Day 48 Scenic Tour of Orange County, NY

July 6 

Scenic Tour of Orange County, NY

Today we decided to take the scenic route around Orange County.  Taking the secondary highway from Florida we travelled south to Warwick along treed, windy roads.  Then southeast to Tuxedo going past Greenwood Lake and along the Sterling Forest, very picturesque!  Then north on highway 9 up through Harriman State Park, Bear Mountain State Park and eventually to the Hudson River.  Lots of curves, hills and small lakes but no pull offs for pictures.  We finally found a pull off and stumbled into Fort Montgomery right on the Hudson.  From here we could see the Bear Mountain Bridge crossing the Hudson and Bear Mountain.  We went into the info centre and then walked around the grounds where the fort was originally built in 1816. 

 Harriman State Park

Bear Mountain & Bear Mtn Bridge from Ft. Montgomery

 



West Point Military academy is just down the road.  The fee is $13/adult for one hour and foreigners need to show a passport, Americans have to show ID.   Luckily Marg had read this and we had our passports with us.  The tour was very informative and the grounds were very impressive.  New cadets have just started their training and only 1100 are taken each year but they receive about 15,000 applications.



 

Continuing north is Newburgh where we went to check out river cruises on the Hudson River.  We decided against the cruise as they only go as far as West Point.  They were about $22/adult for 2 hours and there were dinner cruises but we didn’t check prices.  Instead we checked out Orange County Choppers.  There were some very nice choppers on display from their shows dating 2002 – 2004.  Next stop the Woodbury Common Outlet stores.  Yay shopping!!

OCC Fire Fighters Dedication Chopper

Back at the campsite by 6:30 and it is still 33 degrees.  The campsite was offering free ice cream at the pavilion from 7 – 8 pm.  We joined in besides the pavilion is air conditioned.

 

Daily Stats: 
Today's distance:  170 km 
Weather:  Sunshine; High: 33 degrees; Lo: 25 degrees
Wildlife:   didn’t see anything today??
Campsite:  Black Bear Campground
Walking:  5 km
Today's news event:  San Francisco Air crash