Took my 01 Valk for some air this afternoon, riding as usual up the goat trail
My riding was normal today (good for me but not cool kid good)
I decided to trace some of the route taken by the colonials when they captured Andre and failed to nab the real traitor Benedict Arnold and came to this sign just south of Garrison (bet you can figure out how it got the name) which is on the east side of the Hudson just across and south of West Point
Andre was taken to Washington's quarters in Tappan NY and held at the 76 house then hung from a tree on Andre Hill. That area is about 2 miles from my folks house where I lived while in HS and summers from college
from there I went to cold spring and down to the river to watch the boats sailing.
then east on 301 and south on 9 where I found this sign commemorating two of the fortifications that failed to stop those pesky brits for long after the chain across the hudson was breached at the battle of fort montgomery
Here is an interesting history from the alabama sons of the american revolution
http://blog.alssar.org/uncategorized/the-battle-of-forts-montgomery-and-clinton/
on the way back I stopped at the Blue Pig for some blueberry crumb hot fudge sunday as after all it was that time of day
wind therapy is good for you so is ice cream
