Tompkins County

Tompkins County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York, and comprises the whole of the Ithaca metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, the population was 101,564. The county seat is Ithaca, and the county is home to Cornell University, Ithaca College and Tompkins Cortland Community College.

Tompkins County is in the west central part of New York State, south of Syracuse and northwest of Binghamton. It is usually geographically grouped with the Finger Lakes region, but some locals consider themselves to be part of Central New York or the Southern Tier.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tompkins_County,_New_York

I told myself that I would head back early to camp 🌇

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And here I am sitting at Stewart Park listening to Otis Redding waiting for the sunset. Maybe I won’t get up so early tomorrow morning. I’m so tired and a bit sunburnt though the protein from the hard boiled egg and a banana gave me some go. Going to be a good sunset tonight. Don’t have to stay up that late after I return to camp.

I didn’t plan on visiting the Cornell Botanical Gardens but they’ve been great… 🌸

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A bicycle is a great thing. You can park for free and ride all over. No searching for parking or paying, just need a bike rack or a sturdy location to lock the bike up to! 🚲

Now I want to see more of the campus and get a milk shake at the Cornell Dairy Bar 🐮 but that will have to wait for another day as it’s getting late and I want to explore a bit more of the gorge, 📸 then head back down to Stewart Park 🏞 on Cayuga Lake before heading back to camp ⛺. I’m tired 😴 I stayed up super late last night with a sugar high but then woke up early too. Vacation should be relaxing and not so busy, so I want to have a good dinner before retiring to bed 🛏 in my pickup.