Fingerlakes Region New York - Day 2

This morning we are exploring the town we are staying in, Ithaca Falls.  Our hotel was very close to Cornell University and the Falls.  So we saw a lot of students. 

The tunnel below is very short - you can see out the other side.  It might be part of Ezra's Tunnel which opens up on top of the falls.  Ezra's Tunnel was built around 1832 as a waterway tunnel.  It fed into a raceway that provided the power for most of Ithaca.  People used to go through the tunnel to get to the top of the falls to swim and sun.  Several students died.  It was gated off at the top in 2018 after a long controversary.

                                        

Just across the street is this interesting house.

And the falls themselves.

After we finished exploring this area we walked back to the parking lot.  I could not resist using the fisheye lens to photo this house.

We drove through the countryside on our way to Moravia. 

Moravia is filled with 19th Century houses.  We parked across the street from this church to skype with daughter Alexis in Amsterdam.  Isn't technology amazing?

Here is a fixer upper for you!  Probably a bargain now.  It reminds me of haunted houses I have seen.

This was a tavern early on in history.

The house below was purported to be the oldest house in the town of Moravia.

As we headed back to Ithaca Falls we stopped outside of another small town.  We found a parking spot in an abandoned school yard.  And walked up and down the road taking photos.  Cornfields and big skies make interesting photos.

The next morning we headed back to the airport and home.  The trip was short, but it accomplished its purpose.  We saw something much different than the mountain west.