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The summer has been quite hot and ripe for a nice swim at one of the Hudson Valley's great swimming holes.  The Plattekill doesn'...

Saturday, February 9, 2013

Winter Storm 2013

Snow, beautiful snow!

The Pond at Ferncliff Forest

Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge and Catskills

The Central Catskills.  Wildcat is open for business! 

The Hudson and Rondout Lighthouse

Overlook and Kaaterskill High Peak

Water Tower at Barrytown

Kaaterskill High Peak

Some Red Barns.  I like Red Barns

Another view of Kaaterskill High Peak

The Rip Van Winkle


Although the Hudson Valley did not receive the large amounts of accumulation like some regions of CT and eastern Suffolk County, it happened to be the largest storm of the year for us.  It had been so long since I've been out in deep, fresh snow.  There's really nothing like it.

Today I headed up to the Ferncliff Fire Tower.  The lot had not been plowed, but having 4W Drive, I took a chance.  This is the time of year to take advantage of that feature.  It appeared I was not the first to be heading up the trail.  But I was the first to do it by foot.  A Four Wheeler beat me up.

It was quite a windy day.  Here's some video I took off Route 9 in Livingston.    

4 comments:

  1. Nice day to be out.

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  2. You blog is looking good. Where's the background picture from? Crazy to think how much energy is wasted being transmitted through lines that travel hundreds of miles across nothing.
    I like the pic of the bridge. Where the hell was that ship going? Looked like a lot of ice, too much for even a ship like that.

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  3. Energy being wasted transmitting through lines that travel across miles of nothing? There could be people living there that need power too, you know!

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  4. Amazing location. A beautiful, mystical and magical experience in viewing these photographs. Thank you for sharing them with so many and especially those of us who haven't visited this place. Hillwalk Scotland West highland way

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