My Rhode Island Trip - Day Three

Our second night was spent in Ithaca, New York. In the morning (July 28) we visited the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. First we went into the visitor’s center. The visitor’s center had a library with tons of bird books. We hiked around and explored the area around Cornell. We saw two groups of smaller children learning in a class. The teachers had nets and buckets. I saw a Wood Thrush and heard an Ovenbird.

Me and Grandpa at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology - photo by Birdfreak

Checking out Cornell - photo by Birdfreak

After we left Cornell, we traveled to Albany, New York to visit the capitol. It was huge and beautiful. We saw the Senate and the House of Representatives.

photo by Birdfreak

I love the stairs and stairways in capitol buildings, they are very neat. The outside of the capitol looked kind of like a castle. We could only go three stories high, but it went up a lot higher.

Albany Capitol - photo by Birdfreak

After we left the capitol, we drove across the Hudson River on a really great bridge. We drove through Vermont and bought real maple syrup there.

Our third night we stayed in Brattleboro, Vermont.