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Just a little over an hour north of the city are some great hikes along the Hudson. Once a year, I try and get to Cold Spring to do Breakneck Ridge. Ildi is not so keen on hiking, but I promised her that it was an easy one.
I’m not exactly sure how far or high we hiked, because I ordered a map after we got back, but from what I can gather from other sites, we covered most of the Taconic Park. There were numerous vistas to the North, West, and East, and the views were phenomenonal. It was further than I intended to drag my girlfriend, but I used the same trick I use on Matt and Jerry. I don’t tell people how far it we are going until we are way out in the woods and it is too late to turn back.
After one dark cloud,
the sun shone bright, but the breeze was cool and dry. During lunch I noticed that Ildi’s legs are tanner than mine. How do girls do that?
The air was so clear on Saturday that from this vista, looking south over the river and Westpoint, you could actually see the New York skline glimmering on the horizon like Oz (home of the wizard, not the prison). The pic to the right just barely captures it in pixels, but in person, the buildings were as plain as day.
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Site of the Day: Another hiker, http://www.thefatmanwalking.com/