June 28, 2025

Stopped at Olana. Home of Hudson Valley artist Frederick Church. They have a beautiful new visitor center

Drove through Hudson and discovered a park with a great view of the Hudson Athens Lighthouse. It’s currently undergoing renovations

Then we drove to Catskill and to the Point. It’s really changed over the years. Managed to get a photo of the Rip Van Winkle Bridge

Had dinner at Christina’s restaurant and it was great. Michael had spaghetti and meatballs and I had chicken parmigan sandwich. delicious. They also had fried bread dough balls in bread basket.

May 14, 2025

Rainy day. We headed to Montezuma Wildlife Refuge. Spotted lots of families

Saw this tree and thought raise your hands and reach for the sky

Then we stopped in Seneca Falls to see the bridge that was inspiration for bridge in movie It’s a Wonderful Life

The innkeeper told us we could enter the Watkins Glen State Park from a back entrance. We finally found path on third try I walked to the suspension bridge and took some pictures. Next time I will take a longer walk