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he change in seasons is like scenery, a picturesque quality captured by by the time we had finished the sun had a dripping faucet. You never the droves of landscape painters who set just set. Over everything was a clear, blue notice the water accumulating up shop here. To many of these tourists, sheen. I felt acutely aware of the spaces Tuntil it’s filled an entire pool. we live in a paradise. among things. It felt as though my field of All of a sudden, camper vans are Recently I saw a screening of the movie vision had widened. I could see the tops rumbling through the mountains. The Mirror, directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. of trees. The forest around me was grey creatures inside them are here to marvel Though there’s a narrative in there, the and vivid, like the Russian countryside. at nature. movie is mostly about looking carefully. In Russian Ark, directed by Alexander We live in an area known primarily for its We’d started the screening early, and Sokurov, another Russian filmmaker and Tarkovsky’s apprentice, a 19th-century MOUNTAIN LAUREL WALDORF SCHOOL marquis approaches two 21st-century — Enrolling NOW for Fall 2017 — gallerygoers and asks them whether they NEW 3 DAY NURSERY PROGRAM love beauty or its representation. This part “Protecting and nurturing childhood as the foundation for the future.” of the movie always makes me feel guilty, To register, Call or Email: (845)255-0033 • [email protected] because I often make the crucial mistake of failing to look. After all, isn’t that what SUMMER CAMP 2017 — Limited openings still available for June 19-22 and June 26-29 sessions. Ages 3 – 8, Mon. – Thurs. 9am -2:30pm film art is for? If it doesn’t extend past the hour and 45 minutes of its viewing, then OUTDOOR FUN • WATER PLAY • CRAFTS GAMES • SONGS • STORIES • ORGANIC SNACKS it has failed as art. Email Ms. Fridlich at [email protected] for info I was born to two painters, so this is what I have been raised with all my life. Look at 16 S. Chestnut St., New Paltz, NY • www.mountainlaurel.org the sky! The sun! That bird! What color do you think that shadow is? A shadow does more than make a color darker. My father taught me never to describe Bring your newborn, toddler, or preschooler to one of our fun-filled classes. Explore musical play, child-friendly instruments, songbooks, and CDs that you use at home. And find out how nurturing our research-based music and movement program can be.

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special, three-day-long event. We strung up all our food in a tree, out of the reach of the bears, and washed our dishes in the stream. It was incredible to experience that much silence from day to day. One starts to hear the rustling of leaves hundreds of feet away. By the end of the trip, we were all inexplicably rising before dawn, and walking around without saying a word. When I came back into civilization, it felt like time had slowed down. I occupied the space between moments. I was happy, though I smelled terrible. To all of you who read this: Get outside. Look around. You might find something spectacular.

Summer in the Valley June - August, 2017 An Ulster Publishing publication current president has debased the word change of temperature can have. by firing it off like a mounted machine Seasonal Affective Disorder is one of the Editorial gun. I think people make the mistake of most fascinating of human conditions. WRITERS: Abbe Aronson, Susan Barnett, thinking that the word beautiful is mean- If those affected by it do not get enough Mary Busch, Lisa Carroll, Leslie Gerber, Elisabeth Henry, Dante Kanter, sunlight from day to day, they can become ingless when really it is being misused. Harry Matthews, Paul Smart, Jack Warren, The word beauty, is, for lack of a better profoundly depressed. This demonstrates Lynn Woods, Melanie Zerah word, beautiful, and I think it crucial for the embarrassing close similarities be- EDITOR: Paul Smart our day-to-day survival to recognize what tween people and plants. No matter how around us is beautiful. hard we try to convince ourselves that we Front photo of Woodstock’s millstream in summer by Dion Ogust. I spend a lot of time thinking about art. are exempt from the laws of the natural COVER DESIGN AND LAYOUT BY Joe Morgan Why we make it, how and when. Most world, we change with the seasons. of the time I think art is there to teach Ulster Publishing us how to live like artists. Despite what spent most of my childhood afraid PUBLISHER: Geddy Sveikauskas Sokurov’s gallerygoers think, it is not of the outdoors. I remember that one I ADVERTISING DIRECTOR: Genia Wickwire enough to simply look at representations summer my friends decided they want- DISPLAY ADS: Lynn Coraza, of beauty. It is important to find beauty ed to explore my woods. I volunteered Pam Courselle, Pamela Geskie, in one’s own life, and what better time of to stay behind and have them report to Elizabeth Jackson, Ralph Longendyke, year than now? me via walkie-talkie. Out of what I am Sue Rogers, Linda Saccoman This is a season of possibilities. We are guessing was annoyance, they told me PRODUCTION MANAGER: Joe Morgan holding our breath as summer tumbles that they had found an open grave in a PRODUCTION: out like a carpet. The season has been clearing, and had heard something crawl Diane Congello-Brandes, Josh Gilligan, Rick Holland proceeding at a breakneck pace. It is out of it while their backs were turned. shocking to see the profound effect a I did not go back into my woods for CLASSIFIED ADS: Amy Murphy, Tobi Watson years. Every once in a while, a bear would CIRCULATION: Dominic Labate lumber out of the woods and muck up our trash cans, or a deer would stare nervously Summer in the Valley is one of four Explore Hudson Valley supplements from our back yard, but otherwise I felt Ulster Publishing puts out each year. largely separated from the environment It is distributed in the company’s four I lived in every day. weekly newspapers and separately at When I go to New York City, I am shocked select locations, reaching an estimated by how content people seem in public readership of over 50,000. Its website is www.hudsonvalleyone.com. For more parks. It is a paradox. The more there is info on upcoming special sections, of something, the easier it is to ignore. including how to place an ad, call 845- The last time I went camping was with 334-8200, fax 845-334-8202 or email: a group of Zen monks. I was a part of [email protected]. their Sunday-school program. This was a Ulster Publishing Co. Explore Hudson Valley June - August, 2017 • 5

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eal-estate clients show but I’m also their advocate for the Hudson train tracks my grandmother and her up from Brooklyn with huge Valley. I’m the tour guide. parents rode upstate from the Bronx when enthusiasm for this area and I grew up here. My dad’s family has she was a kid. R absolutely no idea why. That’s had a summer cottage in Rosendale for The railroad bridge beside the Mid- what happens when an area develops five generations, and my family moved Hudson Bridge in Highland and Pough- “buzz.” They don’t know why it’s so great to Woodstock when I was nine. I’ve seen keepsie is now the majestic Walkway Over here, but they’ve heard it is and they’re attractions come and go. The Hudson. My dad’s favorite Kingston in love before they even get off the Thru- The rickety, death-defying trestle bridge spot, Lawton Park, near Golden Hill on way. over the Rondout Creek in Rosendale that Route 32, is closed. My job, as their broker, is to show them thrilled my cousins and me when we were Some things stay the same: the eerie why they’re right. They want me to find kids is now a solid, reliable structure. It echoes in the Widow Jane Mine in Rosen- them a house they can make into a home, links to walking trails that replaced the dale, the ice caves off Binnewater Road, Ulster Publishing Co. Explore Hudson Valley June - August, 2017 • 7 8 • June - August, 2017 Explore Hudson Valley Ulster Publishing Co. the climbers crawling the rocky face of the hen there are the attractions that Blame the dodgy reputation the Rondout Gunks, the Mohonk tower above them, Thave been here forever, but I never area had when I was a kid. That was a the stone walls of the Overlook Mountain knew. very long time ago. Imagine my delight House in Woodstock, and the rattlesnakes Just last year I discovered Kingston when I wandered through those iron gates that nest nearby. Just for a few. Point Park. I have no idea how I missed it. late last summer and strolled the paths to discover a beautifully preserved trolley car sitting on the tracks in a misty rain. I honestly thought for a moment that I’d managed to travel back in time. But no, no magic this time. That trolley runs every weekend in the summer. The year before, I walked the soggy path to the Saugerties Lighthouse for the first time. I’ve been back several times since. How about when that Viking ship with its crew of happy, young adventurers docked at the Rondout last year? Or when

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liding through the wa- undiscovered town caught in an earlier from the flower beds in the garden. ter at Stissing Lake in Pine time. However, it has a busy lunch spot I once attended an enchanting wedding Plains is one of the most and an elegant French restaurant that that began in this garden. On July 4 there G delightful summer experi- was once a biker bar. is a big evening celebration when crowds ences you might have this summer. This of people come to see the fireworks from glacial lake in the middle of the town is he state-run Clermont estate in Saugerties across the river. mostly surrounded by trees. Rising over TClermont, home to seven genera- the lake is Stissing Mountain, reflecting tions of the Livingston family, is a white cross the other side of the Hud- in the still water. The swimming is sub- stucco mansion whose interior was left Ason is the Saugerties Lighthouse, lime. The water is always cold, and there as the last Livingston had lived in it which you reach by walking almost a are places to park. You can swim out to around 1930. Family heirlooms such as half-mile along a path through grass the middle of the lake. books, paintings and furniture are on and sand. The lighthouse has overnight Pine Plains itself seems a homespun and display. There are stunning river views accommodations, booked months in ad- Ulster Publishing Co. Explore Hudson Valley June - August, 2017 • 23 vance, for a couple. sures with gigantic feathered bodies are apparent harmony. Once you are there, you feel almost as ostriches and emus. As you first enter the though you are floating in a boat, because zoo, you cross a bridge over a large pond or evening entertainment there the lighthouse is so far out on a sandbar. where otters, cranes and ducks live in Fis the Powerhouse Theater at Vas- You can hear the lapping of the waves against the foundation. There is even a place to swim on a little beach below the Taste several decks. The lighthouse, a historic landmark, has a gigantic top light that shone along the river at night.

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Well-known actors and playwrights place to visit. The castle took Peter Wing to the view. Inside are beguiling antiques are involved in these productions, which and his wife Tony 47 years to build. They inside collected over the years by the Wings. employ the latest technology and produc- used gigantic stones to fashion a build- tion values. “Hamilton” was first produced ing that would have delighted Harry he quiet and lush Buttercup Sanc- here before it went to Broadway. Because Potter. Wing at one time used elephants Ttuary on Route 82 outside Pine of the caliber of the productions as well to move the stones with their trunks. Plains consists of a meadow spread out as the intimacy of the space, the plays you The place is located on a high ridge. You along a hillside. There are mown paths will see are likely to be thrilling to watch. feel as though you are in a plane as you look through the grasses as well as through over the panorama to the Catskills. The the woods above. Since It’s unusual to ing’s Castle which is in Mill- small Stonehenge they built from large slabs find other people there, it is a often per- Wbrook is another dazzling and cool of stone outside adds a mystical element fect place for solitude. You might even The Marbletown Inn Taste Family Dining & Daily Specials Italian American Cuisine Monday: Chicken Parmesan & Pasta served with soup, salad, and garlic bread — $9.95 Wed: Spaghetti with Meat Sauce served w/ soup or salad and garlic bread — $8.95 Thurs: Wing Night Eat in 50¢ each & to go 60¢ each (min. 12). Hot, Mild, Superhot, BBQ or Honey! Friday: King Crab Legs served with soup & salad, vegetable, potato & garlic bread — $28.95 Sat. & Sun: Prime Rib Night King Cut — $19.95 • Queen Cut — $17.95 served with soup, salad, starch, & vegetable Serving N.Y. Style Pizza Catering for all your party needs! Serving Lunch & Dinner • Closed Tuesday 2842 Rt. 209, Stone Ridge, NY (845) 338-5828 Yeah! We Go There... Delivery charge still ONLY $1.00 DOWNLOAD THE NEW ANGELA’S PIZZA APP... “Gatehouse to For Coupons, FREE Food & Stuff, Rewards Points the Catskills” Check it out! Gifts • Lotto • ATM • Free WiFi Camping, Hunting & Fishing Supplies Live Bait • “SAWBELLIES” It’s All About the Quality! Tackle • Fishing/Hunting Licenses Voted Best Pizza in the Hudson Valley Mobile Gas • Clean Rest Rooms from the Daily Freeman Readers Poll 3110 Rt. 28, Shokan Square Shokan, NY 12481 Mondays $10.95 Large Cheese Pizza All Day!

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oxbury, deep in the Catskill RMountains, is an unspoiled small town with a striking main street. There are few signs or stores. There are many ways to drive to Roxbury . The roads wind through the most sacred and charmed of the highest Catskills, and the trip is so breathtaking that you will leave all your cares behind.

s you drive through the small Atowns along these roads, you will notice that they become more and more old-fashioned. You will see gorgeous old buildings that were once homes, granges, stores and churches. You become so curi-

COURTESY OF ESOPUSCREEKCONSERVANCY.ORG ous that you get out of your car to look The walk out to the Saugerties Lighthouse has become one of the best at them more closely. Amid the world’s ways to experience the Hudson River as an ecosystem. It’s a great place raging turmoil we are lucky to be in the to picnic or swim as well. peaceable kingdom of the Hudson Valley. cross paths with a fawn, as I once did. There a rare birds living here. as well Entertainment as clouds of butterflies. Once you climb up along the top of the meadow, you can see across the valley as though you had climbed a mountain. There is something timeless about this meadow. It’s an Ameri- can zen garden. AT NEW PALTZ

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Above, Smorgasburg in Kingston’s Hutton Brickyards has transplanted a hipster Brooklyn scene to the banks of the Hudson River with food trucks and even Bob Dylan on the last weekend in June; right, Mountain Jam, which takes place the weekend this guide comes out, has become one of the region’s biggest music draws. Various music scenes draw many visitors.

o many fantastic things are in the works as we move into the Woodstock summer season that Sit’s hard to know what to high- light. But here’s a taste of what I’m look- ing forward to enjoying this summer.

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or many residents of the vantage being within a day trip’s reach ling Clark are miniscule compared to the mid-Hudson Valley, transiting of New York City, but proximity to this Met, MOMA, the Whitney, Guggenheim, etc., out of the region usually means cultural juggernaut does have a draw- but, particularly in the context of today’s F a straight path south to New back. It tends to overpower the other taste for the local, the handmade and the York City for work, cultural enrichment worthwhile destinations within a couple small, these modest-scaled museums have or visiting one’s young-adult progeny of hours’ drive of our region. their advantages—not the least of which is in Brooklyn. Definitely it’s a huge ad- Granted, the Hyde Collection or the Ster- the journey, a drive through lovely coun- VISIONEXCEL...... where eyewear is an art Donaldson & Chiera RN, Family Health NP, PC Please consider us for your We are proud to have expanded unscheduled healthcare needs our “Made in the USA” frame collection Emotional Healing Onsite X-Ray and EKG & Spiritual Evolution Monday to Friday 8am to 8pm Chakra-based Therapy Saturday and Sunday 10am - 4pm Private Chakra Lessons Workshops | Retreats 10 Gagnon Drive We participate in Chakra Meditations Stone Ridge, NY 12484 Return the F.A.V.O.R. 845-679-6107 T: 845-377-1149 (Find and Assist Veterans of Record) [email protected] F: 845-377-1292 namastesacredhealing.com www.rvpromptcare.com Lake Katrine, NY https://www.facebook.com/NamasteSacredHealingCenter/ No appointment needed (845) 336-6310 36 • June - August, 2017 Explore Hudson Valley Ulster Publishing Co.

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Steele, showcases traditional high culture. is Saratoga Springs, the fashionable water- and wellness centers, thoroughbred horse The Shaker Museum at New Lebanon and ing hole described in the writings of Henry and harness races, and polo matches. The the Hancock Shaker Village in Pittsield James and many others. By James’ time, the Saratoga Arms Hotel is a well-preserved display furniture and crafts noteworthy resort catered to the nouveau riche, whom relic of the gaslight era, with its capacious for their severe simplicity and perfect he lampooned. The small city has spas verandah. Catch Sting, Cyndi Lauper, the marriage of form and function. While in the area, you can also immerse yourself in the WOODSTOCK idealized images of Main Street Americana MONOPRINT that riveted the country from the covers of INVITATIONAL the Saturday Morning Post at the Norman EXHIBITION Rockwell Museum. DRAWING PAINTING Traveling another half-hour north, Curated by Kate McGloughlin there is MASS MoCA, in North Adams, a PRINTMAKING SCULPTURE must-see complex of 28 brick industrial September 2–October 14 buildings given over to massive displays and so much more for ages 12–99+ of contemporary art. Plan to add an extra Opening Reception hour to your visit due to the opening of a XPPETUPDLTDIPPMPGBSUPSH

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COURTESY OF SARATOGA.COM What’s summer without a trip up to the races in Saratoga, along with an evening of ballet, classical music, and possibly touring pop acts?

Dave Matthews Band or other pop artists at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, located in a large, sylvan park. Glens Falls, another 20 minutes up the Northway, milled the logs loated down the upper Hudson from the Adirondack forest, which was being clear-cut. Though still a little sleepy following nearly a century of decline, it’s home to a little gem of an art museum, The Hyde Collection. The former mansion of Louis and Charlotte Hyde has hosted some excellent shows in recent years, including works by Romare Bearden and Georgia O’Keeffe. Complementing its collection of Old Masters, the Hyde this summer is opening a new gallery of modern art, whose premiere exhibition will feature the brightly colored and curved minimalist

COURTESY OF MASSMOCA.ORG works of Ellsworth Kelly. Mass MOCA, in nearby Northwestern Massachusetts, has become America’s largest museum of contemporary art. It’s site-specifi c art is a t’s a three-and-a-half-hour drive delight for all ages. Ito Cooperstown, a gorgeous ride Ulster Publishing Co. Explore Hudson Valley June - August, 2017 • 39 through Schoharie County, mostly de- stored buildings moved to the site, a work- void of people and rich in rural scenery. ing 19th-century farmstead, complete with Plan to stay overnight. Cooperstown’s sheep and other animals, an elaborately well-preserved 19th-century buildings painted carousel, and the petriied Cardiff are clustered at the foot of an immense, Giant, revealed to be a hoax. misty lake bounded by green hills con- After dinner on the verandah of one of jures up Switzerland. the restaurants overlooking the lake, head The Clark family has pumped enormous to the Glimmerglass Festival, located in Local art and hand made gifts, wine from amounts of money into the town, including an open-air theater overlooking the lake. around the world. Serving wine, beer and gourmet the founding of the Baseball Hall of Fame, The opera selections this summer consist bar food Wednesday–Sunday, noon-9pm. which attracts thousands. Cooperstown of James Lowe’s acclaimed production of 76 Vineyard Ave, Highland, NY 845.834.3144 is also home to the Fenimore Art Museum Oklahoma!, Porgy and Bess, and Handel’s Knausgalleryandwinebar.com and the Farmer’s Museum. The Fenimore’s Xerxes. Thaw collection of Native American art, one of the nation’s best, will have a special “A Declaration of Sentiments: exhibit this summer. Reflections on the Centennial of Also on display this season are works by Women’s Right to Vote in NYS” A Mix of Art and Artifacts on exhibit through Aug. 20 Andrew Wyeth, in a show curated by his Athens Cultural Center, 24 Second Street, Athens, NY granddaughter Victoria Wyeth; landscape For more information: www.athensculturalcenter.org paintings of simpliied forms and rich color by Tracy Helgeson; Frank Farmer’s jazzy, modernist interpretations of church interiors; images of igure skating from the collection of Olympics igure skater Dick Button; and others. The Farmers’ Museum across the street includes a historic village consisting of re- be inspired Art

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young couple and their Labrador retriever. young son have returned I did know that McDonald’s owes part from a year of traveling. They of its success to the fact that adults can Ahave shared some intrigu- enter with children, buy Happy Meals, ing facts, such as that bars in Portugal and salvage a few moments of serenity serve glasses of wine to parents in play- over a dollar cup of coffee. Meanwhile, grounds. In the public squares in Mexi- the children become engaged, counting co, they told me, the adults relax and so- french fries, arguing over who got more, cialize while the babies crawl around on examining gender-specific toys, and sip- slate floors, and children play together. ping apple juice. (That juice has replaced Were there were any such traditions Coca-Cola!) in upstate New York, or anywhere in Other diners rarely offer criticism about America? I couldn’t come up with much. the noise. The managers know on which But I did remember an ill-fated cross- side their bread is buttered. A family can country trip with four children and a large linger at the table as long as they desire Destinations

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ummer comes with rituals as well as events. For every concert opportunity, festival S outing, or al-fresco dinner party, some of us need to feel complete certain tasks by the time our kids head back to school and the busier holidays of the autumn roll around. Especially in local election years like this one, when we’re not swallowed by the growing means of national political cycles to interrupt our personal lives with bleeping insistency, Hudson Valley sum- mers provide many ways to hook back into the pleasures of small-town America from Memorial Day through Labor Day. Given the many elements of worldly so- phistication that have etched themselves on the region since its earliest days, we also maintain a global perspective, sip- ping Italian aperitifs, French wines or German-style brews while eying vistas that have been described as our nation’s answer to countless other places. My summer is a mix of stay-at-home days, big-ticket draws and traditional events. What’s a warm July evening without the crowd-arousing sounds of a baseball game, from organ trills and snippets of classic rock to the crack of a bat before a ball sails off into home-run territory? Who needs to travel far when we’ve got the Hudson Valley Renegades at Dutchess Stadium in Wappingers Falls and the Tri- Valley Cats at Troy’s Joe Bruno Stadium? COURTESY DRIVEIN32.COM There are always good seats and great local Alongside a growing number of free outdoor screenings of classic and food. Kids can often get a chance to run newer features, drive-in movies remain a summer thing in the Hudson Valley. the bases after a game. And before the season starts in July, don’t forget to watch Our family loves local park concerts that like flocks of birds. Several community some Little League matchups. You’ll find feature local bands and an occasional big- brass bands — Athens, Pine Bush, the them happening almost everywhere once ger name. Sometimes people try a bit of IBM Big Blues and Dutchess County’s you start looking around for them. dancing while their kids swarm around Aerophone Community Band come to Ulster Publishing Co. Explore Hudson Valley June - August, 2017 • 45

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s the hustle and bustle of the school year winds down, there’s been a collective sigh A of relief at my house. With both girls in school — Shelby complet- ing first grade and Sammie wrapping up full-day kindergarten — and a husband who teaches tech some towns over, the Monday-through-Friday scene at the Carroll house has been hectic at best. Tom and I have been longing for those quiet mornings where we can sit on our front porch, sip coffee and plan out the summer days’ events without being be- holden to a time frame. It’s a luxury not everyone has. We appreciate that. This summer we won’t be taking any lavish vacations. We have plans to work on the house a bit, an on-going process. There’s a kitchen floor that needs to be re-done, a living room carpet that needs to come out. But we’re also talking about finally getting that puppy the girls have been begging for. A chocolate Lab pup, maybe. That might put the kibosh on re- doing the kitchen floor for the time being. Most summer nights, my kids will vol- unteer to water the garden. That’s code for getting sloppy, wet and muddy. But the

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’m nose-deep in a dish of choc- contestants. I’m standing in a shallow in high school, however, camp-counselor olate-pudding graham cracker pool of water, most of which is airborne jobs can seem pretty attractive. with a crowd of kids cheering me from ceaseless splashing. I’m reload- I had originally planned on staying in Ion alongside four other pie-eating ing twenty bucks I don’t have onto my New Paltz last summer to experience the Dunkin’ Donuts app to support my in- village with an absence of college kids. I Village Antique Center tensifying coffee habit. I’m a camp coun- had reasoned that getting a job around selor, and I don’t like kids. there would have been simpler than back at Hyde Park I can hear my past self saying this in the at home on Long Island. I had figured I summer of 2016 as I clock into my eight- could keep it as the school year went on. week, nine-to-five near-minimum-wage We were in the middle of our college summer-camp job. Seasonal gigs are dif- careers, sophomores on the cusp of ficult to come by for a college student. No adulthood. one wants to hire some 19-year-old kid for I love New Paltz — even back then I re- Route 9, between Roosevelt and Vanderbilt Mansions two weeks of training and three weeks of ally did. But after spending the last month actual work before they flee back to col- of that semester cooped up in the dorms (845) 229-6600 lege. If you aren’t doing an internship or grieving over the tragic death of Tom, a returning to a part-time job you had back fellow student, this vibrant kaleidoscope Ulster Publishing Co. Explore Hudson Valley June - August, 2017 • 55 of a hippie town didn’t feel so colorful to the past semester. I soon left the neon, ast forward a few weeks, and I me. I felt uncomfortable to be here. The lava-lamp world of Sasha Grey molded Fwas getting existential about my life steps too many of us had taken forward in fleshlights in search of something more in the middle of a less-than-voluntary our mental health since coming to college fulfilling. dance contest featuring me soloing in were erased. We were back at square one. Plan A was my cashier job at Spencer’s Antiques from the summer before. Due to the low traffic of weed paraphernalia and whoopee-cushion consumers, I had too ANTIQUE CENTER ~ AUCTION GALLERY much time to sit around and think about RHINEBECK ANTIQUE Hoffman’s Barn EMPORIUM Between Rhinebeck & Hyde Park 5229 Albany Post Rd The “Premier Destination for Antiques & Unique Collectibles” Staatsburg,NY 12580 (845) 229-8200 ~ OPEN DAILY 10-5 ~ Antiques ~ Collectibles 4192 Albany Post Road 845-876-8168 www.hydeparkantiques.net www.rhinebeckantiqueemporium.com 1000s of Items — 10% OFF WITH AD — STORMVILLE AIRPORT FLEA MARKET Hours: Fri. & Sat: 9 - 5:30, Sun. 10 - 5 FLEA MARKET Over 600 ULTIMATE YARD or call for an appointment Exhibitors SALE www.hoffmansbarn.com July 1 & 2 • Sept. 2 & 3 Exhibitor 300 Families • Sat. Only email: [email protected] Oct. 7 & 8 • Nov. 4 & 5 Space Available June 17 • Sept. 16 Free Admission 9 am - 3 pm Rain or Shine Buy & Sell (845) 758-5668 8 am - 4 pm Rain or Shine & Parking 845-226-1660 19 Old Farm Road, Red Hook, NY 12571 No Pets 428 Rt. 216, Stormville, NY • www.stormvilleairportfleamarket.com • 845-221-6561 BEFORE YOU Round Lake Antiques Festival Sat, June 24, 2017 - 8am-6pm SELL YOUR Sun, June 25, 2017 - 9am-5pm on the Village Greens & Parks of Round Lake, NY RAIN OR SHINE ANTIQUES, FREE ADMISSION (½ mile east of the Adirondack Northway, exit 11) The area’s longest running, For Dealer Info or Early Buyer Info: old-fashioned Antique Show FAIRGROUND SHOWS NY Art or Jewelry, call featuring over 150 dealers selling PO Box 528, Delmar, NY 12054 antiques, toys, furniture, glassware, architectural, jewelry, coins, guns, www.fairgroundshows.com Robert Meringolo, [email protected] • 518-331-5004 former Sotheby’s and much more. Associate and $4 admission, Founder of the (65+ $3, Antique Fair under-16 - FREE) Appraisers Road and Flea Market Show for a Free August 5th & 6th, 2017 $90 - Dealer In-Home Appraisal! Spaces Still at the Washington County Fairgrounds, Available: Buying Options Rt. 29, Greenwich, NY (12 mi. East of Saratoga Springs) FAIRGROUND SHOWS NY Available! Old-fashioned Antique Show PO Box 528, featuring 200+ dealers, free parking, Delmar, NY 12054 Call (518) 937-4976. www.fairgroundshows.com great food, and real bathrooms. [email protected] www.robertmeringolo.com ($10 - Early Buyers - Fridays before show) Ph. 518-331-5004 56 • June - August, 2017 Explore Hudson Valley Ulster Publishing Co. the middle of a gym full of children and counselors. Through awkward, camp- appropriate movements, I hear the con- fused applause of the eight-year-old kids in my age division. There I am, doing the good ol’ sidestep to some pop song, looking around wondering how the hell I got here. Being silly and smiley while still harp- ing on a painful loss for the sake of some Recreation

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ver the past decade, the Hudson Valley’s built up Oan amazing set of walking trails along its historic rail lines. Centering all is the magnificent Walkway Over The Hudson be- tween Poughkeepsie and Highland. There are treasured walkways from Kingston down much of the Ron- dout Valley, up to and through the Shawangunks from New Paltz on one side, and Ellenville-Cragsmoor on the other. Rosendale has its own COURTESY OF NY DEC trestle hike, which ranges down along tion at the Catskill Interpretive Center River and various wetlands throughout the Wallkill River for miles. in Mount Tremper, soon to be expanded the region. Many outdoor outfitting store Up in the Catskills are classic old trails upward. supply maps and brochures. to mountaintops and hidden treasures. Check out websites for the NYS Depart- Keep your eyes open for opportunity. Many start from within towns, including ment of Environmental Conservation, Never forget that, in addition to great the popular path up to the site of the old Catskill Center, Scenic Hudson and New wilderness-like experiences, town and Overlook Mountain House in Woodstock York-New Jersey Trail Conference for village walking also has benefits and (which goes on to Blue Lake and, eventu- in-depth information on local trails. Our surprises. Get out on those trails. And ally, various locations in Greene County.) counties keep information on local offer- remember that there are plenty of streams Try the new hillside trail under construc- ings that provide access to the Hudson along most trails for cooling off in. Get off

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ast August, I left my home in freshman-year roommate, Han, one of trees and running alongside the Esopus Phoenicia to spend my next four Beijing’s 19 million citizens. Creek. To quote a classmate from Atlanta, years at Wesleyan University. Phoenicia’s modest population wasn’t Georgia: “That’s a road? That people live L Many of the promises of high- the only thing about the Hudson Valley on?” er education were quickly delivered to that inspired amazement. The Ashokan For most of my childhood, I didn’t ap- me: greater freedom, more challenging Reservoir never failed to elicit an awed preciate the beauty that draws so many courses, greater diversity. Despite some gasp, small-town political battles capti- people to the area. I wished that I lived in growing financial anxiety and a decrease vated attentions, and Woodstock hippie one of the cities of my future classmates, in nutritional health (French fries and culture spawned a number of questions. where I imagined all sorts of important chicken tenders every lunch and din- More than anything, nature was what things happened, or at least stayed open ner! How was I supposed to resist?), my stole people’s hearts. I showed some after 7 p.m. on weekdays. freshman year was a vast improvement friends a picture of my street, framed in Visiting home, I began trying to empa- over my time in high school. The diver- sity, in particular, was striking. People of color make up 42% of Wesleyan’s popu- Golf needn’t be political lation. Phoenicia is 96% white. I shared a dorm with students from olf, according to Arnold China, India, Sierra Leone, Los Ange- Palmer, is deceptively simple les, Houston, Boston, Portland, Seattle Gand endlessly complicated. and the Bronx. Homework breaks often “It satisfies the soul and frustrates consisted of comparing systems of gov- the intellect. It is at the same time ernance and debating who truly has the rewarding and maddening — and it best pizza. The local imam played on the is without a doubt the greatest game same basketball court as the local priest mankind has ever invented.” and the local rabbi, and the campus chapel If you agree, you have probably held services for every denomination you been to plenty of golf courses with could imagine. Queer people of all colors sweeping fairways, manicured and creeds were well represented among greens, and the pleasant color con- WIKICOMMONS students and staff. Perspectives from the trast of curving sand traps. You may even have gotten over the politics involved with world over collided in a constructive, the activity of late. beautiful mishmash of culture that far Not many courses have the breathtaking mountain views that make golfing in the exceeded my expectations. Hudson Valley so pleasurable, and so non-political. Many area golf courses are lo- cated at resorts which offer packages for a golf vacation, including room and board, ne of the more unexpected sur- so the golfer can devote her or his complete attention to the game. If your schedule Oprises of college is that I found out allows, you can save money with a midweek special. my hometown is as unique as anybody’s. Most courses have day passes for those seeking variety and wishing to try out I cannot count the number of times jaws different courses, as well as season passes for golfers who expect to stay around all dropped when I revealed that I come summer. Golfing lessons, a pro shop and a restaurant are usually available. Some from a place that, according to Wikipe- golf resorts present pro-am events, where golf professionals are teamed with local dia, has a population of 309. (Or 308 amateurs, and fundraising tournaments. now that I’m gone.). If you’re looking for challenges like elevation changes and naturally-occurring Wesleyan is in Middletown, Connecti- obstacles, you’ll find them at these courses, many of them historic in origin and cut, a relatively boring city of about 47,648 designed by respected pros. Choose from nine-hole, 18-hole, and 36-hole courses. people, which fits many of my classmates’ Don’t forget about the fun involved in driving ranges or mini-golf, for that matter. definition of a small town, including my Summer’s all about fun, after all. Ulster Publishing Co. Explore Hudson Valley June - August, 2017 • 61

COURTESY OF PHOENICIANY.COM The Esopus Creek fi lls with people riding rapids in inner tubes each summer. Many just like sitting in the stream’s cooling, and entertaining, waters. thize with all of those Brooklynite tourists who seem to love the Hudson Valley so 29th Annual much. On early-morning drives, I watched the sun pour over the mountains. I gazed Aug 4, 5 & 6 out my window more. Carrying in logs for the woodstove, I stopped to look — really Dodds Farm look — at the blanket of glimmering snow 44 County Rd 7D sending the scenery to sleep. Living in a valley, I was literally con- Hillsdale NY stantly reminded of the earth that I was standing on. Even if I was surrounded by Three Days of Folk Music & Dance buildings instead of trees, I could usually at the foot of the Berkshires look up and find a mountain stretching across the horizon. Concerts, Dancing, Camping, Workshops, Craft Village, Activities 4 Kids, International Food, Thurs Pre-Fest ther features of Hudson Val- Oley living I had long thought of as Tastings with Daytime Farmers Market & Evening normal have revealed their idiosyncratic Lounge Stage, Accessible & ASL Interpreted charm in stories I told to fellow students. I told of waking up to screams coming Eric Andersen, Sawyer Fredericks, Upstate Rubdown, from the Esopus, running out the door Abbie Gardner, Joe Crookston, Gaslight Tinkers, and down to the water expecting bloody murder, only to discover tourists having The Russet Trio, ZydeGroove, Buddy System, the time of their lives riding the rapids Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem, David Massengill, in inner tubes. I always enjoyed describ- The Slambovian Circus of Dreams, ing the Town Tinker tube-rental service I grew up down the road from: How Brother Sun, Tempest, Vishten, many of my friends found their first The Storycrafters, others summer jobs handing out safety equip- www.FalconRidgeFolk.com - 860-364-0366 ment, working the register, or selling “I 62 • June - August, 2017 Explore Hudson Valley Ulster Publishing Co.

PUBLIC DOMAIN IMAGE Phoenicia has changed little since this postcard a century ago, except that the hamlet is listed as a top destination for young millennial families.

Survived the Esopus” t-shirts. a place where civilization has more-or- to our area. Whether it’s for doing yoga, I told horror stories, too, usually involv- less conquered wilderness. hunting deer, or just walking through the ing one of the floods and hurricanes that In the Hudson Valley, and in Phoenicia forest, the Hudson Valley facilitates an af- have turned the Esopus from a peace- especially, the relationship between man finity for the outdoors. I plan on learning ful creek into a raging river. Wesleyan and nature seems much more tenuous as much as I can from my classmates these students are deeply concerned about than it does in Middletown. As scary next four years, but if there’s one thing I the disastrous effects of climate change, as it can be when natural disasters hit, hope to share with them it’s my experi- but very few have lived across the street I find myself missing it far more than I ences of growing up in the shadow of the from one. I recounted the spiderweb of ever expected. mountains and the sound of the creek. downed power lines I had to cross just to I think that’s what draws so many people walk into town, the piles of mud and sand shoveled out of Sweet Sue’s and Brio’s, and the flutter of anxiety I felt at the smell of Farm markets are about more than produce rain in the year or so following each flood. Of course, I also spoke to the pleasures good summer farmers’ market has become a de rigeur part of Hudson Val- of living by the creekside. I told stories ley municipal character these days. It’s become hard sometimes to find a com- about exchanging stories with mysteri- Amunity without such a thing. To list each one’s weekly schedules — which in- ous fishermen, dipping toes in the water clude musical entertainment, plenty of activities for kids, loads of non-food vendors, with childhood crushes,and swimming and a growing amount of locally crafted ales, beers, ciders, wines and even various in the shallows with family and friends. spirits — is what newspapers do. Suffice it to say that most are in the mornings on The sound of the creek lulled me to sleep Saturdays and Sundays, with a few on weekday afternoons. every night. These markets are best when you get into the habit of going weekly, shopping around what local purveyors are growing over the season. Expect more than your ature exists at Wesleyan, too. usual shopping experience, since our farmers’ markets are as much gathering places NThere are mountains, trees and a for community-building as commercial enterprises. shockingly high squirrel count. There’s That doesn’t mean that vegetables and other quality produce aren’t always avail- a forest right outside campus, as well able. They are. Bring bags to carry your wares away, and be prepared to splurge on as a river that used to host a substantial extras, including clothes and tableware, gifts and even books. Check out county trading port. Middletown, Connecticut tourism websites for specifics, or the regional agriculture-oriented Hudson Valley is no concrete jungle, but it still feels like Bounty site at www.hudsonvalleybounty.com. Ulster Publishing Co. Explore Hudson Valley June - August, 2017 • 63

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