Taughannock Falls State Park, Trumansburg, New York

We cooked breakfast before packing up and driving through the foothills of Pennsylvania before crossing into New York State wine country. We drove the Seneca Wine trail along the finger lakes to Taughannock Falls State Park. We have a beautiful, huge wooded site on the bluff overlooking the lake with the north rim trail passing by our campsite. We have our choice of wineries to pick from along Cayuga Lake.

Our campsite at Taughannock Fall State Park

View from North Rim Trail

View from North Rim towards the lake

Breathtaking falls

The Diamond Express Train ran in the 1890's

Tall, tall trees we were trying to identify from the raised bark

Long stone staircases

More birds out and about

Impressive stone bridgework

View from the trail

We fixed a yogurt and granola breakfast before we headed out through Ithica to Robert H. Treman State Park to hike another gorge and rim trail around Lucifer Falls. We then drove through Trumansbourg along Cayuga Lake to Lively Run Dairy to see the goats and do a goat and cow cheese tasting. We stopped at nearby Lucas Vineyard and Estate Winery for an outdoor wine tasting since they advertised nautical-sounding wines. We then stopped at Frontenac Point Winery for a flight of dry wines on their outside deck. Our last stop was at New York Pizza for a wide selection of pizzas by the slice where we grabbed four slices to go and enjoy back at the campground. 

Hiking the gorge trail at Treman State Park

We  spotted a hawk above us

Beautiful stone staircases

Hiking down 

A field of day lilies

Lucifer Falls

Wild about the wildflowers in tiny pinks

Rosy reds

Sunshine yellow

Awesome falls

Mill stones

The old mill had four floor of interesting exhibits on inner workings

Goat greeting us at Lively Farrms

Super tasting of goat and cow cheeses

Rustic barn

Josh Winery

Beautiful vista

Cherry trees and grape vines

Decorating with wine barrels

Second wine stop

Amazing view of Cahuga Lake

Dry reds and a white to sample