Photoblog—Watkins Glen & Seneca Lake State Parks

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I went with my partner to the Watkins Glen and Seneca Lake state parks, both on Seneca Lake in the Finger Lakes. I've started taking more pictures lately (nice new camera phone, and better organization for my photo gallery have both encouraged me to do so), so here's a photo blog of our day.

First, here are some pictures from Watkins Glen. They have a gorge trail most of the way down the gorge, but because of the season it's currently closed. We hiked on the higher rim trail and could see down into the gorge from it.

A view into the gorge at Watkins Glen. There are steps carved into the side of the gorge.
A view into the gorge at Watkins Glen. The steps in the side are the gorge trail.
There's a suspension bridge between the north and south rim trails, and I took this off the bridge, looking directly into the gorge.
My partner at a railing, smiling back at the camera. They're wearing wire-rimmed glasses, black T-shirt and jeans, a small purple backpack, and a green coat tied around their waist.
Here's my partner looking out over the gorge.
Me standing on a staircase next to a shale cliff. I'm wearing a maroon T-shirt and jeans, carrying a black coat, and using a maroon cane to stand.
My partner asked me to pose for them as we were walking down the terraced staircase from the rim trail at the end of the hike.
My partner lying down on a stone bench with their eyes shut and their tongue hanging out
My partner thought this stone bench looked like something people would get sacrificed on, so they asked me to take a picture that looked like that had happened.
A clear blue sky viewed through some trees, with a jet and contrails in center frame
I really like airplanes/contrails and photos of the sky.

Watkins Glen is at the far end of Seneca Lake from us, and on the way home, we stopped by Seneca Lake State Park on the opposite end (since it's one of the Finger Lakes, it's very long and skinny).

A clear blue lake in the late afternoon, with darker texture in the water near the camera.
Seneca Lake looked beautiful off of Long Pier.
A clear blue lake in the late afternoon, with stones visible near the shore.
Another view of Seneca Lake from the beach at Seneca Lake State Park.
A stand on a roof with a long, horizontal cross-polarized Yagi antenna, a vertical boom, and a box of electronics on the side.
Finally, I always love to collect photos of roof antennas/weather stations at parks, and it amuses my partner greatly. Here's one at Seneca Lake State Park.

In addition to microblogging, I plan to use my notes page and its feed as a replacement for things like Instagram — this way I own all my photo posts. My partner and I are looking for more state parks and cool geography to visit, so I'll be posting more of this kind of thing.

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