Day 35: Catskill, NY

Stop 28 / State 16:  Catskill, NY

We almost had a 17th state in here today. The New York / New Jersey border ends at the Delaware River just a few feet South of where I-84 crosses from Pennsylvania into New York.  We thought of getting off and back on at the first off-ramp just so we could add New Jersey to the list for this trip.

That's New Jersey on the left bank of the Delaware (we think):

The "Welcome to New York" sign was in the center divider and was almost missed as a truck passed on our left at a crucial time (Kristen had to move quickly and was lucky to get this much of the sign:

I kind of jumped right past the difficult beginning that we had today. The park that we were in was downhill from the road. The way in from that road was a gravel road. Coming in, going downhill, it was no problem. Leaving, going uphill, was also no problem - until we stopped at the stop sign at the top of the hill. Could we get started again after we stopped?  No way. We just spun. Our truck even has the special differential that keeps both wheels spinning when on one starts to slip but does no good at all when they both slip.


Finally. Kristen helped me back all the way back down the hill. Then she went up to the stop sign to watch for traffic. When she gave me to go ahead, I raced up the hill and ran the stop sign. Once I was on the pavement, I stopped for her to get in and we were off.

Catskill, NY is very close to Woodstock, NY so, of course, we wanted to see the sight of the 1969 festival. When we got here, we couldn't get the internet to work and we had no cell phone service so there was no way to find out the actual location. We drove to downtown Woodstock and saw an information kiosk. Kristen jumped out, hoping to find a map. The best she could do was a flyer for a concert related museum - in Bethel, NY. Now that we have our internet working, I've looked it up. The festival was indeed in Bethel, NY which is about 80 miles from here. The promoters called their company Woodstock because Bob Dylan lived there and it must be a cool place.

Next thing that we wanted to see was the Hudson River.  Coming up the New York State Throughway, we'd seen a billboard for Hudson River boat tours in Saugerties, NY.  Saugerties was close by so we figured it for a good spot to see the Hudson.  It was!

This is the Saugerties Light House (a bed and breakfast now):

 

Here's a couple of shots of the river from the lighthouse (apologies for the filthy lense - I've been unable to clean it but I'm sure that my photographer daughter will know just what to do when we get to her house tomorrow):

And, of course, here's today's trailer picture:

 

-J-