Ulysses, NY ; The Gorges
My mom took me on a road trip. First, we went to Skaneateles Lake. The water looked green. Light Green. It was cool. I took alot of pictures with my phone.
Then we went to Owasco Lake. I skipped stones and watched other people's dogs. My cousin nate met us there.
Then we drove to the gorges. I took lots of notes, here are some:
-The Taughannock Falls are 215 ft. high.
-They are the tallest waterfall in north east (naturally occuring)
-Many winged animals live in the cracks of the cliffs in the gorges.
-If you look all around you will see rock. All of that rock was formed in an ocean 380 million years ago.
-There are two layers of rock. One is shale, a fragile rock that is filled with fossils. It is dark. Limestone is a harder more sturdy lighter colored rock.
-A glacier formed the gorge. Erosion has made it deeper.
We walked on a trail to go to the bottom of the waterfall. Along the way there were millions and millions and millions of broken peices of shale in big huge mountains on either side of us.
When we got there, I stood up on a rock and I could feel the water from the waterfall splashing on my face.
I really enjoyed this trip.
Nice Alex! I just found out about these falls last summer. I'm so glad that you were able to do so much exploring. And how cool is that you also made it a learning experience - way to go!!!
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