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Fall in the Fingerlakes Region – Part 1

Living in Ithaca, NY, there are a lot of beautiful things to see. Fall in the Finger Lakes region is always a beautiful time of year. On Saturday, October 7, 2006, I took a few pictures at the Allen H. Treman State Marine Park, before playing ultimate frisbee (at Cass Park). And then on Sunday, October 8, 2006, I went flying with Amelia, a fellow pilot, and served as the safety pilot for her as she did some practice IFR approaches. Since my job was to be the look-out, I did just that. And while I looked out, I took some pictures.

So here are the results. 30 pictures.

Click on the thumbnail images to get larger ones (around 100-300K). Click on the "huge" link to get the full size pictures (around 3M). 30 pictures included.

I also went on a hike at Buttermilk Falls State Park later that day, and those pictures are on a subsequent web page.

Allen H. Treman Marnina State Park

This is the "other" Treman park in Ithaca. It's got water, but no gorges, though it does have boats. The marina opens up onto the inlet, which leads to Cayuga Lake. I had 15 minutes to spare, so I shot a few pictures there.
[Inlet]
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[Inlet]
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[Tree]
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The first two pictures were taken while standing on one side of the entrance to the marina (the south side), looking north. In the distance, you can see the red and white markers that indicate the end of the inlet and start of the lake. The last shot is of a tree nearby.



[Boats]
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[Docks and boats]
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[Docs and boats]
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The next few shots are of the docked boats in the marina.



[Masts]
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[Docks]
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A shot of the masts of the sailboats, and one looking out onto the dock.



From the air

The next day, Amelia and I flew from Ithaca to Binghamton, where she did a few instrument approaches down there (one ILS and one RNAV/GPS approach, to be specific), then we headed back, I did a hold at the Ithaca VOR, and then she landed at Ithaca. While my job was to make sure nothing was going wrong and we weren't going to hit anyone, it wasn't that hard of a job; Amelia is a good pilot. So I had a few moments free to take a few pictures.

[Aerial view]
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[Aerial view]
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[Aerial view]
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These three pictures are just of the general area between Ithaca and Binghamton. While it was a little hazy, it was still quite pretty with all the fall colors.

[Binghampton airport]
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[Binghampton airport]
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[Binghampton airport]
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These next three pictures are of the Binghampton airport, as we were vectored around to for an ILS 16 approach (landing towards the south east, which was more or less the direction we were heading anyway). The airport has two runways, that cross each other diagonally.



[Runway 16 approach, binghampton]
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[Runway 16 approach, binghampton]
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[Runway 16 approach, binghampton]
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The runway is getting closer. And closer. And the displaced threshold of Runway 16 is pretty clearly visible in the last one.



[Binghampton airport]
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[Another runway 16 approach]
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[Another runway 16 approach]
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The big white area before the runway starts is the overrun area, for someone landing in the opposite direction. The second shot is after we took off and made our first turn away from the airport. And the last one is the second approach.



[Runway 16]
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[Runway 16]
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Again, about to land on Runway 16 with the overrun area visible. And then just about to cross the landing threshold. The propeller is also visible in the second picture, it was turning slowly enough to get captured in the picture.



[Runway 16]
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[Runway 16]
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Once again, after we took off again, heading northwest about to start back to Ithaca.



[Ithaca airport]
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[Turning base, Runway 32, Ithaca]
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[More fall colors from the air]
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The Ithaca airport, on a right downwind for runway 32. Followed by a shot as we're about to turn on the right base left for runway 32. And a shot of the colorful trees below.



[Base leg, Runway 32, Ithaca]
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[Cornell Lab of Ornithology]
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[Final approach, Runway 32, Ithaca]
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On right base leg for runway 32. The a shot of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in Sapsucker woods, which is just beyond the airport. And finally, on final approach, lined up to land on runway 32.



[Runway 32, Ithaca]
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And on short final, runway 32. The approach lights are visible.

Next up, photos of the fall colors at Buttermilk Falls State Park.




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