Friday will take us on some back roads from Ossining then a few miles up route 9 before
moving up the goat trail, crossing the Hudson at Bear Mountain bridge, up the Park road to
hit Perkins Drive with a nice stop for pics at the top, then after coming down we will head back to
9W and go north a bit to walk the ruins of Fort Montgomery
http://nysparks.com/historic-sites/28/details.aspxwhich is above Fort Clinton the cannons are way cool !
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Clinton Between the huge chains stretched across the river and the various sizes of cannon, boat traffic moving up the Hudson was controlled until the British battle that you will read about from the signs along the paths.
This is an awesome place to contemplate the desperation of the defenders against terrible odds
then north to
take the Cliff Road past West Point (unless closed for falling rocks- that happens often) the motorcycle museum in Newburgh NY (if you like bikes especially Indians you will like this) then across the river down to Cold Spring east along 301 to 9W for BBQ ! Then east on 301 thru Fahnstock Park to Carmel and back roads along the reservoirs to 129 to the Croton Dam both the bottom and the top before heading back
Smokinjoe these roads are in pristine condition, no potholes, a shame you missed this when you blasted thru to New England and had your innards shaken up
