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Another Hike in Ithaca

This past week has been full of trips to Ithaca to explore the woods and find hidden waters. On Friday,  5/19/17, a bunch of my friends from Elmira traveled to Ithaca to a beautiful waterfall. In order to get to the waterfall there was a bit of a strenuous walk. We had to climb over and under some sketchy areas. I personally was out of breath from walking up a steep hill. Of course this tired me out, but from the top of the climb the view was amazing. While looking down on the waterfall I was actually feeling nauseous, I don't know why because usually I don't mind heights. The top was only the beginning of our adventure.

Once we started our journey again, we had to climb down the other side of the hill. There was a part where we had to slide on our butts to get down to the bottom. At the bottom there was a caved area. Once we walked through the caves we got another view of the waters below. The views are absolutely breathtaking. As beautiful as the high views were, I couldn't wait to make it to the waters.


Once we found our way to the waterfall. I was excited to hangout around there and get a nice little swim in. The waterfall was amazing. We swam across the pool and climbed on to the rocks near where the water was flowing down. This day was probably one of the most fun I have had here in NY. I was making memories with good people on a beautiful day.














Link: http://www.visitithaca.com/attractions/waterfalls

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