Elderhostel

Elderhostel Glass Museum

Elderhostel

Finger Lakes Sampler

Corning, New York

October 9-14, 2005

 

Watson Homestead Conference Center
the host

 

Mariana Rhodes told us about New York Finger Lakes Geology

 

Jenny Monroe talking on the Iroquois Confederation
The People of the Longhouse

 

visited Montour Falls

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and walked through Watkins Glen

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tasted New York wine at Lakewood Vineyards

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took a cruise with Captain Bill on Seneca Lake

 

went to Elmira College to view Mark Twin exhibit and his writing pavilion

More Photos of the Mark Twain Exhibit

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Kirk House told us about the life of Glenn Curtiss

 

visited the Glenn Curtiss Museum

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learned more about wine making at Pleasant Valley

 

had a picnic lunch along Keuka Lake

 

where Glenn Curtiss had tested an early air craft

 

viewed the grape growing hills along the lake

 

learned more about wine at Bully Hill

 

and toasted the fruit of the vine

More Photos of Finger Lakes wine producers

 

learned about Frederick Carter and Steuben Glass from Tom Dimitroff

 

toured the Carter Gallery

 

Dr. Jack Martin told us the story of Corning

 

introduced us to the Corning Museum of Glass

More Photos from the Corning Glass Museum

 

Jenny Monroe explains how one can practice glass blowing at Corning

 

after which we saw a demonstration in the Hot Glass show


Tom Watson, IBM founder

 

his boyhood home

 

the little Red School House he attended

on the grounds of the Watson Homestead Conference Center, our host


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