Corning NY Mid-Week Getaway: Day 2 – Taughannock Falls
We spent three nights the week of October 17th in Corning, NY. I wrote about our first day here.
On October 20th we visited a covered bridge in Newfield, NY and then drove to Ithaca, NY.
Our first stop in Ithaca was at Buttermilk Falls State Park.
Our second stop in Ithaca was at Treman Triangle Park, where we hiked the Cascadilla Gorge Trail.
From Cascadilla Gorge we drove along the western side of Cayuga Lake to the Taughannock Falls Overlook, located in Taughannock Falls State Park.
Do you see the trail located at the lower right side of the picture? We could have walked that trail to see the waterfall from that vantage point. We opted not to do so, as I had enough walking from hiking the Cascadilla Gorge Trail. We have hiked that trail in the past, and will do so again I am sure.
After Bob took the selfie picture of the two of us at the overlook, a woman asked if we wanted her to take our picture. I gave the woman my iPhone. The resultant picture is displayed below.
You may wonder why I am laughing. As the woman was composing our picture, a man photobombed us. The woman said “oh there are three of you”, which made Bob and I turn our heads. The man was so close to us, I am surprised I didn’t feel him breathing on my neck! I saw only his face and long, black beard. The woman taking our picture did not capture the photobomber in our picture. I did, however, take a picture a few minutes earlier that captured the man who photobombed us.
but jumped away
before he was included in the picture.
I really wish we had a picture of him photobombing us!
After viewing the falls from the overlook, we decided to go somewhere for lunch. Bob used Google Maps to locate a restaurant near us. One of the restaurant choices was Dugan’s Country Grill in Aurora, NY. That restaurant wasn’t too near us, about 36 miles on the opposite side of the lake. We opted to go there for lunch, as it would be a new restaurant for us. The restaurant looked nicer online than it did in person. The food, though, was good. Bob had a pulled pork sandwich with onion rings. I had a tuna melt sandwich with macaroni salad.
After lunch we drove to the Montezuma Wildlife Refuge. There was little to see here…nothing but Canada Geese, buzzards and a few ducks.
We stopped for ice cream sundaes (dessert) in Watkins Glen and returned to our Airbnb in Corning around 5:00 pm. We stayed in for rest of the afternoon and evening.
This ends our Day 2 activities. Here is a map that shows where all we went that day.
Stay tuned. I have one more blog post to share about our mid week getaway in Corning.
The Beauty Around Us 
3 Responses to “Corning NY Mid-Week Getaway: Day 2 – Taughannock Falls”
You definitely found another beautiful waterfall. We’ve been photo-bombed quite a few times over the years.
That waterfall is beautiful! And judging from the size of people on the trail, it looks massive! It looks like you had really nice weather, too! Looking forward to your next post!
The waterfall has a drop of 215 feet, and is one of the highest east of the Rocky Mountains.