civilized ku # 996-99 ~ off the road again
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 03:59PM 
Breakfast ~ NYC, NY • click to embiggen
Store front # 1 ~ Andes, NY • click to embiggen
Store front # 2 ~ Andes, NY • click to embiggen
Store front # 3 ~ Andes, NY • click to embiggen
I'm back home after my 800 mile errands run.
On the return trip (via Cooperstown), I cover some new ground. I drove across the northern Catskill Mountains in the Catskill Park and Forest Preserve. The Catskill Park is similar to the Adirondack PARK, albeit much smaller, in that it is a mix of public and private lands. Just as in the Adirondacks, there are small hamlets and villages with year-round residents throughout the Catskills. The region is also dotted with resorts.
My trip also took me through part of the region above the Catskills and below the Mohawk River Valley, an area dotted with many vast and fertile farmland valleys nestled below / between low rolling mountains and hills. Many of towns and villages found there are very interesting and picturesque with beautifully preserved examples of early American - Federal and Greek Revival style - houses and structures. Consequently, my traveling pace was interrupted quite frequently as I stopped to make pictures.
I could have spent a week wandering around the region making pictures and, if I have my way, I will in the very near future.
Reader Comments (4)
Mark I see another book in the making, Andes, NY. I think if there is more like this you have a story book.
The triangle with Ithaca, Binghamton, and Albany at it's three points is some of the finest road biking in the northeast. Nice country. Check out Sharon Springs for some interesting visuals the next time you're there.
I know that breakfast... those nigerians are awesome breakfast makers.
Whoops, I meant Syracuse, Binghamton, and Albany.