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Subtitle: These are pictures that Sara took from her and Tom's visit to
Ithaca in August 2014. Frank's pictures are
here.
IMG_9783-header: Ithaca Falls
IMG_9783-headertext: Our first stop was Ithaca Falls. A nice waterfall,
and very easy to get to.
IMG_9783: Frank and Tom checking their cameras, phones, and camera-phones.
IMG_9785: Tom scans for signs of intelligent life.
IMG_9792: Frank describes the gorge formation using obscure geological hand gestures.
IMG_9799: Tom stands out on a rock to get pictures of the falls.
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IMG_9802: Frank takes a picture of Tom taking a picture of the falls.
IMG_9809: Frank, taking a picture of Sara, taking this picture. Frank's
pictures are available from the link at the top.
IMG_9810: Frank showing Tom the picture he took of Sara.
IMG_9812: Frank pointing out something either obvious or obscure to Tom as
they stand on the bridge near Ithaca Falls.
IMG_9833: Tom and Frank with Ithaca Falls in the background.
IMG_9875-header: The Cornell Dairy Bar
IMG_9875-headertext: Next, we went to the Cornell campus, stopping at the
Dairy Bar for some local ice cream. I hadn't been there since they
reopened it in its new building. It was quite good.
IMG_9875: Frank and a Dairy Bar fake cow.
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IMG_9877: Tom and Dairy Bar cow.
IMG_9887-header: The Johnson Musuem of Art at Cornell
IMG_9887-headertext: While on campus, we stopped at the Johnson Art Musuem.
Basically, I wanted to show them the view of the area from the 5th floor
gallery. But we also spent some time looking at the art there.
IMG_9887: Tom and Frank look at some art in the 5th Floor Asia Gallery of the
Johnson Museum, while Sara takes the picture.
IMG_9888: Tom and Frank look at some odd, funky art at the Johnson Museum.
IMG_9897-header: A Flight Over Ithaca
IMG_9897-headertext: I gave Tom and Sara a ride in a Cessna Skyhawk (C-172).
We flew over Taughannock Falls and then Ithaca.
IMG_9897: Frank checks if there's enough fuel for the flight. There's not.
IMG_9898: Tom and Frank pull the plane up to the fuel pump.
IMG_9899: And by "pull up the the pump" I mean, tug on the plane.
IMG_9900: More tugging.
IMG_9901: More pulling of the plane. It was only slightly uphill.
IMG_9902: Frank fills the right wing fuel tank.
IMG_9903: More gas.
IMG_9904: Posing after filling the left wing fuel tank.
IMG_9905: Then they push the plane back from the pump.
IMG_9906: And a bit more pushing.
IMG_9907: Frank does the pre-flight inspection. The flaps are lowered to the
full 30° setting to inspect them. Everything looks OK.
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IMG_9926: Frank and Tom in the front seats, shortly after the engine start.
The GPS is showing the basic map.
IMG_9927: Frank and Tom right before takeoff. The GPS is showing satellite
receiption. Likely I was changing the screen to check the time off right
before we took the runway.
IMG_9932: Tom looks out at the view of Cayuga Lake below.
IMG_9961: In the air. The altimeter indicates a little over 2500' above sea
level.
IMG_9962: Frank demonstrates to Tom some sort of maneuver with his hand.
IMG_9963: And we keep banking like this...
IMG_9964: ...until our wing hits the ground. Actually, I have no idea what I
was telling him.
IMG_9965: Frank flying and the view down below of Ithaca.
IMG_9972: Sara and Tom next to the Cessna 172 Skyhawk we flew.
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