Mon Sept 20: Seneca Falls to Seneca Falls State Park Marina

 In which we are both thankful for Dangerous Women ...

We were up at what Rick calls 'a reasonable hour' because our to-do list was long. After a supremely uninspired breakfast at a local diner, the first stop was the Woman's Rights National Park.  The buildings were closed due to Covid, but the ranger talk was terrific.  Of particular interest to us was the fact that so many things had to come together just so, in order to make history in this time and place.  One of those things was the matriarchal nature of the local Iroquois community.  The equality of men and women in this culture caught the attention of the women active in the Abolition movement, showing them that there might be a different way for women to live.

I know my own husband would have been 100% behind such an endeavor.

I encourage you to read the Declaration of Sentiments.  Using language based on the Declaration of Independence it's quite stirring.  It is also clear that some of these rights still do not exist in full.

This statue commemorates the important meeting of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, one of the primary founders of the right movement, and Susan B Anthony, a Quaker activist.  It is said that their friendship was critical because 'Elizabeth stirred up Susan, and Susan stirred up the world'.

I am so glad that these 'dangerous women' (as they were called by the status quo) had such a vision for the way things could be, and fought hard to make it a reality.  I would be proud to be considered 'dangerous'.

I got so riled up about all the things we should be fighting for that I had to look over the peaceful view to calm myself down.

The bridge to the right of this old mill building (now the site of the Women's Hall of Fame) is said to be the one made famous in the movie It's a Wonderful Life.  There is a museum about that movie here in Seneca Falls, but we can't stop for that this time around.

A glimpse of our 'wonderful life' through George Bailey's bridge.

We were hoping to get to Seneca Lake before the weather deteriorates, so we left the Seneca Falls wall and headed out on our last western leg, to the Seneca State Park Marina at the edge of the big lake.

The way there seemed to consist of huge trailer parks, with docks.

I don't know if you can see these three ducks on this old branch - but if you ask me it clearly shows that ducks grow on trees.

You can see us stopped for the night right at the edge of Seneca Lake. It's been awhile since we have seen a large body of water.

By this point we were both feeling a little direction-challenged, but I guess we are facing west ....??  We haven't seen lights twinkling on a far shore since Lake Champlain, and it's quite nice.