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012-Hudson River Shoreline: As it was long ago?


It is amazing to look at a road map and see all the roads and towns along the Hudson Valley.  Yet from the river, you wouldn’t know it.  In fact, the view from the water is mostly native as far as the eye can see.  Nothing like the Jersey coastline which is wall to wall development; where the only breaks are state parks!  Here on the Hudson it is easy to imagine the Indians and fur traders traveling the waters, and the British using the waterway to suppress a rebellion.  It is like stepping back in time and it starts at the George Washington Bridge and pretty much goes uninterrupted all the way to Troy.  Occasionally, there are the big estates with a vista overlooking the river; the ones that take your imagination on a dream of what it would been like to live the life of wealth.  Great Gatsby, Vanderbilt, Withering Heights (yeah, I know its Brit).  Of course, there is the Military Academy with its grey walls and stone, imposing and ominous on the bluffs overlooking the river.  There is an air of secrecy, seclusion, and superiority (the 3S’s) oozing from these places because they are all you see.  The middle and lower classes aren’t visible along the water.  It’s also the home of Sleepy Hallow and its secrets. 

[there is a castle like building peaking above the trees atop the cliff in this tiny little picture]

It’s almost creepy how all that wealth is hidden atop bluffs, behind trees and walls.  But its natural beauty is amazing and I’m sure its similar to the way it was hundreds of years ago.  What a wonderful experience to glide by it’s shores and let your imagination roar!

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  1. art3August 1, 2019 at 8:00 AM

    Sleepy Hollow ... I wasn't sure if it was a fictional place or a real place.....so I had to look it up...

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