Category: tourism

11/06/10 02:14 - ID#53070

Griffis Sculpture Park

Went to Griffis Sculpture Park back in September with the queer women's meetup. I loved it and can't wait to go back.

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10/02/10 06:14 - ID#52883

So freakin' close

I got so freakin' close to sand run falls this time, prolly within 500 yards. I lost the trail at the very end and lost patience.

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09/16/10 06:04 - ID#52759

George Eastman House & Mt. Hope Cemetery

I had a lovely adventure in Rochester with several (e:peeps) and a Casey at the George Eastman House and the Mt. Hope Cemetery

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09/10/10 03:41 - ID#52695

Parking meters

The parking meters in Wellsboro, Pa., are so pointless... they only take nickels and dimes, and tickets are $5, payable at certain meters with drop boxes.

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08/17/10 06:50 - ID#52463

Rooftop gardens at broadway market

i kinda regret not going to the big infringement event up here.very cool for a parking lot !

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12/05/09 10:43 - ID#50474

photo backlog: Lockport Locks

(2nd photo backlog post)

If you need to take your great-grandmother on a tourist adventure and she's not up to the Falls, you should take her on the Lockport Locks & Erie Canal Cruises.

Other than a pair of great-grandkids, A and I were the youngest people on the boat. The lock and lift bridge engineering is pretty neat but other than that the cruise was a snooze. Luckily I had acquired the tickets for free. Every time I sat down I got queasy so I took about 400 shots of the 2-hour cruise. The light was gorgeous that day.

Map of the Erie Canal

The cruise boat.

A full lock opening up to meet the level of the downstream canal.

Under the Big Bridge - at one point it was the widest bridge in the world

On the top, it's hard to tell that you're even on a bridge.

Captain/owner

Another Big Bridge shot

It's 26 miles to the Black Rock Lock.

Notification lights on the lockhouse

Old warehouse, two lift bridges, a barge

Lift bridges are cool. One guy operates them both - he drives the quarter mile between them many times a day to lift & lower them for boat traffic. You'd think they'd provide something more energy-efficient (segway? 4-wheeler? scooter? skateboard?) than a truck.

Looking at waiting traffic from under the lift bridge

Duck.

The great-grandkids on the boat.

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12/05/09 10:23 - ID#50473

photo backlog: Niagara Falls fireworks

I went to the Canada side of Niagara Falls near the end of August to photograph the fireworks (schedule:

). The shots aren't fantastic but it was a kinda cool experience. The whole point of shooting the fireworks should be that there are both fireworks and falls in the best shots; I didn't get any. It was a very humid night and the firework smoke just hung in the gorge. Also, my location was not optimal. Maybe next time.

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10/23/09 03:08 - ID#50083

tourism video contrast

I can't figure out how to swipe this video from facebook and it's not on youtube so I hope this is public...

Tioga County Visitors Bureau tourism promotion video:

in contrast, a new Buffalo Niagara tourism video

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10/10/09 09:45 - ID#49984

Tioga River headwaters in fall

This weekend is peak leaf peeking in Tioga County, but I was there last weekend... Got these shots as the sun was slipping behind the mountains, up past Pirate's Rock.

We kept driving up the trail to the Wrench and found that people had been burning the plastic/insulation off aluminum, probably to get a higher price selling it for recycling.

The plastic had melted off and run towards the creek and then pooled where it cooled. The dark bits are the burnt plastic.

Ew.

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09/20/09 09:07 - ID#49822

photo backlog: lisa's visit

Still back in August...

Lisa, Miriam & I had a wonderful time with the Buffalo Queer Women's meetup and the assorted (e:peeps) who ventured out Friday night at Adonia's. Saturday, we went to the Towne for breakfast and then to the Falls.

And then we went to the Anchor Bar because Lisa LOVES wings. I had the pesto ravioli, which was pretty good. Lisa said the wings were "eh" and expensive but she was happy that she got to do the tourist thing at the Anchor Bar. (See (e:heidi,49673) for a picture at Anchor Bar.)