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Summer’s a time for great fl ea markets and lawn and garage sales, including the longstanding Mower’s Market in Woodstock, painted here by renowned artist Hongnian Zhang. It’s also great for catching up with one’s community, including the many who call it home only in summer. Plaints and lamentations Summer’s fun, but it’s a lot of work, too
By Paul Smart hang out in the yard, and you get invited won’t make up their minds until they to others’ yards. You find yourself waking find themselves suddenly bored playing ou know that it’s summer each morning with inane summer pop Fortnite or Minecraft day in and day out. when it’s time to drag the air tunes, past and present, alive in your You make lists of the alternatives, and conditioner up from the base- mind. “It’s a Beautiful Morning,” indeed. wonder how you’re going to deliver the Y ment. You start checking eve- If kids are part of your household, you’ve kids to them while you’re supposed to ryone for ticks, and wake in the middle either signed them up for weeks of camp be at work. of the night when you sense something and other activities over the coming sum- You’ve made lists of places to go swim- crawling across your body. You’re waiting mer, or you’re eying those places that will ming, where to take visiting friends, and for the first lettuces to grow large enough take stragglers, those young ‘uns who special events you don’t want to miss. to eat, and hungrily eye the swollen pea- pods. You wonder whether you might have planted too much zucchini. What Help keep local garden scourges will assault your garden in the coming months? journalism strong Someone tells you that gin-and-tonics cut WithoutW independent local media, the effects of springtime allergies. You find when it’s no longer spring that those G&Ts manym stories might never be told. remain on your list of daily medicines. hudsonvalleyone.com/supporth You start inviting new neighbors over to 4 • June - August, 2018 Explore Hudson Valley Ulster Publishing Co.
You’re figuring out how to enjoy the you’re juggling two much? and show you’re doing so in style. Have coming months as you once did while The lawn will need mowing, the garden you been trying on your summer wear to maintaining all the work you’ve piled up weeding, the woodpile stacking. The bears see what still fits. Is it fashionable enough? to make your life more enjoyable. Maybe need deterrence. And you must have fun, You just don’t feel right growing a beard and assuming the au-courant Amish- Table of contents Brooklyn look, wearing plaid at all times. Many will try to get away from here at some point over the summer months. Alas, Plaints and lamentations in these hills by Violet Snow ...... 30 such engagements take time and planning. Summer’s fun, but it’s a lot of work, too Summer sports How far people will go may depend on by Paul Smart ...... 3 Fishing and golf. Tennis and softball. how far they can afford to go. Have you Summer fashions by Chris Rowley ...... 34 noticed the gas prices and rising airfares? You never know who you’ll meet Keeping cool Looked at lodging prices on the West Coast by Elisabeth Henry ...... 6 Searching for water fun remains this lately? Maybe the resort getaways right The sky’s the limit explorer’s adventure by Paul Smart ....42 here in the Catskills and Hudson Valley Dining al fresco in the Hudson Valley Fire tower hiking feel inviting and affordable in compari- by Harry Matthews ...... 12 The five remaining Catskills structures son. And hey, there’s more Europe in the Picnic offer a variety of experiences Hudson Valley these days, restaurants, the Some traditions need never die by Jodi La Marco ...... 44 arts and other kinds of culture. by Paul Smart ...... 14 Making do The relaxed season will come again with All summer long Summer is a kids’ treasure box the first snow. So many music destinations, so little time by Roxanne Ferber ...... 48 by John Burdick ...... 18 Even I can love camping The arts of summer How nature can work its charm on us all Summer in the Valley Seasonal events in the Hudson Valley by Abbe Aronson ...... 50 June - August, 2018 by Sparrow ...... 25 Not so long ago An Ulster Publishing publication Showtime! The sultriness of summer memories by Tad Wise ...... 54 Editorial There’s a longstanding stage tradition WRITERS: Abbe Aronson, John Burdick, Roxanne Ferber, Elisabeth Henry, Jodi La Marco, Harry Matthews, Chris Rowley, Paul Smart, Sparrow, Violet Snow, Tad Wise
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By Elisabeth Henry and patterns and polka dots, by shorts, skirts and t’s not Fashion Week, dresses, by loose shirts and not the Oscars After peep toes. These can be Party, but fashion is on as utilitarian as the stout I the mind. Few things coats of the “ber” and “ary” feel as much like freedom months, but wholly more as when we drop layers. delightful. We shed pounds. Our skin Curmudgeons may deny breathes. We have full use of it as much as they like, but our limbs. it does matter how we are Everywhere we look we see turned out, as much for green. First daffodils, then lilacs, then peonies. We want All one really needs to keep looking, looking at to make a summer each other. Utilitarian plain fashion statement grey and black coats are re- is a pair of decent placed by pastels and white PUBLIC DOMAIN PHOTO sunglasses. Ulster Publishing Co. Explore Hudson Valley June - August, 2018 • 7 visual pleasure as for public decency. And exceptional, and not for everyone. But it relevance. There is a purpose.” for other reasons. may inspire ready-to-wear designers to Don’t we learn something new every Most of us care not a whit about Fashion use elements from it that become favorites day! Fashion Girl averts her eyes from my Week or the world of haute couture. Even in the open marketplace. A sleeve. A pat- worn New Balance sneakers, 17-year-old though my first office of my first office tern. A color. It’s trickle-down style and Dickie work pants and flannel shirt. I job was down the aisle from the fashion department, I never understood! I gazed at photos of girls in (what seemed to me) outlandish get-ups, but just dismissed it as whimsy. It is not. “Couturier designers create statement pieces,” a young woman who moves in those circles tells me. “Such a piece is as much work of art as it is garment. It is an exclusive luxury item, like wearing a Van Gogh. Yes, it is unusual. Yes, it is
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Too!) Choose pastels and saris. Wear an least 30 dresses, hand-sewn, of pricey presented. Just for the very, very wealthy.” Eighties look as an homage to the twen- fabric and exquisite detail, custom-made I got the message. tieth anniversary of the death of Princess for a handful of wealthy and remarkably Di. And just in time for summer, fashion- tiny ladies of Victorian-Age Albany. Each ut there’s more to this fashion forward tailoring will finish at the knee for dress must have cost a pretty penny then, Bthing than statements of style, and power shorts as part of the power suit. At and would be difficult if not impossible implied messages of class structure. last! These are just a few of the dictates. to re-create today. The seam work. The There are those of us who don’t care Who will follow these dictates? I don’t dozens of buttons, frog closures, yards what our clothing says. We care what it know. I do know that designers watch off piping. The lace. Complicated sleeves does. what kids on the street come up with as and necklines. Bustles. Hoops. And who Function can mean durability and com- much as they plumb their own imagina- would want to be trussed up like that? fort, but it can also have meaning we miss. tions and tweak past fashion faves. Fashion Girl looked steadily into my eyes For instance, cowboy boots have pointed Speaking of which. “Well-Dressed in to make sure I got the message. “Those toes so that one can slip into the stirrup Victorian Albany: 19th-Century Fashion dresses are exactly what I described be- easily. They have heels so that one does from the Albany Institute Collection,” an fore. Works of art. One of a kind. Meant not slip out of the stirrup. The toque is exhibit that closed in May, was an absorb- to be looked at. Those women mostly sat a chef’s hat that dates back to the 16th ing and ambitious project. It featured at in them, after a stately walk when being century. Different heights may indicate rank within a kitchen, and they are designed to prevent hair from falling into the food when cooking. The 100 folds of the toque are said to represent the many different ways a chef knows to cook an egg. A shoeing apron is worn by farriers. It needs to be as tough as nails. It has to repel dirt, sweat, manure and just about everything else that comes into contact with it, while at the same time feel as comfortable as a second skin since the
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dignity that says, “I know what’s sexy, and this is it.” They do not search the room for approval. This look is usu- ally accompanied by generous appli- cations of eye liner to both top and bot- tom lid. Lipstick is optional. Once, as I exited my car in the park- ing lot of a nearby Walmart Super Cen- ter, I noticed a very overweight young woman walking ahead of me. She wore only a black tu- nic dress, very short, and obviously no undergarments of any kind. The dress had a cowl back, and her large tantric PUBLIC DOMAIN PHOTO tattoo was promi- The key to fashion come summer are light fabrics and splashes of color, unless, of course, nently featured. Her one is planning to be working outdoors. hair was dyed many shades of magenta farrier will likely be wearing it for untold have brunch with Fashion Girl. This may and was unwashed. There were many hours — day in and day out. A good apron invite callous laughter. piercings. Her flipflops slapped emphati- can last ten years or more, and can be cally on the hot tarmac. made of anything from leather, cotton e non-couturier types know I stopped at the cart station to get a cart, duck to nylon, although almost all will Wall about disposable fashion, es- but struggled to free the last one on line. have natural rawhide patches of buffalo, pecially if we raised kids in The Gap, In an instant, that young woman was at mule skin or chrome-tanned leather over American Eagle, Hollister heydays. my side, helping me get a cart. Flawless the areas where farriers usually support It can be stylish, but it’s also cheap to skin, kind warm eyes, her countenance as a hoof. manufacture, and the sheer volume of lovely as springtime. Whatever judgment Aprons also come in full or half styles and it hurts the environment. See Elizabeth I may have had for her fashion choice with buckles, snaps or Velcro fasteners. Cline’s book, “OverDressed.” quickly dissolved in my comprehension They may have pockets on one or both The coolness factor never fooled me. of her sweet and generous spirit. sides, with magnets sewn in handy places My daughters delighted in “tissue tees,” “Don’t you want a cart?” I asked her as for holding nails or a hoof pick. which I knew cost maybe fifty cents to she backed away smiling. Actors have black trousers and black create but fifteen dollars to purchase. I “Nah,” she grinned. “I don’t need one.” sweaters and black long- and short-sleeve was the ultimate buzzkill. I say, buy that The message is not that we should not tees in non-wrinkling material. This is so stuff at thrift stores. And use it for wash judge a book by its cover, but that we that when they go to all those auditions rags when the thrill is gone. should understand the cover as well as after working a twelve-hour restaurant We must reflect here on that all-im- the book. Fashion can be a reflection of shift they don’t have to think too much portant fashion statement: individual who we want people to think we are. And about what to wear. Also, stains don’t style. There are those who rock this with usually we are vulnerable, hairless and show. undeniable aplomb. And there are those hungry, with no fangs or tusks or claws, Everyone who must stand a lot for work who simply rock it, oblivious to the shock so we take cover in the garments our wears clogs, but I must warn people that and awe of those who first view. I am imagination dictates. clogs are lethal on ice. People who do hard, thinking of individuals whose penchant But where we live — here — is kinda like heavy work like Carhartt pants and jackets for tight, iridescent Capezio pants ignore Eden. It’s summertime. The livin’ is easy. because they are durable. One might be the passage of years, and the addition of The best thing might be to strip it all down, advised not to wear such clothing if the pounds. Often bra-less, these women, recline on a big flat rock by a stream, and sum of one’s exertion is to flag a taxi to or men, carry themselves with a type of let our skin and our soul unmask. 12 • June - August, 2018 Explore Hudson Valley Ulster Publishing Co.
COURTESY OF THE BEAR The Bear Café in Woodstock has long been a locus for streamside dining. The sky’s the limit Dining al fresco in the Hudson Valley by Harry Matthews commonly used in the modern lexicon. But I digress. ny restaurant The idea of putting a few tables in the Hudson out on a city street didn’t really Valley or Cat- take off in this country until skills worth its sometime in the 1990s. Even A in New York, the city (with the salt (and pepper) and has the space can do no better than exception of the now-shuttered setting up a few tables out- Tavern on the Green) was con- side for summertime al fres- sidered hardly clean enough for co dining. Whether you’re people to want to dine outside. nestled amidst the moun- Then came the wide, sweeping tains at Brio’s back patio up clean-ups by such city terrors as in Phoenicia, sitting by the the ever-increasingly-deranged waterfall at Diamond Mills Rudy Giuliani, who assumed the in Saugerties, or lounging on mayoralty in 1993. Through his the porch at Terrapin Res- and his police commissioner taurant in Rhinebeck, there’s William Bratton’s highly racist no better way to enjoy a cool broken-windows campaign, the summer evening than doing city was thoroughly wiped clean it outdoors. of much of what had given it its Al fresco dining has a long COURTESY OF OLE SAVANNAH charm. Meanwhile, the jails and history, particularly through- As it gentrifi es, Kingston is becoming home to prisons were increasingly filled out Europe, where the idea of increasing numbers of outdoor tables. with non criminals. The city meeting up with friends in the became a more gentrified and fresh air of a local square for a drink or a used in modern Italian for dining outside. gentler place to live and eat. And voila, meal goes back hundreds if not thousands It is used for referring to someone in al fresco NYC was born! of years. Interestingly, the term “al fresco”, jail. According to Wikipedia, the term Over the past few years, more and more which translates to “in the cool air,” is not “all-aperto” or “fuori” would be more eateries in our region are finding that din- Ulster Publishing Co. Explore Hudson Valley June - August, 2018 • 13 ers appreciate the beauty and relaxation the like. And in Rhinecliff the eponymous pleasure of a local hot dog from Pippy’s of sitting at a table on a sidewalk, a back restaurant offers stunning views across hot-dog truck in Palenville and Catskill, porch, a patio, or even around a blazing fire the Hudson and out to the Catskills. to ‘Cue out of Saugerties, and to Gracie’s, pit, like the very cool one outside of Com- Among many options in New Paltz, The from Leeds, these meals-on-wheels opera- mune Saloon out in Bearsville. Gilded Otter Brewery offers a serene din- tions offer some of the best food around. The whole mini-village that makes up ing experience in a stunning setting near In the end, the best al fresco dining the Bearsville scene, including The Bear the Wallkill River. And great beer to boot. experience might just be to pack a nice Cafe, The Little Bear, The Commune Sa- The local beer scene seems to be ex- lunch yourself, grab a sack of hot dogs loon, and The Bearsville Theatre. provides panding on a daily basis. Check out the from Pippy’s or some sandwiches from a nice venue for a summer evening. Any of wonderful new operation that Crossroads the terrific Circle W in Palenville, and the three dining spots is worth a visit for Brewery has set up in Catskill, and the head out to a waterfall, a riverside park, or the food and beverage, but the possibility entire Catskills beverage trail, which your favorite mountaintop. There, you can of adding a national act at the Bearsville includes wineries, ciders and breweries enjoy nature in all her scented splendor Theatre, ranging from the likes of reggae throughout the mountains and valleys while simultaneously filling your belly legend Freddie McGregor to blues giant of our area. with the food of your choice. John Mayall, makes the evening all that Let us not forget our amazing local The options are seemingly endless. As much finer. A handmade cocktail from food trucks. From the divinely inspired they say, the sky’s the limit! Buon appetito! the mixologist at Commune Saloon served around the fire pit outside provides perfect summer-evening harmony. One of my personal favorite spots for a bite and a drink outside would have to Time Travelers: include The Station Bar in Woodstock, where you can nosh on some of their Hudson Valley Artists 2018 delicious sandwiches, sip local brews, THE Curated by Anastasia James and listen to some of the best local jazz musicians get down under the old train DORSKY depot roof. Popping into Nancy’s Artisanal Creamery next door for some of the best handcrafted ice cream around only makes the whole experience that much sweeter. Many places now allow people to bring their dogs with them, which in my opin- ion can’t help but enhance one’s dining pleasure. Picture here a large floppy-eared basset hound drooling over the burger you’re trying to inhale. One of my dear friends has a pup that has separation is- sues which make it very difficult for the family to go out to dinner. With so many establishments now letting in the dogs, they have lost that excuse not to meet up with us. Another great option would have to be The Garden Cafe on the village green in Woodstock. With tits wooden tables, soft music, and fairy lighting, the scene is very chilled out. The vegan dishes they serve are outstanding. Mollie McKinley, Cholla Bag and Tie Hole Stocking, Reaching, 2018, archival inkjet print In Kingston there are any number of nice spots down in the Strand neighborhood for on-the-sidewalk dining, often with June 16 – November 11, 2018 nice views of the harbor and the boats of Opening reception: Saturday, June 16, 5-7 p.m. the maritime museum. In the Stockade, Boitson’s very nice rooftop bar offers SAMUEL DORSKY MUSEUM OF ART comfortable couches. 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icnics may be a thing of our pasts. They may be as much a part of an earlier America P as rabbit ears on televisions showing all of three channels, entire towns reading the same newspapers everyday, the concept of everyone vot- ing each election day and keeping their choices to themselves. Not so long ago, family trips meant cool- ers packed with sandwiches and eyes open to roadside pull-offs with picnic tables, occasionally an historic marker as well. Drinks came in large gallon mixes: iced tea and Kool Aid, occasionally lemonade (back before that became a mix too). We traveled a lot in Europe during the 1960s and 70s, when you could tell the nationality of campers simply by how they ate. The French and Italians spread
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How about a dirty dishes away in. How about napkins that scene in Citizen Kane where the hamper? You can pick them up at many (cloth, preferred). title character, in his dotage, drags a yard sales, if not into buying all things What to eat and drink? There are shelves caravan of friends across the Everglades new. Keep your eye out for portable bars of bookshelves and loads of websites filled to a beachside set-up with waiters, cooks, tents, entertainers, and forced smiles on everyone’s faces. Or the slightly less rigid COLIN QUINN but chilly picnics that fill each season of the AN EVENING OF big royal television series of more recent STAND UP COMEDY years, where Victoria or Elizabeth, or the BENEFITING inhabitants of Downton Abbey. 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Then again, sandwiches are still fine for many, especially when kids are along. How to plan such things? Depends on the purpose. Is it a way of getting many people outside for a big meal? Or a form of courtship. A holiday celebration or a birthday? Dress code shifts accordingly. I wooed the woman who would become my wife by bringing along surprise pic- nics on our early dates, and PUBLIC DOMAIN PHOTO then sleuthing out great picnic Cool picnic hampers are making a comeback, both in antique stores and high end spots to whisk her off to. Some- boutique shops. This gem of a traveling bar/café is produced by the Rolls Royce times that ended up eating Company, Ltd.
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n late spring and sum- mer, music moves outside for a great many reasons Iincluding but not limited to: mountains, rivers, sky, sun, fresh air, and the tattered, suf- fering remains of the noble ide- al of “time off.” As a community incomparably rich in both these primary resources — musical programming and nature — the Hudson Valley is a natural hotspot, perhaps not as iconic a summer music destination as the neighboring Berkshires, but probably more diverse on the actual ground and — with Bard
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contemporized lineup scrubbed of the last remaining residue of “jam,” happens to coincide, awkwardly, with the righted ship of the Clearwater Festival to the south on the weekend of June 16. Back when one of these festivals meant Les Pauls and the other meant hammered dulcimers, the conflict might have been negligible, but ask yourself this: which festival do you think They Might Be Gi- ants, Jeff Tweedy, and Beth Orton are playing this year? Grey Fox (July 19-22) and Falcon Ridge (August 3-5) remain festivals that “know what they are,” and always will. The former is a reverent but current, highly focused and inarguably best-of-breed, folk and bluegrass festival, the latter an irreverent, inclusive, hippified but still Artists Residencies & Workshop Retreats in all-roots version of same. Meltasia’s Great Edna St. Vincent Millay’s 1920s barn. Meltdown Funnabration in Phoenicia (July 27-28) fills some of the void cre- 454 East Hill Road, Austerlitz, NY | www.millaycolony.org ated in the hearts of hipsters when the blindingly hip All Tomorrow’s Parties affair closed its run in Monticello many years ago, and we all missed our chance to see Pavement, Guided by Voices, Belle & Sebastian and My Bloody Valentine on the same bill. From single-site, multi-stage bacchana- for lia in big fields (please check for ticks), let us move now to the festivals that, like the Grand Prix, bring the danger right into natural beauty our streets and neighborhoods. After a hiatus related to village infrastructure and deliberations upon same, the Rosendale Street Festival — an emphatic yearly demonstration of the local talent pool that so often crosses paths with the “national” that I am not sure I can tell the difference any more — returns on the weekend of July 21. Look, I can’t really tell you what Secret City is, and its website is little help. What I can tell you is that it is national, and cool, and it takes over the same streets of Woodstock that have been taken over so many times for a century from July 26 through July 29. A novel, new model festival that origi- Scale the Gunks, cruise the Hudson, nated right in our breadbasket, the O+ get lost in New York’s first capital Festival has spread to other cities now. and do it again tomorrow. Kingston’s flagship event is trying its hand in Poughkeepsie again this year SEEK FOR on August 3 and 4. And what about the great drummer Brian Farmer’s (Futu YOURSELF. Futu) underpublicized achievement as a series promoter? The Rail Trail Café’s ulstercountyalive.com outdoor live music series on the trail in New Paltz approaches three seasons worth of world-accented performance Ulster Publishing Co. Explore Hudson Valley June - August, 2018 • 23 of a very high caliber.
erious (also known as classical) A Smusic ramps up its game at Christ- mas and in the summer (often with or- chestral fireworks and actual fireworks). Anchoring the scene locally is the Mav- erick’s unparalleled season of chamber music in its unique West Hurley hall. Among my breed, Bard SummerScape is known for both immaculately organ- ized and proofread 4000-word press
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The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY New Paltz opens a major overview of Hudson Valley art each summer. With many art world luminaries spending summers in the area, the venue is a popular destination this time of year.
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part of everyone’s lives. We discovered a wide creek filled with individual pools and waterfalls, a beach, and a wide swimming area upstream from a dam. The location could hold several hundred at one time, allowing everone space for their own swimming experiences. A scene developed there over several years. One evening, catching kids (includ- ing my own) as they slid down a sluice to where I stood, I felt my wedding ring slip off my finger. I started to panic, trying to see where it could have dropped among COURTESY OF KIM DO the sand and many rocks. A man made The artist Kim Do has kept a home by one of the region’s great swimming his way across the water towards me. He home for decades, where he’s painted the scene’s changing moods was carrying a diver’s mask in his hand. almost daily. He asked me whether I wanted to borrow deepen the pool. There were spots where mosquito-blanketed stream behind us. it. As soon as I put my face into the stream one could sit with streams of water all On several occasions I walked miles along with it on, I saw my ring – like something around, massaging different parts of the the stream’s length past fancy homes, farm out of Tolkien – seemingly suspended neck and back like a jacuzzi. It was idyllic. fields and old day camps to the bottom of above a crevice. I grabbed it. The only time I didn’t have the place solo a waterfall where I could swim across a The surrounding town and county I found a good friend. deep pool and behind the rush of water closed the place down, saying that there The rocks surrounding our pool were to a room-like space. I started looking had been a fight. There was trash (even wide and warm. Richer people, several of for and finding similar spots around the though we all picked it up each time we them drawn to the area by the flyfishing, area. I found waterfall guides at book went), they said). Then word came down bought houses along the stream. They sales and online. that it was polluted. The fences went up. took to disassembling the dams we built. One summer my wife and I took her Everyone moved on to friends’ pools, the An era ended. nieces and nephews on our creek hike. bigger public lakes. I took to carrying trunks and a towel We suggested they wear creek shoes, but My summer swimming is now as much in my car as I traversed the area, look- they insisted flipflops were enough. The an act of nostalgia as a means of keeping ing for new swimming holes. They used screaming teens jumped from rock to rock comfortable. I revisit old spots to see if to be all over the place back then. You’d and cried, after their footwear floated off they’re still crowd-free. Many aren’t acces- spot a stretch of highway in the middle downstream. They still talk about coming sible any more. But I find new spots each of nowhere with cars parked in a line, back when their own kids are old enough time I go out looking. . I keep returning note where an entrance path was, and for such adventure. to my spots along the Hudson. then return ona weekday. Sometimes I’d During our own kid’s younger years we I’m content, now, to simply sit in a bab- find my way down to some of the DEP found some nice sandy places like the bling brook and splash a bit, to occasion- reservoirs around the area, beyond the village beach in Saugerties and the city ally try out a new lake or public pool. I’m Ashokan, and take furtive quick dips. beach in Kingston for him to play in. We cool. I stay cool. Eventually, the cars started disappearing walked on the flats out by the Saugerties from many regular spots. Fences and No lighthouse. We found several other spots Trespassing signs popped up. The reser- farther up the river, quiet and away from voirs were patrolled. Another era started people, where we could build things, wash to draw to a close. and lose various plastic knights and ani- I moved up into deeper mountain cloves mals, and carry various buckets around. in Greene County and found swimming By then, we also had the Internet, and holes where streams converged. Ones then travel phones. We could check water behind town highway garages had sandy conditions before and as we went. beaches, created from winter road piles’ slippage. Over several summers, a group of (DROP CAP) On weekday afternoons us learned how to float wide-lipped wine and evenings, my son and I would often goblets in the water as dusk slipped into sneak into several old resort hotel pools, Colleen Fox evening. Eddying waters kept our wine in most cases after getting a seasonal okay President chilled and circling in an arm’s length from their owners. 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COURTESY NEW YORK NEW JERSEY TRAIL CONFERENCE Fire towers that were once a key to the safety of the Catskills. Five have been restored as destinations for the many who love hiking the region’s many trail systems. Fire-tower hiking The fi ve remaining Catskills structures off er a variety of experiences
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he Catskills provide a wel- come escape when the heat of summer settles in elsewhere. TThe region’s peaks are often cooler than the valley below, and moun- taintop views are worth the climb. For an unforgettable experience, try a sun- rise hike to one of the area’s restored fire towers. Perhaps you’ve already voiced a flat no to the prospect of waking up at dawn, but bear with me. Sunrise hikes are worth getting out of bed for. Cool morning air
Many gems are hidden along Catskill Mountain trails, including one entire mountainside where intrepid hikers have been constructing impromptu throne rooms for decades now. PUBLIC DOMAIN PHOTO Ulster Publishing Co. Explore Hudson Valley June - August, 2018 • 45
kets of mist still settled between the mountains. Surrounding peaks ap- pear to rise from the fog like green islands in a lake of cloud. Try not to hurt your thumbs Instagramming. You’ll experience a bit of regional moun- tain history as well. In 1908, fires ravaged the forests of New York State, burning more than 368,000 acres. Strong public demand led to the passage of fire-prevention laws the following year. This new state legislation called for the construction of observation towers. Hundreds were built throughout the state. Five towers within the Catskill Forest Preserve that have been reha- PUBLIC DOMAIN PHOTO While stony summits are not the Catskills’ predominant feature, those hiking to the bilitated are open to the region’s high peaks will fi nd stunning vistas. public. During summer is even cooler at high elevations, giving hikers a refreshing reprieve from the heat. Starting early also means less-crowded parking lots and quieter trails. And of course, there’s the spectacle of the horizon during twilight. Fire towers offer a 360-degree view above the treetops. From your perch, the entirety of the sky will be visible to you as it fills with light and color. Before the sun climbs high overhead, you may see blan-
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Ulster UP Publishing ALMANAC WEEKLY hv1 46 • June - August, 2018 Explore Hudson Valley Ulster Publishing Co. weekends, the volunteer-staffed cab atop most beginners. the three-quarter-mile-long red trail to each steel tower is open to visitors. Even Another moderate hike leads to the top of the tower. Balsam’s first observatory was when the cab is closed, the steps leading Balsam Lake Mountain (Don’t confuse Bal- built in 1887 by a private hunting club. to the top can still be climbed. sam Lake Mountain with Balsam Mountain The structure burned down in a lightning Trails to these five towers range in or Balsam Cap). This hike requires a little strike. It was rebuilt in 1905 and taken difficulty from easy to challenging. The more climbing. However, the elevation over by the state in 1909. shortest and least demanding leads to the gain is spread out over twice the distance, Red Hill fire tower on Old Dinch Road in making the ascent longer but gentler. he trailhead for Woodstock’s Claryville. Red Hill operated until 1990, From the parking lot on Mill Brook TOverlook fire tower on Mead’s making it the last Catskill observatory to Road near Mapledale, cross the road to Mountain Road is just a seven-minute close. At a round trip of less than three find the trailhead on the opposite side of drive from the heart of the hamlet. miles and with an elevation gain of only the street. After setting out, you’ll gradu- Woodstock has long been a popular 1000 feet, this hike is doable even for ally ascend for 2.2 miles before reaching tourist spot, so you’ll likely have com- pany unless you set out early or in mid- week. This hike spans a distance of 2.3 th Same Family Ownership 57 miles in each direction and gains rough- Year Since 1961 ly 1370 feet in elevation. For the inex- All Land Sports Swimming Water Ski / Boating / Fishing Indoor Tennis & Gym Creative Arts Transportation available, call for details. Boys & Girls 5-12 June 25 - August 24 from 1-9 Weeks Co-ed Teen Camp 13-16+ 576 Rock Cut Rd. Walden, NY Open House Daily www.campredwood.net by Appointment (845) 564-1180 SAUGERTIES SUMMER RECREATION PROGRAM
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The the threat of demolition looming, com- Although the trail itself is uninteresting tower’s main supports were made from munities began restoration efforts in the (the forest here isn’t particularly enchant- three large trees, and the viewing deck mid-1990s. ing), the concrete hotel ruins near the top was completely exposed to the elements. Regarded as more than just lookouts, more than make up for that deficiency. The Hunter Mountain is not for beginners. these towers were seen as pieces of Overlook Mountain House was erected The approach via Becker Hollow — the Catskills heritage. Each of the five com- in 1871 and destroyed by fire just four shortest but steepest route to the peak munities surrounding an observatory years later. Unfortunately, its replacement — climbs more than 2220 feet in less organized on a grassroots level to raise suffered the same fate when it burned in than three miles. From the parking lot on funds for its own rehab project, and the 1924. Construction of a yet another hotel Route 214, follow the blue trail for about overarching plan was coordinated by The was undertaken but never completed. The two miles until you come to the yellow Catskill Center and DEC. The towers on unfinished and eerily beautiful shells of trail on your right. Follow this short path Hunter, Red Hill, Tremper, Overlook, and its buildings still stand today. for about a third of a mile to reach the Balsam Lake Mountains are once again Like Overlook, the Mount Tremper observatory. Once there, pat yourself on available for the public to enjoy. Whatever trailhead in Phoenicia is also just minutes the back. You’ve just climbed the second- time of day you choose to hit the trail, a from a popular tourist hamlet. Phoenicia highest mountain in the Catskills. visit to one of these historic structures is home to a stellar vintage shop, The Town Aircraft surveillance eventually ren- will probably turn out to be one of the Tinker Tube Rental, and other fun local dered observatories obsolete. Towers highlights of your summer. businesses. Though both these trailheads are located near delightfully quirky com- Kids camps & education munities, the trail up Tremper is decidedly tougher and less used. Beginning at the DEC parking lot on Route 40, you’ll travel JUNE 25 - AUGUST 17 three miles to reach the peak and ascend almost 2000 feet on the way. AGES 8 - 18, CO-ED The hardest hike of the bunch leads to the top of Hunter Mountain. Among the first STONE RIDGE CAMPUS - Tennis • Soccer • Baseball Portfolio Development • Figure Drawing/Painting KINGSTON CENTER OF SUNY ULSTER - Game Design & Coding: Beginner & Intermediate Robotics Design & Programming CITY OF KINGSTON Register Online Today! 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By Roxanne Ferber When I was a kid back in the 1980s, there pastries and fresh berries. was never a rush to go on a vacation. We Not every kid has a pool in her or his back he wind-down to the end of had sprinklers in our back yards, and an yard, but there are plenty of swimming the school year was exhaust- ice-cream truck roamed the neighbor- holes to keep cool in. Get the lowdown ing. The finish line seemed hood. on the best swim spots in your local T never quite close enough. Fi- Why not live like a tourist and hop in newspaper or with a quick Google search nally, though, the last school bell rang, the car to find something new only a of your county. You may be surprised at and the kids ran out to start their sum- short distance away? Visiting a farmers’ how many hidden areas you have yet mer fun. Tired of the usual lineup of market in another town may not sound to explore. Swimming in a lagoon in a overcrowded amusements and over- like a fancy getaway, but that unfamiliar creek or semi-desolate natural stream is priced trips to big theme parks? Why setting may offer live music or kids’ art a unique experience. The kids will always not seek out the more hidden treasures activities. You can be sure to sample the remember the excitement of playing in of summer nearby? fare and stuff the kids’ faces with delicious that water for the very first time. Splash pads at local parks or the town wading pool may be more suitable for little ones. Seasonal fare, from backyard barbecues Antique Fair and Flea Market to food festivals, takes center stage at nearly every gathering. You can’t shake a corn dog on a stick without pointing to August 4th - 5th, 2018 it as a got-to-have taste of summer. You at the Washington County Fairgrounds can’t pass up the varied kid-driendly food at a county fair. The kids enjoy the cotton Rte. 29, Greenwich, NY candy and farm-fresh milkshakes during (12 mi. East of Saratoga Springs, NY) fair week. Mix it all up with hours of fast rides and $4 admission, $90 - Dealer Spaces Still Available: a walk down the game row. Most wouldn’t (65+ $3, under-16 - FREE) FAIRGROUND SHOWS NY call the county fair a hidden treasure, but Old-Fashioned Antique Show PO Box 528, Delmar, NY 12054 we all covet those carefree summer days featuring 200+ dealers, free parking, www.fairgroundshows.com meeting up with friends to slurp down great food, and real bathrooms. [email protected] snow cones. ($10 - Early Buyers - Fridays before show) Ph. 518-331-5004 Food-truck festivals are popping up in
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COURTESY CAMP TIMBERLAND Summer camps such as Shandaken’s fabled Timberland have long drawn youngsters to the Catskills, and fueled adult memories – and fears – of what nature can provide. Even I can love camping How nature can work its charm on us all
By Abbe Aronson oldest girls’ group. My charges wore de- up in the Catskills is a longer story. The signer bathing suits and never got their mountains, the air, the woods and the uthor Jenny Offill once hair wet. Their parents arrived on visiting peace and quiet intoxicated me from my referred to herself as “the day with sushi on dry ice. Camping this first weekend jaunt here in the mid-1990s. indoorsy type.” I’ve always was not. It was an easy decision for me to make a Aloved the description. I relate How this decidedly urban girl ended new home here in the country. That was to it completely. Growing up, we did not camp. There Inns/Places to stay were no romantic evenings around a smol- dering campfire with guitars strumming. FAMILY OWNED FOR 30+ YEARS No hilarious anecdotes about peeing GROUP DISCOUNT RATES outside. No fond memories of overnight camp in the woods of Vermont or Maine. No nostalgia for simpler times. 100+ TV channels, free wireless internet, fitness area and guest laundry. There were instead the sanitized shop- ping malls of vanilla, suburban Philadel- Free Continental Breakfast. phia. Later came the intoxicating punk- Handicap accessible rooms available. rock scene downtown in Center City and then in New York City. The outdoorsy 1/4 mile to NYS Thruway. gene eluded me completely. All local police, firefighters, and EMTs In the summer of my sophomore year in 15% off with valid ID. college I signed up to be a counselor at a fancy Jewish camp in the Poconos, where 7 Terwilliger Lane, New Paltz • 845-255-8865 • www.abviofnewpaltz.com I was assigned the task of overseeing the 52 • June - August, 2018 Explore Hudson Valley Ulster Publishing Co. about 15 years ago. Still, there had been no camping. When he was two years old, my now nearly 19-year-old son cried when we set him down on the grass. “No no no,” he screamed. “Itchy!” He never asked to be a Boy Scout or to spend an evening outside under the stars. A semi-disastrous sleepover with his buddies in Kenneth Wilson State Park when he was in the second grade is still fodder for fam- ily amusement. No one in our family, it seemed, was interested in spending time in nature in a meaningful way.
nd then, slowly, something hap- Apened. My life changed in a way that I least suspected. Wilson Park is just down the road from us. I found myself easing into a habit PUBLIC DOMAIN PHOTO of walking the dog there, for exercise. I Camping in the back yard? For some it’s catch-as-catch-can. Others look was happy to clear my head before the at such things from a more designer-oriented perspective. chatter of the day began. The walk be- came a habit. Our dog, a French bulldog Ulster Publishing Special Section named Tugboat, was also the indoorsy type. He fell in love with the open air. Celebrations of Love He cultivated the ability to run hard. Both of us felt better upon returning from what became our daily two- or three-mile walk. It was idyllic. After out walks, Tugboat dropped instantly into a deep slumber on his doggie bed. I poured a fresh cup of coffee and tackled my work with zest and zeal. It wasn’t just the movement, the en- dorphins, the light sweat I worked up on those paths. It was the quiet time in a semi-natural setting that was so appeal- ing. It was a time of unplugged silence, of nothing more than scenery and delicious woodsy smells, with no one else around. It was the opposite of how I had spent most of my life. I started to joke about it on social media. #parking #mychurch blah blah Weddings & more Celebrations of Love, like all our special sections, is full of interesting articles by local writers. blah. Those who knew me were amused Topics include how to plan a wedding, honeymoons, proposals, anniversaries and planning a family. Readers don't just skim these sections - they read them closely, and that means more that I had fallen so hard for something engagement with ads. so outdoorsy. A reservation for a hot new restaurant in Reach your 2EACHűOVERű űPRINTűREADERSűINűůVEűCOUNTIESűWITHINű trusted community weekly newspapers, including target customers Catskill Hudson the city or fantastic seats at a concert? Yes, Tannersville thousands of subscribers. A digital version of the section Margaretville Saugerties will also appear on hudsonvalleyone.com, which receives Woodstock those things, of course. But a silent stroll 100,000+ monthly visitors, many from New York City. All Kingston Rhinebeck New Paltz sorts of people read Ulster Publishing papers, but we're Ellenville Poughkeepsie in nature? Who was this person, anyway? especially popular among upper-income readers who value community and buying locally. As the largest inde- Beacon Wilson Park, solo with the dog or with pendent local media company dedicated to local news, we attract just the type of reader most likely to make a New York City friends who joined the walks, became special point of patronizing local businesses. not just routine. It became nourishment. It became therapy. It got me through Be included 7/17 845-334-8200 break-ups and tough decisions about
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the trip. For one thing, I’ve learned that I can do anything on which I set my mind. I’ve lived a complex life, with plenty of twists and turns. Challenges don’t scare me. I embrace them, in some ways. All that clean air will naturally smell and taste different from our Catskills. There’ll be open space, new birds, paths around trees and rocks and streams that I’ve never seen before. That’s a big turn-on for this newly anointed nature girl. Don’t get me wrong. I’m already joking about how my campsite in Acadia will come with WiFi and a mani/pedi sta- tion. I wouldn’t be me if I didn’t turn this adventure into a quasi-sitcom of sorts. The thing is, camping — taking that step into the natural unknown — doesn’t seem like a challenge, really. Being in a ABBE ARONSON gorgeous place — a huge step up from the A restful nap in a poolside chair is outdoorsy enough for many. local park that I know as well as my own body at this point — with someone I adore burst with happiness. Filled with anger “You know? I’d go camping with him. I doesn’t seem so bad. SS has promised me for a dead parent, I slogged through the think I’d love it.” an A+ experience complete with fantastic park on a very somber Mother’s Day. It This was the person who has received meals cooked over the fire and what he was a balm. novelty cocktail napkins with the slogan categorizes as the most comfortable tent “I Love Not Camping” printed on them. in the history of tent sleeping. aturally, when I started dating Twice. From different people. I’m in. It seems as though my outdoorsy Na man that my pals and I referred “You’d go camping? You must really gene has kicked in big time. to as “Sporty Spice” I was eager to share like this guy!” with him the wonders of the park. Wil- I did. I do. A lot. son Park is gorgeous. SS readily agreed Which brings us full circle. In July, we are that it was one of the nicer campgrounds going camping. And not in Wilson Park, he’d seen. though I must tell you that my favorite Campgrounds? To me, this was my park. site in that campground would be #68 I actually avoided the park during camp- if I were picking out a spot for myself to ing season, when it was overrun with kids pitch a tent. For that matter, it’s probably 2018 and grills and campers and activity. wouldn’t be a bad idea to do my first test It seems that you can run but you can’t run just down the road, right? hide. Camping eventually caught up We are going camping in Acadia Na- with me. tional Park in Maine for five days. Five After waxing poetic about how much days, as in almost a week. I was loving lying out under the stars at You should see the look on my friends’ night by my pool with SS post-skinny- faces when I casually tell them. dipping, I said, aloud, to a few friends, It’s not such a stretch for me to imagine Bounty of the Farm fresh Rondout Valley Strawberries Home-Grown & Delicious!
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By Tad Wise All our teachers had been con- veniently distracted by a scandal ome time in the Fifties, involving the headmaster and a Elizabeth Taylor’s doctor missing hundred thousand dollars. bought a dairy farmer’s Freedom’s day dawned, followed S estate in Bearsville. The by its night. large house, guest house and nu- We had a full keg of Tuborg on tap merous barns were clustered at the which at first seemed too sweet, but end of a long, tree-lined drive with got tastier as the sun set. The smell extensive hay fields on both sides. of Thai weed, with its coffee-toffee Dropping by our house one Satur- tang, mingled in the early evening’s day morning in the spring of 1974, breeze. Doctor H. and his sprawling family The girls were in shorts and bi- soon became our acquaintances. kini tops or halters. We boys were I was almost 18 years old when bare-chested in bathing suits or in one Saturday morning that spring unbuttoned shirts soon abandoned. I accepted a glass of champagne at There were shrieks of laughter com- a steak-and-eggs breakfast at our ing from the tennis court and high, neighbor’s house. poorly struck balls flashing over the Below the main house was a huge, fence. The meadow leading down empty and thoroughly rusted pool to the glistening pool was without that had become home to hornets Lyme ticks -- that contagion didn’t and various vermin. My hosts told exist yet. me it had been constructed by the I’d painted the sheets of metal previous owner out of steel slabs cut upon which American sailors from a PT boat. There were stories had once battled the Japanese in of machine guns and cash buried in COURTESY OF TAD WISE exchange for the party. Classes trunks somewhere on the property, The author as a teenager. were already over, It was midweek. tales which sounded an awful lot Destiny and a sister-in-law were like the persistent rumors about a both naked in the pool. cache of loot and weapons hidden by Legs Earlier that spring, I was a student leader An utterly fantastic sound system domi- Diamond in these parts back in the 1920s. in a local private school of 112 kids that nated the scene. Derek and The Dominoes Thanks to the legend, the H. place had turned out to be a short-lived experiment. in particular attained immortality that long been called Treasure Farm. I somehow arranged that our senior class night. It seemed a stoned Jay Gatsby must The appellation held an entirely differ- party would coincide with my eighteenth surely emerge from the main house to ent significance to me. The youngest of birthday bash. Funds set aside for the propose a toast to Eden returned. But he Dr. H’s daughters, a few years my senior, former would fuel the latter. didn’t, so we stumbled toward it on instinct. had changed her name to embrace a sense The pool went nude at nightfall. Teenage of wonder. Destiny’s sparkling eyes and hatever straight-laced pregnancies became a considerable risk in teeth, full lips and deep tan were enhanced Wclassmates my best friend and the water and the surrounding meadow. by her scanty white garments. She wasn’t I did not want at the senior party were Despite an air of romantic laissez-faire no interested in the tennis court, but after I given bum directions. Our wild bunch fights broke out. Eric Clapton sang I don’t scraped and painted the pool she took to from Woodstock got the correct ones. I want to fade away over and over. It seemed lounging naked on its perimeter. paid the caretaker from Treasure Farm to me on the night of the great party It would be one of those sultry summers — a hardworking local in bib overalls — that life would never be more perfect. lashed with thunderstorms. The cicadas to handle the barbecue, reassuring what I will not go into the details. I understand screeched their ceaseless song of murder few Kingstonian parents dropped off she’s in rehab again. and sex. I had a job as carpenter’s helper their daughters at the borrowed estate. through the week, and planned to go off I waved at them, smiling, as they drove he month before, my actual to college in the fall. back out the long private drive. Tbirthday had bisected May as it al- Ulster Publishing Co. Explore Hudson Valley June - August, 2018 • 55 ways had and would. On this particular Farm fresh occasion I’d been enjoying my first legal drinks at the Cafe Espresso. 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