So much glass that they made a museum 10 July 2021 drive to Erie PA
We woke to another beautiful lakeside morning. A quick breakfast and a quick pack up and we were out. Another grand back-road tour was in the works for this day. First we went to the Corning Glass Museum. The building you see above is made of glass and the walls were even translucent. Somehow we spent 2.5 hours in this museum yet felt like we rushed through the museum. There was so much of the story of glass that we knew nothing about. From the first mechanical bottle maker, to the origins of float glass, to all the happy accidents that resulted in the discoveries of fiberglass, glass ceramics and fiber optics. What a treat! Our road of choice was NY 417. It passed through many cool small towns, some doing better than others. More grand houses, lots of lakes with the associated boats and docks, rivers along the road and great driving weather. I needed the intermittent function of the wipers a few times but no sustained rain. The clouds were great for keeping the eye strain down. Finishing up the drive, we went through Allegany State Park. This park was a gem of a park, There must have been hundreds of cabins stretched over 10 miles or so of park road. The speed limit was 35 MPH but that seemed too fast as we were trying to see everything. There were streams, lakes, wooded hills and wildlife. Finally we did a quick highway run of an hour into Erie PA.
Pulling out of Lodi
Passing this fabulous waterfall
Down and into the lake
These tiny butterflies are solar cells
They all combine as the power source for this chandelier
The hot glass demo
A cube make of glass cover sheets
A 3 meter mirror blank that broke in the cooling phase
A sphere made of small glass pieces
these are all individual pieces
Who knew that 30% to 90% of Champagne bottles would burst while the Champagne was brewing
The history of champagne bottles
Release the Kracken
Hmmm, deceased cat
Glass sausages
This is on the second floor of the museum, what kind of flood that must have been
Buggy time, lots of horse poo on the roads
Standing up , eating lunch and cooling off
No need for speed limits when the fastest your car goes is 45 mph
Lunch Spot
Steep pitch on this steeple
Getting fancy in Bradford NY
Bradford was hopping
Our chocolate savior!
Kayaks on the lake in Allegany State Park
The beach at the park
Beauty
Lots of cabins, lakes and folks
An osprey with a fish in his talons
Home of the ospreys
Yellow flowers off into the distance
Walkways over the stream
Bike lanes and hiking trails everywhere
35 mph and all ours, not another car in sight
