USA - NY - Finger Lakes region

[markc]

This is a really beautiful area to visit: the wooded hills, the lakes, the vineyards.. It's especially amazing durring the fall when the leaves change.

Unfortunately I don't have any pictures of said wonderful colors up at the moment, but I have one taken during the winter on the pier at the north end of Canandaigua Lake.

http://www.photogs.net/albums/Landscapes/MovingOn.sized.jpg

It's great place to do some camping, swimming, and photo taking. You can then hit vineyards like Bully Hill (http://www.photogs.net/albums/Landscapes/MovingOn.sized.jpg) for some wine-tastings to improve your photo appreciation. Lots of old barns, too, if you like those.

[markc]

Ah, I do have some of my old stuff up. I'm not happy with much of it now, but here it is.
http://www.photogs.net/markc/canandaigua.html

Here's some of Mount Hope Cemetary, which is in Rochester, NY.
http://www.photogs.net/markc/mthope.html

[terri]

So this is at Fingers Lake?? That image is one of my favorites of yours, Mark. It's absolutely stunning.

[markc]

Hey. Thank you Terri.

The Finger Lakes are several lakes located in central NYS. They were carved out by a glacier out for a stroll a few years back, and since they all run somewhat parallel and are slightly splayed, they are collective known as the Finger Lakes.

http://www.interlakes.com/flp/flpld.html

Those pictures were taken while I lived in Canandaigua, at the north end of Canandaigua Lake, the westernmost of the lakes.

[markc]

Hey vonnagy. I can do better than directions. ;)

Northern tip of Canandaigua Lake (http://terraserver.microsoft.com/image.aspx?t=1&s=13&x=197&y=2968&z=18&w=2)
End of the city pier (http://terraserver.microsoft.com/image.aspx?t=1&s=10&x=1571&y=23745&z=18&w=2)
You can see the traffic circle at the end of the pier, just to the right is a white car, a couple of empty spaces, and then a black car. Two more white cars are above the black car. If I remember correctly, the tree and bench are on the grassy space just above the two white cars.

Here's Mt Hope (http://terraserver.microsoft.com/image.aspx?t=1&s=12&x=358&y=5973&z=18&w=2)
And the section I find most interesting (http://terraserver.microsoft.com/image.aspx?t=1&s=10&x=1436&y=23893&z=18&w=2).
That circle in the arial is the small fountain pond on the Mt Hope page above and here:
http://www.photogs.net/albums/Landscapes/EmptyBench.sized.jpg


MapQuest of the city pier (http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?country=US&countryid=250&addtohistory=&add ress=city+pier&city=canandaigua&state=ny&zipcode=& submit=Get+Map)
MapQuest of Mt Hope Cemetary (http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?country=US&countryid=250&addtohistory=&add ress=mt+hope+cemetary&city=rochester&state=ny&zipc ode=&submit=Get+Map)