Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Days 23 and 24/180: Robert H. Treman State Park, Ithaca Sciencenter, and The Corning Museum of Glass

Camping trip!  Waterfall swimming!  Bike riding!  Playground!  P.E.!








Also, reading in hammocks!



Ukuleles in hammocks!

Hiking!  823 stairs over 4.5 miles!  Of waterfalls!  And fossils!  And glacial features!



Bees in a tree

Toad #1

Toad #2


Cool rock

Neat streambed

Brachiopod fossil

Toad #3

Very long crinoid stem

Critter

Ben is sitting on a glacial erratic - granite boulder.  We discussed glacial features, rock types, igneous vs. sedimentary

Chipmunk


A glacier was here.  U-shaped hanging valley

Jane says, "It's not my fault!"

Trailside grafitti sticker art

Ithaca sciencecenter!
Hydraulic jumps

Infrared

Touring local waterways in a "submersible"

Acceleration, velocity, loop de loops

Giant bubbles

Local wildlife

Wild edibles.  Sumac tea/lemonade.  Delicious
Sumac

Don't boil it!  Just soak in water.  Super yummy drink results.

After sumac tea, we had a night bike to the other playground, which had a teeter totter.  We have an old tradition of having to answer math questions to get down from the heights of teeter tottering, and Jane requested math questions.  She got the entire 3's times table correct from the high side of a teeter totter.  Yay!

The Corning Museum of Glass!  Sandblasting workshop!  Glass blowing, flamework, and glass breaking demos!  Art!  History!  Technology!
















Trick drinking cup, Northern European

Tiffany window, Jane's fave




Driving home, reading in the car!  And sushi in Scranton, one $, 5 stars.  Thank you, yelp!



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