August 12th – August 18th
2013
Monday –
almost last J.'s switch day. Some sorting and checking emails and
documents to get ready for the move.
Tuesday –
nice and breezy morning. We walked to Clinton Square to the Farmers
market. Pleasant walk, familiar surroundings. It got warmer and humid
so the walk back was not so pleasant. Some packing. In the afternoon
J. tried to do some scrub's shopping (dress code for NYC).
Wednesday –
Ithaca. Relatively early morning, cloudy and breezy. About an hour
drive to the outskirts of Ithaca, where was Cornell Lab of
Ornithology. Quick look in their building and walk in the sanctuary
(park). It was really nice, marshy and peaceful. No birds though. A
lot of funky looking mushrooms. Drizzling rain. Drive to Ithaca –
few stops along the Fall Creek on Cornell campus. It was incredible
to see the top of the gorge (deep and rugged) with nets on all the
bridges and the bottom where we just found small creek next to the
houses. Nature. Some trouble with parking, but we saw several
waterfalls and took a short trail to the bottom of the gorge. Nice.
We drove through downtown to Treman State Park. Lower entrance –
short walk to the waterfall with swimming area, all closed due to the
damage from flooding (a week ago). Gorge trail closed. Drive to the
top of the park, visible flood damage, really sad. Over half a mile
trip to overlook of Lucifer Falls, few peaks at the gorge trail –
it would be really interesting. Deep and completely wooded gorge with
the views of more forest in the distance. And actually relatively
nice weather. Next the the parking lot – old mill open to the
public, we walked through. Ithaca – walk in the downtown,
apparently one of the biggest “outdoor city malls” left in the
US. Shops, restaurants and bars – nothing spectacular. Both tired –
drive home. Last bigger trip from Syracuse, good one.
Thursday –
pretty much nothing. J. slept during the day to go to work at night.
Friday – the
same, I guess.
Saturday –
J.'s day off without switching. We just enjoyed the afternoon off.
Probably last grocery shopping in Syracuse. It is going to be
interesting to move from “slow and relatively quiet” Syracuse to
New York City.
Sunday – back
to work for J. Some more packing and planning. Finishing the class
for the summer semester. And getting into our last week in Syracuse.
NYC, here we come (almost).
