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Gorge Beauty, Gorge Safety

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Joints, pothole by Pinnacle Rock in the gorge at Buttermilk Falls State Park in Ithaca, NY

A unique rock and water formation in the gorge below Pinnacle Rock in Buttermilk Falls State Park.

Episode 16 of my Walk in the Park TV show on Ithaca’s public access cable channel 13 begins showing tonight, Thursday August 16, at 9:00 p.m. It will air again at 10:30 a.m. on both Saturday and Sunday, and finally on Tuesday, August 21 at 8:00 p.m. And you can see it ONLINE here!

This episode includes beautiful pictures of forest reflections in gorge pools in Buttermilk Falls State Park, views of low water at Taughannock Falls, a family cliff jumping into a gorge pothole, and a powerful Cornell video explaining the dangers of swimming in our gorges, including a lab demo of dangerous stream hydraulics, and a first hand account from a student who could not save his friend from drowning while they swam in a gorge. You can watch the Cornell video separately here, if you wish. Everyone who lives in Ithaca, goes to college here, or visits during the summer should see this short video. Please share it widely.

Another segment covers the Lansing Harbor Festival, which also was posted as a separate video in a previous post on this blog.

 

Lansing Harbor Festival

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The lighthouse at Myers Pt. in Lansing NY during the Lansing Harbor Festival

This lighthouse on Myers Point is a landmark along Cayuga's east shore in Lansing.

Join Walk in the Park host Tony Ingraham at the Lansing Harbor Festival on August 11, 2012 at Myers Point on the east shore of Cayuga Lake, a few miles north of Ithaca, NY. Music, games, crafts, educational booths, food, and the Cayuga Lake Floating Classroom. And watch kite surfers harnessing the wind on this sunny summer day with their colorful parachute-like kites to surf the lake surface! This short video lasts 9 minutes, 43 seconds.