Day 2, Kinderhook
From Hudson, we headed south on the east side of the Hudson River. Part of the way was on country roads inland of the Rhinebeck-Hudson Road. Our route took us through the campus of Bard College (no time to stop and visit the museum).
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| Annandale Road, Red Hook, south of Bard College |
We crossed the Hudson River heading west on the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge. The bridge had a separated bicycle lane, but the cars rush by just beyond the Jersey barriers, so the crossing is noisy. We were way above the river.
Kingston
When we reached the west side of the Hudson, we turned south and biked through historic Kingston.
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| Hutton Brickyards, Sojourner Truth State Park, Kingston |
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| Typical Kingston house, John Street |
New Paltz
Proceeding south from Kingston, we stayed at the Ulster County fair grounds. Ahh, plenty of porta-potties.
Day 3, Walkway Over the Hudson
The Walkway Over the Hudson is an amazing bicycle and walking path. Look down at the river - it is way down! Formerly the 1889 Poughkeepsie–Highland Railroad Bridge, it is now longest elevated pedestrian bridge in the world. This remarkable steel cantilever bridge crosses the Hudson River between Poughkeepsie and Highland, New York. What a treasure to preserve and convert into a pedestrian bridge.
Poughkeepsie
The eastern approaches to the Walkway Over the Hudson bridge carry you way above the older parts of Poughkeepsie. It feels like you are on a drone hovering over the city. Look south, and you can see the Franklin D. Roosevelt Mid-Hudson Bridge. I drove across it decades ago but do not remember any details.
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| Franklin D. Roosevelt Mid-Hudson Bridge, begun in 1925 and completed in 1930 |
From the bridge, you look down onto some historic Poughkeepsie neighborhoods. I wonder if residents ever look up at the people above peering down at them?
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| Oh, boy, ice cream. Oops, not today. |
From Poughkeepsie, we rode the Dutchess Rail Trail, the Maybrook Trailway, and finally the Putnam Trailway into the town of Carmel. New York has certainly done a remarkable job of converting old rail lines into bicycle trails. This was a hard day.
Dear Readers, you know where this is going. What do you do after a tough day and 60 miles? You go eat Greek food! Yes, there are Greeks in Carmel Hamlet, and they run a fabulous restaurant (The Greek Place, 3 Fair Street, Carmel). They came from a suburb of Athens near where my family lives.
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| Bicycling food |
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| More bicycling food |
I took the film pictures with a Canonet GIII QL17 camera with a 40mm ƒ/1.7 Canon lens. The Greek food are digital files from a Samsung mobile phone.
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