Tuesday, October 15, 2013

New York


Niagara Falls

Like the Grand Canyon, you have to see it to comprehend its enormity.


A view across to the Canadian side.

Niagara Falls - The movie.

The viewing area on the Canadian side.


Steps down to the bottom.

Permanent rainbow.

The Falls on a really cold day.

I followed the  Niagara River up to Lake Ontario. The fall colours were beautiful. 

It was coming up to Halloween and there were roadside pumpkin sellers everywhere.



Rochester
Eastman Museum
George Eastman was the founder of Kodak.
His house in Rochester, NY has been converted into a museum and an educational institution.
 George Eastman was born in 1854.
Eastman formed the Eastman Dry Plate Company & reincorporated it as The Eastman Kodak Company in 1892.
During his life George Eastman donated more than $100 million to educational and arts institutions, hospitals and charitable organisations around the world.

In the late 1920s, Eastman was diagnosed with a progressive and irreversible spinal disease, and in March 1932, he ended his own life.
In a note to friends, he wrote, “My work is done. Why wait?”



The entrance to his mansion.


The gardens are beautiful.


The entrance.


In the centre of the house the day room was cleverly created during the building of an extension.








The Catskills

The Catskill Mountains
I decided to travel to the Catskill Mountains to see the fall colours in New York (state).


Interesting and typical American barns.


This was in the RV park I stayed at.
The RV parks were nearly empty as the winter was approaching.


Fall colour along the road.


The tourist train at Phoenicia, NY.
Catskills Railroad


The lake at Brook-n-Wood RV Park where I stayed.


A nearby creek.


Halloween display along the road.




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