What better way to enjoy the Finger Lakes than to appeal to each one of your senses! How will you indulge your senses?  

 

Sight - Take a drive through the Finger Lakes Region and view the many breathtaking landscapes that Mother Nature has provided. Fall colors along the many vineyards that overlook the lakes, rolling hills that burn with the beautiful oranges, reds and yellows; it is the perfect place for photographic backdrops! Visit the I Love NY website for a weekly fall foliage report! 

 

Taste - Our region has many spectacular restaurants to choose from - many offering menu items that include produce from the local farms. If you want to try your hand at your own culinary creation, you will find the local produce is prime and available along many roadside stands and farmers markets.  

 

Smell - It's harvest time in the vineyards, so while you are out driving, take a minute to smell the grapes in the air or even stop at a winery along the Seneca Lake Wine Trail to smell the wonderful aromas from the different wines they offer. Of course, smell and taste go together!  

 

Sound - Venture along the many trails in the region; Tanglewood Nature Center, the Watkins Glen State Park Gorge, Catharine Valley Trail or in the Finger Lakes National Forest. You will hear the running waters, the animals and the serenity of your surroundings. 

 

Touch - Visit the Corning Museum of Glass where you can blow your own glass pumpkin through October 31st for the Harvest Season! Visiting the Innovation Center; Do It! Stations let you bend light, bend glass and more. Remember kids 19 and under are FREE!

 

Everyone will be able to enjoy themselves and create lasting memories so that the next time you think about your visit to the Finger Lakes you will be able to see, taste, smell, hear and feel like you are there again.    

 

For information on be sure to visit the following tourism sites:

Mark Twain Country
Corning's Gaffer District / Experience Corning
Watkins Glen Visitor Center  

Follow local Chemung County Chamber of Commerce Staffer, Tara, as she discovers all that Mark Twain Country has to offer.  You can share all of the same discoveries, learn something you never knew and share the same fun!  Tara writes all about it in her blog - check it out: A Rookie's Guide to Twain Country!

Interested in staying in Mark Twain Country? Why not check out the Holiday Inn Elmira Riverview's Mark Twain Package! The package includes overnight accommodations, tickets to a few of the museums mentioned in the blog above and several smiles and memories the whole family will share!