Having been “trapped” inside by COVID19 since early 2020, we had hoped that the number of vaccinations would be high and the infection rate low such that we could finally hit the road again without fear of getting sick. Unfortunately the response to vaccine availability has been too low and so with 50 to 100 thousand new cases per day we’ve had to remain cautious and limit travel and contact.
With that in mind, we decided to limit the scope of this year’s road trip and travel to the Finger Lakes region of New York and the city of Ithaca, and limit the trip to four days.
For this trip, sort of a trial run for major road trips in the Suburban, I packed too much gear for the destination but with future trips in mind I wanted to get some practice in loading the bags with a variety of gear and working out of the back of the vehicle to set up and capture the images.
Nine lenses, Three bodies, filters and accessories.
We hit the Road at about 05:00 and headed for the first stop - The Corning Museum of Glass. It was a foggy and misty morning, not the greatest for driving but not bad for photographers.
The Suburban is great for our purposes and after a quick stop along the way we arrived at the Corning museum.
We were happy to see that there was a pretty good crowd at the Museum, too many of the patrons were unmasked and we even heard some grumbling about masks.. {eye roll}. The outdoor shop that we had visited two years ago was not set up this year due to COVID but we ventured on.
For the next two days we visited the falls in the area - Buttermilk, Taughanock, and Ithaca, along with circumnavigating Cayuga Lake to take in the local scenery and wineries and a stop for lunch.
The Finger Lakes is beautiful region of NY State, with towns like Seneca Falls at the north end of Cayuga with many historic buildings, like the place we stopped for lunch.
On day four it was time to head back home - again a foggy misty morning, and when the sun finally arose, we could see that the fall colors had progressed, even after just four days.
All in all an excellent trip. Accompanying photos in the Gallery.