The place we ate at was somewhere I had visited while I was exploring this week. I never went down by the water because I was alone, and there were plenty of warning signs telling me not to. Of course, people ignored these signs and went down to the water in large groups! So I went as well!
We sat on logs and watched the water rush by. I took my shoes off and walked barefoot through the water on several shelves of rock. Several people, also barefoot, trekked through ankle-deep water downstream. We went upstream, and ended up close enough to a waterfall to stick our hands in it! Everything was beautiful.
Afterwards, several of us decided to go to the Cornell Plantations. We took a rather circuitous route, but got lots of pictures along the way. We saw the botanical gardens of the plantations, took many many flower pictures, and then walked back to West Campus.
Pictures through the link below!
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Our view from next to the water.
(Those are my feet.)
(And that is me.)
This picture doesn't quite convey how TALL those walls are! You feel very tiny!
The waterfall!
We got VERY close.
(He walked into my picture. His name is Shawn/Sean.)
There was a little oasis of daffodils off to the side.
GOSLINGS
The body of water on the left is Beebe Lake, part of the creek. We crossed the stone bridge up ahead.
This picture was taken from the stone bridge. It is a very pretty lake.
More waterfalls!
The first of the flower pictures. The botanical gardens had a "rhododendron collection", which was a mini-garden on and around a hill that consisted mostly of gargantuan brightly-colored rhododendron bushes.
The herb garden! Very aromatic.
These flowers are called "Arctic Fire." While small and unassuming, they may have been my favorite.
Called "Fire Dance."
The plantation also had a small store. There were cute buttons and tea and other knick knacks that I might go back for!
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