A Walk Back in Time

Walking through the Cascadilla Gorge is one of my favorite things to do, but I never realized the history behind the gorge. Todd Bittner led us through the gorge and explained the history of the gorge as part of Cornell and about the restorations of the gorge trail. I was really surprised to learn that Cascadilla hall is built from stone mined from the gorge, and that it was the first building of the university.

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The layers of shale can be seen. There are also nearly 90 degree corners in the rock caused by the shifting and cracking of tectonic plates.

 

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The trail was moved away from the rock walls near this section of stone, in case the stone falls.

 

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Concrete added at the base of the trail designed to look as natural as possible. Mosses have started growing on this addition to the trail.

 

 

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Afterwards we joined the Donlon’s tour group at Waffle Frolic. Pictured is a vegan waffle topped with vegan ice cream and strawberries

 

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