The unfortunate coffee spill on the train:
View from the train which follows the Hudson River. It was dark and gloomy that morning, but shaped up to be a beautiful day.
There were no hotels to be found, so we stopped for a gut buster lunch in Cornwall-on-Hudson. I guess Prima Pizza delivers anywhere in the US:
After lunch, we headed over to the Storm King Art Center. Besides the autumn foliage, this was a must-see for me and it did not disappoint. Typical Hudson Valley lanes:
This is a view of the South Fields with a series of Mark di Suvero sculptures. The clouds were amazing:
Menashe Kadishman's Suspended from afar:
Just a small part of Kenneth Snelson's Free Ride Home set against the bluest sky:
I loved the contrast between the blue skies and the autumn leaves. In the foreground here is a sculpture by Louise Nevelson:
The half dollar chair! Just next to it was a chair made only of nickels:
Not sure who the artist was, but again, beautiful blue skies and green, green grass make for the most amazing backdrops:
Picture perfect:
This was a special exhibit of Maya Lin's Bodies of Water. They closed off the sculpture due to grass erosion so we could only view it from a distance:
Yay, I love Andy Goldsworthy. Me at part of the Storm King Wall which snakes along for 2,278 feet:
Worm's eye view of di Suvero:
The Bug got us around all weekend:
No photos of our first dinner in Rhinebeck. Starr Place Restaurant was nice but not *too* nice and the food was fantastic. I had a really nice pan-seared trout with pumpkin risotto. The risotto was sooooo good. B had pork saltimbocca with prosciutto and sage. For dessert we dug into apple cider beignets with butter rum sauce. YUM.Sunday morning we had breakfast at Four Corners up near Albany. I know, a long way from the valley, but it was the only place with hotel vacancies on Saturday night, so we were up a creek...so to speak:
Sunday was wine tasting day. After a big breakfast, we made our way toward the Shawangunk Wine Trail. First stop, Adair Vineyards:
Next up, Whitecliff Vineyard with amazing views of...what else? White cliffs!
And last but not least, Brimstone Hill Vineyard, a charming and rustic little winery set in the least fancy of all settings:
After wine tasting, we checked into our B&B and then headed back out for dinner with a quick stop at the Vanderbilt Mansion in Hyde Park. Along with the beautiful grounds and amazing views over the Hudson, these cute little goats were grazing along a hillside:
Dinner on Sunday evening was again in Rhinebeck, this time at Gigi Trattoria. We had salumi and olives to start and then Tagliatelle Berta and it was all delicious. Sunday night was a mellow one back at the B&B where we played Trivial Pursuit and made friends with the housecat, Roquette.Monday morning we got up early for the huge b&b breakfast: melons with crystallized ginger, homemade muffins and scones, waffles with locally made apple cider syrup, homemade jam and whipped cream, and homemade turkey sausage. YUM.
Bellies full, we packed up the Bug and headed for the Walkway Over the Hudson. It was chilly, but we still managed to walk across and back before the Bug was due back:
The Poughkeepsie train station:
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