On Friday, I was joined by my son Dave and two of his friends from work. I didn't want to scare them off right away so instead of jumping right onto the trail and up some big mountain, we opted for the scenic, but short trail to Kaaterskill Falls. The weather has been dry here in New York so there was much less water coming over the Falls than I have seen in the past. I did hear one of them comment, "I gotta tell you, I was breathing hard coming up that trail." It was only a half mile long. Wait until we do a six miler tomorrow. Only one mountain, but it should be interesting.
From there we drove into Kingston and took the Rip Van Winkle boat cruise down the Hudson. Since it was an unseasonably warm day in the high 80's and I specifically chose Fall to make this trip, it was a day better suited for being on a boat than sweating up the back side of a mountain anyway.
... and you get to see a couple of Light Houses and decent views along the way.
I'm so glad you have come company Dale! Those boys are good company to have! I'm guessing the one who made the "breathing hard" comment was JB. haha! (love you John) I can't wait to read the blog from todays hike and see some pics. It'll be challenging but I'm sure everyone will do fine. You can't "wuss" out around a bunch of other police officers!
ReplyDeleteI am sure you guys had a great time. Looks like a perfect New York day. Great pic of all young men!
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