Sightseeing in NY

On Tuesday we went to Corning, NY which at one time was the home of 55 different glass makers. It is where Corning Glass is still made and where Corning has a Museum of Glass. The museum has examples of just about every kind of glass ever made and an amazing collection of art glass. It is hard to imagine the art objects that can be made from glass unless you see the stuff here. Amazingly enough Tonya was fascinated by a scene made of glass miniatures. Many other things like a 7' cut glass candle holder and an apparent autopsy replica. We also saw a demonstration of glass blowing as a guy made a vase right before our very eyes.. Wednesday it rained all day so we went to an earth history museum in Ithaca where they had what was left of a fish I caught earlier this year. We then went to the Cornell University ornithology (bird watching) lab but the rain meant we mostly just watched the ducks. Left Ithaca this morning and are staying just down the road from Niagara Falls tonight.