Tag: Finger Lakes
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Ithaca with Kids
Tompkins County, New York (September 2006) Ithaca is a small city that rests at the southern tip of Cayuga Lake (map). There are many cultural amenities due to its proximity to Cornell University. It also served as an excellent gateway to the larger Finger Lakes region of central New York. We visited the renowned Ithaca…
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Canandaigua Lake
Canandaigua, Ontario Co., New York, USA (August 6, 2003) The Finger Lakes Region is amazingly beautiful. There are many different publicly accessible beaches and parks. We spent the day touring around Canandaigua Lake. Later we stopped at the north end of the lake in the town with the same name, for a little swimming and…
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Body Parts
The more I thought about it, apparently body parts influenced an awful lot of geographic names. It seemed natural though. People liked to name things after familiar objects. What could be more familiar than the flesh right there in front of them? From head to feet and practically everywhere in between, I found spots on…