We drove straight there in under two hours, barely any traffic, sun roof open!
After a not so memorable lunch in New Paltz (quite the college town-- pizza pizza pizza!) we headed to our hotel.
Mountain Meadows B&B (thank you trip advisor!) was down a quiet country road just on the other side of New Paltz main street. It was a cute house with a huge backyard facing the "gunks" complete with pool, hot tub, hammocks, and adirondack chairs.
Fresh chocolate chip cookies greeted us and we got some helpful travel advice from the owner to head straight to Minnewaska State park for a hike before it got dark. We drove about 15 minutes to the park entrance and did the three mile loop around the lake. Beautiful! (and 90 degrees!)
We ended at the waterfalls and cooled off with our toes in the water.
Back to the hotel to change and read a bit and then off to dinner in town. Another un-memorable meal (but ice cream after of course!) and back to the hotel for the HOT TUB! Best part!
The next day we had a delicious homemade breakfast, lounged around in the hammocks, and then set off to visit a nearby vineyard. We liked the award winning white so much we each got a bottle, then back to the car for a visit to the farm store for plants and produce. It was so hot the cows were all huddled under the one tree...!
Then our first bad decision. Outlet shopping. We couldn't resist hitting up Woodbridge commons and boy did we regret it. Hot, humid, packed with people... Threatened to destroy our vacation calm. So we left quickly and headed home!
Back home 2 hrs later with just a little traffic on the bridge and FDR. And Oscar was watching for me in the kitchen (the whole time? :))
This is just wonderful. Sounds like a perfect short get-away. Our broader recreational activities require a car and I am delighted you can take to the road for new adventures.
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Looks like you planned and executed a great mini-break. And congratulations to Suzy Hyundai on her first long-range outing. M.
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