorge and trails. Besides there are at least 25 more wine stops before you get there.

Corning

Corning, New York, After the rally in Goshen, Indiana we set off to Ohio and met up with Don and Rosie. We spent a couple of days relaxing and getting caught up with things and did a little sightseeing of the area in Ohio then pushed eastward to New York, Knowing that there are many vineyards in the Finger Lake area we have decided to do them a little at a time. If you know how tasting is done and there are about 100+ It could get a little happy around the campfire at the end of the day. Least to say a designated driver is very needed. So our first adventure was to Corning, New York to the Glass Museum. This is no ordinary museum, we spent the whole day there and enjoyed every minute of the gallery. Many glass sculptures on display from famous to local glass blowers. Thirty Five Centuries of glass art and history are within this museum. Many pieces on display range from the ordinary bottles and dishes to the ornate lamps, tables and sculptures done for royalty or Tiffany Treasures and Steuben Glass. Yes, Corning Wear is made and sold here also. As for older patterns, you would have to look on line for them.

Point Lobos

Point Lobos State Reserve
This park is located just south of Carmel there are many trails, coves and meadows to explore. The rocks that one finds are of two different varieties, Sanata Lucia granite and Carmelo Formation. a sedimentary rock. The beach sands and gravel are the results of the wave action over these. One could spend much time just looking into the tide pools or crevices, or just watching the waves crash onto the rocks and beach. Many different birds are seen in this area , such as the oystercatcher, seagull, cormorant, and pelicans. Sea lions and harbor seals are present along with the amazing sight that they manage to manuver their enormous bodies to the highest points on these rocks. Wildflowers are in bloom and you manage to find something new and interesting along the trails. Each of us found something different we liked Bluff Lettuce, Crystaline Ice Plant, Seaside Painted Cup, Sticky Monkey Flower and the Paint Brush. The Cypress Grove Trail here is only one of two naturally growing strands of Monterey Cypress remaining on earth according to the brochure we were given. There is an orange color algee that grows on the limbs and the rocks along this trail. It is actually a green algea that contains carotene and thus makes it orange color strange to look, yet interesting to observe. One is always pleased to find wildlife up close and in a comfortable mood such as our observation of a mother mule deer and here offspring. She rested and let the little one munch and roam around. We found an old whaler's cabin which is now a museum. We managed to find a few bones laying around and by measuring the rib cage bones, one could easily fit withing a whale. Maybe Jonah and the Whale story could be true after all. It was a great way to spend the day and a place one could visit many times and find something different or worth watching each time.