Out & About in New York

Ronnie and I recently left the state of New York after spending a little over a month there. We had a great time and definitely plan to go back to the state sometime in the future. In previous blogs, I covered the major things that we did, but there were several other things along the way. In this blog, we will share those things with you.

The park we stayed in when for the time we were not on the Escapees HOP was a Thousand Trails park in Accord, NY. The name of is was Rondout Valley RV Resort. Like most TT parks, it was nothing fancy but was a very nice little park. The sites were nice and level with a good amount of yard space. The roads were paved, and traffic seemed to follow the speed limit, which is not always the case in RV parks. On weekends, the park had either live music or DJs play at their pavilion area, and we could sit outside our RV and listen to the music. We really enjoyed that. Actually, we enjoyed the park as a whole and will definitely stay there again if we are in the area.

The park had two creeks that ran through it, with them meeting together at the edge of the park. We got to see them when the water was at a normal level and then see them again after days of heavy rain when they were more on the full side of things.

Earlier I posted about our trip to Kaaterskill Falls. Before visiting there, we discovered High Falls. High Falls sits on the side of a road, so there was no hiking involved in seeing them. They were much smaller falls but were still beautiful.

One of the really cool places that we visited was the original site of the Woodstock music festival. The event was not actually held in the town of Woodstock but in Bethel, NY. There is a nice marker that includes all of the bands that played over those three days. It overlooks the field where the festival happened. The area included a peace sign that was mowed into it. It was neat to stand there and imagine that place filled with 400,000 people enjoying the time of their lives.

One weekend we found a street festival that was happening near where we were staying. We decided to visit because it was free, just asking for donations if you wished to give. We chose to give a little something because all of the proceeds went to support music education in the county. We both love supporting the arts and thought this was a fascinating way for the community to achieve that.

The Rosendale Street Festival was held in the eclectic little town of Rosendale, NY. It was not a huge event, but had a fair number of vendors, along with the stores on the main street being open to the festival goers. We enjoyed ourselves as we perused the vendors and shops. One big thing to note is that I managed to visit without buying anything. Score one for me!

Last but certainly not least, we heard about a candy store that is owned in part by…wait for it…Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Paul Rudd. Let’s focus for a moment on this…I could visit a store that is owned by Jeffrey Dean Morgan! Needless to say, we had to visit! We didn’t get to see JDM, but we did score two of the best chocolate chip cookies I have ever had in my life. (shhh, don’t tell my nurse practitioner).

We enjoyed our time in New York and definitely want to visit again. We would give the TT park in Rondout Valley a 4-star rating. It is one of the better TTs that we have visited.

Now to head back to Louisiana to visit family. A blog post on that journey to come soon. Good wifi had been hard to find, and I have used all of our Verizon data until the 18th. Doing a blog post from my phone or iPad is just too much of a pain for me to tackle. Glad it’s only a few days until my data rolls over.

Thanks for reading! Feel free to leave a comment…I love to answer questions about our trips!