Finger Lakes-Delaware Water Gap Road Trip

Posted: December 22nd, 2025 | Filed under: Out Of Town

Continuing the “small travel” era during Covid, an end-of-summer trip to the Finger Lakes and back via Northeast Pennsylvania at the end of August 2020. First, met some friends for the day near Ellenville in Ulster County and then spent the night in Roscoe before eventually reaching the Finger Lakes region:

Trout Town USA Sign, Old Route 17, Roscoe, New York, August 28, 2020

Trout Town Flies, 66 Stewart Avenue, Roscoe, New York, August 28, 2020

Riverside Park, Riverside Park, Roscoe, New York, August 28, 2020

Stewart Avenue, Roscoe, New York, August 28, 2020

The next day we set out for Watkins Glen State Park in Watkins Glen:

Sentry Bridge, Gorge Trail, Watkins Glen State Park, Watkins Glen, New York, August 28, 2020

Gorge Trail, Watkins Glen State Park, Watkins Glen, New York, August 28, 2020

Cavern Cascade, Gorge Trail, Watkins Glen State Park, Watkins Glen, New York, August 28, 2020

Central Cascade, Gorge Trail, Watkins Glen State Park, Watkins Glen, New York, August 28, 2020

Rainbow Falls, Gorge Trail, Watkins Glen State Park, Watkins Glen, New York, August 28, 2020

Rainbow Falls, Gorge Trail, Watkins Glen State Park, Watkins Glen, New York, August 28, 2020

We spent the night at the Quality Inn in Horseheads, just south of Watkins Glen:

Quality Inn Horseheads, 2666 Corning Road, Horseheads, New York, August 29, 2020

Complimentary breakfast during Covid was takeaway:

Quality Inn Horseheads, 2666 Corning Road, Horseheads, New York, August 29, 2020

Next day we went to the Corning Museum of Glass:

Corning Museum of Glass, 1 Museum Way, Corning, New York, August 29, 2020

Corning Museum of Glass, 1 Museum Way, Corning, New York, August 29, 2020

Contemporary Glass Galleries, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York, August 29, 2020

Glass Blowing Demonstration, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York, August 29, 2020

The museum is very interesting and the glass displays were often mesmerizing:

Crystal City Gallery, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York, August 29, 2020

Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York, August 29, 2020

Corning itself is charming:

Centerway Clock Tower, Corning, New York, August 30, 2020

Palace Theatre, 17 West Market Street, Corning, New York, August 30, 2020

And the Rockwell Museum also downtown:

Rockwell Museum, 111 Cedar Street, Corning, New York, August 30, 2020

The Buffalo Hunt by William Robinson Leigh, Rockwell Museum, Corning, New York, August 30, 2020

From there we traveled south to spend the night in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, stopping at the zany Lopez Winery & Vineyard along the way:

Lopez Winery & Vineyard, Lopez, Pennsylvania, August 30, 2020

Lopez Winery & Vineyard, 44 Winery Road, Lopez, Pennsylvania, August 30, 2020

Lopez Winery & Vineyard, Lopez, Pennsylvania, August 30, 2020

Rita’s Water Ice in Bloomsburg, PA with the mask request:

Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard, 1901 Columbia Boulevard #4, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, August 30, 2020

The next day, back to New York via the Delaware Water Gap, where we took a short hike:

View From Arrow Island Overlook Parking Lot, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Pennsylvania, August 31, 2020

Arrow Island Trail, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Pennsylvania, August 31, 2020

Arrow Island Trail, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Pennsylvania, August 31, 2020

Arrow Island Trail, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Pennsylvania, August 31, 2020

Arrow Island Overlook, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Pennsylvania, August 31, 2020

Village Farmer and Bakery in the town of Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania:

Village Farmer and Bakery, 13 Broad Street, Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania, August 31, 2020

Cherry Creek Behind Village Farmer and Bakery, Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania, August 31, 2020