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A New Year in Harriman

A New Year in Harriman

New for 2016: Step-by-Step Itineraries for “Outtenbackers” Step-by-step directions will take the guessing out of your day or weekend. The snowless, naked park has been on my mind a lot lately, and I’ve been looking to spring, summer, the shuttle and...
Base Camp Tuxedo

Base Camp Tuxedo

Base Camp Tuxedo’s Very First “Speakers and Suds” Night #1: NYNJTC’s West Hudson Program Coordinator Sona Mason, “Wild Trails” Tuxedo Train Station Saturday, May 9, 2015. 6:45-9pm; Free and Open to All. Tuxedo to me has always been...
Casino Prosperity in Monticello, New York

Casino Prosperity in Monticello, New York

Monticello Racino, Casino Prosperity, and Tuxedo Gambling fascinates me.  It’s so duplicitous.  The commercials for casinos try to trick you into believing that casinos are peopled with thin, elegant people, their bright white smiles and shimmering dresses. ...
Harriman Notebook: Hotspots, Bugs, and Laurel

Harriman Notebook: Hotspots, Bugs, and Laurel

The Harriman “Hotspots”: Most Popular (and crowded) parts of the park If you love the park but are wary of large crowds on the weekend, avoid the Harriman “hotspots” of Lake Welch, Bear Mountain and the Reeves Meadow Visitor Center.  Other...
Harriman Notebook

Harriman Notebook

Nesting Eagles at Nawahunta? Tony Caterino told me in an email that a bald (or else, balding) eagle might be nesting in the tall pines on the north shore of Lake Nawahunta: “This morning I went to Lake Nawahunta and spent a few hours fishing. It was a gorgeous...