2014-04 Hyde Park NY and the Hudson Valley

Our second day in New York, we headed a few miles north of the Newburgh KOA to the newest New York state park, Walkway over the Hudson. Originally a railroad bridge completed in 1989, it was converted to a pedestrian bridge which opened in 2009. It is the longest pedestrian bridge in the world at 1.28 miles, and is 212 feet over the surface of the water - a bit higher than that "scary" Chesapeake Bay Bridge, yet not nearly as unnerving! Lots of runners and walkers, it seems a successful and well-used structure with a spectacular view.

A park volunteer graciously offered to take our picture - thank goodness for volunteers who keep these parks in business!

Yes, it was chillly!

Just across the river, we had lunch in Poughkeepsie and then headed a few miles north to tour the grounds of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and the Vanderbilt Mansion, both on shore of the Hudson River in Hyde Park, NY.

Pictures from the day are on our skydrive

My favorite part of the presidential library was sitting down with Eleanor and Franklin!

Strolling around the Vanderbilt Mansion

Wanderers and Vagabonds...

The RV started as a temporary solution to afford living in Newport Beach when Mary's company relocated to Irvine, CA. We loved it so much, we decided to make a go of full-time RVing. In July 2008 we hit the road, and have been roaming ever since. We do seasonal work camping and really enjoy it. We also use camp club memberships such as Thousand Trails and Coast to Coast to save on "rent". We have found beauty everywhere we go and hope to continue exploring and enjoying this beautiful country. Here's a great quote which sums up our hope for ourselves and for anyone seeking similar adventures:

“...May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. May your rivers flow without end, meandering through pastoral valleys tinkling with bells, past temples and castles and poets towers into a dark primeval forest where tigers belch and monkeys howl, through miasmal and mysterious swamps and down into a desert of red rock, blue mesas, domes and pinnacles and grottos of endless stone, and down again into a deep vast ancient unknown chasm where bars of sunlight blaze on profiled cliffs, where deer walk across the white sand beaches, where storms come and go as lightning clangs upon the high crags, where something strange and more beautiful and more full of wonder than your deepest dreams waits for you -- beyond that next turning of the canyon walls.” - Edward Abbey

the.arys - gary and mary

2014-04 Hyde Park NY and the Hudson Valley

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