Enjoying the Hudson Valley

(Sorry, but the pictures are out of order. The first is the view of the Hudson from the overlook at West Point, the second is a light house in the river, the third is the main entrance to FRD's house, the fourth is a statue of FDR and Elanor and the last is a view of the dorm and chapel in the background at West Point.)



Wednesday and Thursday were most enjoyable days in the lovely Hudson Valley. We stayed at Rondout Marina in Kingston, NY. Early Wed. morning we picked up a rental car from Enterprise, ran a few errands, grocery shopped to provision the boat for the next leg of our trip and then we set off to Hyde Park to visit the Roosevelt home and presidential library. It was most interesting and we could have spent even longer there but it was closing time. We drove back to Kingston and had a wonderful lobster dinner at Mariners Harbour right on the Rondout River which is off the Hudson. This was in the very old waterfront section of town and the buildings dated way back.

Thursday morning we were up early and headed to West Point to visit the military academy. It too was very interesting and the area is gorgeous. We saw both Annapolis and West Point in about one weeks time but Annapolis gave us a much better tour so now we say go NAVY! That afternoon, we returned to Hyde Park to visit Val-Kill, Eleanor Roosevelt’s cottage where she enjoyed spending time away from her mother-in-law and where she lived after FDR died. Having always been interested in that period of history, it was a real treat for me to visit these two places.

The Culinary Institute of America is also located in Hyde Park but we ran out of time and so did not visit there. Other boaters we talked to who visited there gave it glowing reports.

Kingston was a charming old town that was burned to the ground by the British during the Revolutionary war. We really enjoyed visiting there.

Thanks to all for your kind notes. We are happy that you are enjoying our travels with us via the blog site.
Judy