Kathiey's World

Getting ready to descend the gorge at Watkins Glen Park in NY.  My new buddies and I were ready with cameras in hand and over 800 steps ahead of us. So let's get started.  As usual, I will have informational quotes from Wikipedia in italics... Watkins Glen State Park/Wikipedia Watkins Glen State Park  is located outside the village of  Watkins Glen,  New York , south of  Seneca Lake  in  Schuyler County  A friend of mine looked at my photos and asked if I walked across on the log in the photo below. The answer to that would be "No!" that did not even enter my mind:-) The 1000-acre park's centerpiece is a 400-foot-deep (120 m) narrow  gorge  cut through rock by a stream – Glen Creek – that was left  hanging  when  glaciers  of the  Ice age  deepened the  Seneca valley.  The Road Scholars are all about education.  They taught us all about the types ...

Due to the Corona Virus, there is still not a lot of travel going on.  I would love to drop everything and take a trip but the problem would be getting to a location and finding little in the way of lodging or restaurants that are open.  With that in mind I thought we would do a travel blast from the past. Check out Dr. Konstantin Frank Winery.... ********************************************************************************* While traveling with the Road Scholars in NY I had the opportunity to see several wonderful wineries.  Among them was Dr. Frank's Winery. (Quotes from their website will be in italics) " Dr. Konstantin Frank ignited the “Vinifera Revolution” a movement that forever changed the course of wine growing in the Finger Lakes and the United States." First off, what is Vinifera?  I consulted Google and found this  definition... a common European grape ( Vitis vinifera ) that is the chief source of Old World wine and table grape va...