A quick drive up to the Town of Berne's newest town park, the Game Farm Property, which for a few years in the early 2000s was a Buddist Camp. There are no trails up there AFAIK, just a large community hall and buildings from when it was a hunting club and game farm.
A "whitening" or "whiting" event on Cayuga Lake is a natural phenomenon where the water's surface turns a milky turquoise or white. It is caused by the sudden, massive open-water precipitation of microscopic calcium carbonate (calcite) crystals.These events typically occur during the warm summer months (usually July or August) when surface water temperatures rise and intense algal photosynthesis pushes the water's pH up. The crystals scatter sunlight, dramatically changing the water's appearance and briefly lowering water clarity.
