So Much To See and Do

What a trip back East!  We did so much and I took an insane amount of pictures!  So over the next several days expect to be inundated with an obscene amount of pictures and details of our trip to New York for Dave's sister Brianna's College Graduation.

First up, our trip to Taughannock Falls State Park - where Brianna had her graduation party gathering for family and friends.  Dave, Drew and I showed up at the slotted time because Drew was getting antsy in the hotel room.  Everyone else showed up about an hour-and-half later.  We made the best of the time while we waited - enjoying the scenery.

When everyone arrived we enjoyed lunch and playing catch, baseball and throwing rocks.

Drew even gave fishing a try!  It lasted a whopping 2-3 minutes.

Dave's Family.  L-R: Dave, Brianna (the graduate/sister), Grandma Lolly (Dave's Mom), Grandpa Tim (Dave's Step-dad), and Chris his brother.   Daniel, Dave's other brother wasn't able to make the trip.

Shortly after those group shots we took an amazing hike to see the park's waterfall.  Boy am I glad we did it!  It was definitely one of the highlights of this trip.

Brianna, Drew and Dave near one of the "scary" caves.

Drew and I in front of one of the mini waterfalls.  Drew was anxious to climb on all of the rocks.

Drew and I ventured out on these really cool rocks/shelf.

I love this family shot. 

Then we finally made it to the waterfall.  It was beautiful!  This first shot is the view from the bridge.

But we could get much closer... and get wet!

Here Drew is trying to hide from the mist.  This "lookout" is about 30 yards from the fall itself.  And from the park's website... "The falls cataract has an incredible drop of 215 feet, and is one of the highest east of the Rocky Mountains."

After playing in the water we hiked the 20-30 minutes back to our site.  And that's when I captured this precious shot of Drew and Grandpa Tim looking at the birds that flew by. 

OK I think that's enough photo-blasting you for one day.