COLLEGES, FALLS AND HIKING

Tony's View

 We woke up this morning and walked 1 3/4 mile to Mass. It was a nice walk and had plenty of time to do a rosary together. It was the easiest rosary so far on the trip. Joan has been leading the rosary on the bike and it is tougher to do when you are sucking wind. After Mass, Anne Morrow's brother, Tom and his wife Betsy Salm who live in the area graciously picked us up. They gave us a wonderful tour of Ithaca, which started with Ithaca College. It had some great views. They have 6,500 students and Tom was formerly a administrator of the campus.
The Salms then gave us a tour of Cornell University. It is super hilly, much more than Ohio University. It also has some very impressive waterfalls. I personally think it is the coolest university that I have ever been on. Tom and Betsy showed us this cool suspension bridge that was in the middle of a waterfall in the middle of Cornell. Obviously, I was impressed. We then ate at Cafe Dewitt and Tom informed us that his sister Anne was buying. By the way Anne, you owe Tom $75. It was a nice place. Thanks Anne!

We got back to the room and I cleaned the bike and did some minor adjustments to get ready for the rest of the trip. This is our only day off. We finished laundry and decided to go hiking. What a beautiful hike, and it was just under a mile from the hotel where we are staying. The State Park is called Buttermilk Falls. 

 If you want to see falls and all different kinds of falls, Ithaca is the place to go. You could easily just spend a week here. Tomorrow we head to Montour Falls, which I assume by the name of the town, there will be more falls. Well, I have to get to my second bottle of wine and drink it so we don't have to tug it up the hills tomorrow. It is tough but some one has to do it.

 Joan's View

Even though it was our "rest" day, we did lots of walking and touring, which is really all just a plus to our adventure. We climbed probably over a half a mile of steps to get to the top of Buttermilk Falls. Thank goodness for the Salms driving around the hills of Ithaca! As the saying goes here, "Ithaca is Gorges"